While you are using your rig, you all of sudden lose power to everything and begin to check the power plugs. After checking those, you check your power supply and much to your dismay, its dead. Usually a lower voltage PSU isn't that much of a shock to your wallet, but for a power supply around 400w, you'll usually fork over $60-$90 for a new one. Well as of now, unless you use more than 400w, you won't have to give up three cases of BAWLS. . .

The price on NewEgg.com for this PSU flux's a little bit but stays around $30 and shipping is $6.00 with FedEx Express Saver, although if you purchase 2 or more you will recieve free shipping. I recieved my power supply 4 days after it was ordered. The box it came inside was well sealed, it had the usual peanut-styrofoam things covering it and wasn't damaged at all. I've never seen such a unique and nice brown box before! ^_^ Inside there was another sealed box, the actual PSU manufacturers box. And after opening the 2nd box you find the PSU to be wrapped inside bubble wrap. A very well done packaging job for safe travel.



After unwrapping the PSU, I was kind of surprised that the PSU did not come with screws to mount it with. I figured that it was going to have screws with it so I could mount it to my case in the works but it didn't. I guess its not the most critical of all things, but it would be nice to not have to run around finding the correct size screws. The PSU has two fans, one on the bottom and one on the back next to the I/O rocker switch, that are quiet. Im not sure what brand they are but they do a sufficient job and they are extremely quiet. The label on the PSU adds some flare, at least, for a label with the fact that it is metallic blue. Ha, a label adding flare, that's a new one. The outside casing is made out of aluminum, and each fan has a polished fan grille. It comes with 8 Peripheral(Molex) connectors, 2 Floppy Drive Connectors, 1 Serial-ATA connector, 1 Auxilary connector, 1 12v ATX connector, and 1 20-pin ATX connector. Another thing that I did not like was the fact that you have to plug the PSU into a motherboard for it to turn on.




After plugging it into a motherboard, I began to test the lines. The rated tolerances for all the lines were +/- 1% on everyone except for the -5V line which is rated at +/-2%. After testing these multiple times, with different loads, I found that the tolerances stayed within those percentages. While the rated life is 50,000 hours, I would reccommend this PSU to anyone who needs a power supply that doesn't cost much but offers good performance and a one year warranty on all parts and labor. It's not the best power supply by far, and definetely not the most eye pleasing, but it gets the job done. Who knows how long this PSU will last, but so far its performed rather well. It is worthy of an 85 on our rating scale.

Pros: Cheap; sturdy, clean looks, near silent; has power.

Cons: No screws; lacks visual flair; not a long projected lifetime; No cable sleeving;