Not a Bad Deal on a PSU...

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Ultra X-Finity 600-Watt ATX Dual 80mm Fan SATA-Ready SLI Ready Titanium Power Supply ULT31847 at TigerDirect.com

not bad for $70... and its got decent Dual 12V Amperage...

EDIT: b4 some person tries to say.. Ultra PSU's are crap... take a good look at the PSU Guide:

Guide to buying a Power supply. Update:
( Model or type ) after Brand will indicate specific models or comments.

High End Workstations or servers, (This includes Multi Proccessor stations, data/web Servers or Video Studios/workshops)

Super micro
Enlight
Enhance
Corsair
PC power and Cooling
Zippy
Etasis
Enermax (Noisetaker and Galaxy Series)

High End Gaming Computers, ( This includes CrossFire, Sli, phase change cooling/Water Cooling and or Heavy overclocking of RAM, CPU and Video Card(s) )

PC Power and cooling
Silverstone (Zeus models ST56ZF, ST75ZF, and ST85ZF)
Seasonic ( S-12, S-12E+, M-12 )
Corsair
Etasis
Enhance
Enlight
Zippy
Coolermaster (High Wattage Models Only)
Enermax (Noisetaker Series)
Thermaltake (Tough Power series only)
Xclio (850W, Enhance Built)
Fortron (FSP)
OCZ Technologies (Excluding Modstream Line)

High to Medium End Gaming or workstation PC's, (This includes High end video cards (Single) and moderate to high overclocking)

Antec
Enermax
OCZ Technology (Excluding the Modstream Line)
Fortron (FSP)
Hiper (Type M and Type R Only, 670 and 730 Watts)
Seasonic
Silverstone
PC Power and Cooling
Corsair
I-Star
Tagan
Sparkle
Enhance
ThermalTake (ToughPower Line Only)
Vantec
Xclio (850W, Enhance Built)
Ultra (X Finity series and Xpro EE series only)
Mushkin
Coolermaster (Real Power Series only)
Fortron (FSP)

Medium to Low End Gaming machines.

Antec
Enermax
Coolmax (Green Line Only, Taurus Series)
Sunbeam
Ultra (X Finity Series and Xpro EE series only)
Hiper (Type R and Type M only)
Mushkin
Sunbeam NUUO
Fortron (FSP)
Inwin (FSP Models Only)
CoolerMaster (Real Power Series Only)
OCZ Technologies (Excluding Modstream Line)

Absolute Low End Builds or You're A Cheapskate.

ThermalTake
Fortron (FSP)
Coolmax (Green Line And Taurus Series only)
Sunbeam
AOpen
Zalman
Nexus
Sparkle
Rosewill
Inwin (FSP Models only)
Power-Man (FSP models only)
Raidmax (Topower and Tagan Models only)


The simple version: (Power supply brands will be listed From best to Acceptable in Desending order, Many brands will not be mentioned)

Super Micro
PC Power and cooling
Etasis
Zippy
Seasonic
Corsair
Silverstone
Coolermaster( High wattage and Real Power series/models Only)
OCZ Technologies (Excluding Modstream Line)
Enermax
Enhance
Fortron (FSP)
Antec
Mushkin
Tagan
Hiper (Type R and Type M only)


Brands to Avoid

Coolmax (Except Green Line and Taurus Series)
Achieve
Aerocool
Allied
Apex
Arrow
Aspire
Austin
Apevia (Rebadged Aspires)
Codegen
Demon
Deer
Duro
Dynapower
Eagle
EagleTech
Foxlink
Hercules
InWin (except FSP models)
JustPC
JEANTECH
Key Mouse
Kingwin
L&C
Logic
Linkworld
Macron Power
MGE
Mustang
Okia
Power-Man (except FSP models)
Powmax
Power-Up
Powerstar
QMax
Qtec
q-tec
Raidmax (except Topower/Tagan models, not sold with cases)
TMP-ANS
Tsunami
Turbo
Turbolink

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http://forums.overclockersclub.com/?...ckersclub.com/
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Yes, the original ultras where horrible, but the newer models are much much improved.
Not that I personnely, would ever Buy one..
 
its not exactly built for dual 8800gt's, q6600's heavily overclocked and 2gb of Ballistix.. but its still decent for medium end builds..
 
Where is that guide posted? It doesn't recommend Dynapower and I would like to know why. I've had mine for 1.5 years and it works good.
 
lol it also says to avoid coolmax at all costs...its more of a general usage guide, anyway....
my coolmax 550 has been running my (sometimes massively)overclocked components for over a year. including SLI 7900gs' that i oc'd the crap out of.
the efficiency could be a little better, to be sure. but, it is a stable PSU.
in any event, i think the amps are a little low for my near-future plans , hence:
http://www.techist.com/forums/f76/psu-opinions-158108/
 
well.. i guess ur the lucky ones..

but just because one person said an Apevia was powering a bunch of crap.. does that mean we'd start recommending it? and i always wondered what u had for a PSU..
 
yeah i dont recommend them to people who are going to be pushing the limits of their gear like me. it may be limiting some of my clocks, it may not...but i would give them 5 stars as a good, budget PSU, definitely.
 
Just because any given power supply doesn't blow up or die doesn't necessary mean all of that model or brand are "good" or "bad"..

Its all about averages...

And while you may never have a problem with a power supply on the avoid list, many many others do..

Noone is making the claim that if you buy a brand on the avoid list you will regret it, or that they WILL always blow up, or they will always overheat or have power ripples, but by and large, the average quality of those power supplies are bad...

Thats also not to say power supplies that are highly praised and reccomended never have problems. Because they do, just not nearly as often as the power supplies on the avoid list.

The guide is linked in my signature and is in some sticky, somewhere..
 
So my 580 Watt Hiper PSU that I paid $100 for on newegg is for a low-end machine?

I would disagree with that, it has performed beautifully.
 
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