SIGMA SHARK SP-635 635W ATX12V V2.01 SLI Ready Power Supply - Retail

Power to the People!

Reviewed By: AcIdC0R3 on 1/10/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Powers my entire system and then some. I can't really hear the two 80mm fans at all. Of course sitting inside an Antec P182 case the PSU fans noise is non existent. I ran Crysis, Dead Space and Fallout 3 back-to-back for 6 hours straight and put my hand in front of the exhaust vents for the PSU and it was barely warm. It didn't even break a sweat at heavy game play. Impressive is a word I could use for this PSU. A three year warranty is definately a plus as most other companies warrant their PSU's at either one or two years.

Cons: An extensive review I had read at a site on the net had stated that there was a lot of caulk work and it uses Teapo capacitors was kind of a sloppy internal workmanship on Sigma's part. Having knowledge of electronic components I know that Teapo Caps are sort of on the cheap side of Caps. I would think for such handsome workmanship on the casing they would have put forth the same for the electrical components inside as-well. Also the review stated that it was originaly setup for a single fan but that the two fans were terminated as spliced together and then soldered into place. These are just some of the tid bits that I wouldn't really worry about but that could have been improved upon. This is the only reason I gave it four eggs instead of five.

Other Thoughts: I almost bought an Apevia and a CoolerMax but all the Apevia's I looked at only had a one year warranty. The one CoolerMax I looked at had a two year warranty, was rated at 750W and was $135. Would have been nice but a little out of my price range. Sigma is I believe actually owned by CoolerMax. Of course I could have mis read that. This PSU can power this system:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
4GB (1GB x 4) GeIL Ultra DDR2 800 PC2 6400
2, 1TB WD SATA HDD's
Samsung DVD +-R/RW combo optical drive
LG DVD +-R/RW combo optical drive
HIS Radeon HD 4870 Turbo 512MB (256bit) GDDR5 video
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Extreme Gamer sound card
Buffalo NAS drive

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Very Good Power Supply

Reviewed By: Jake on 8/3/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Very long cables with enough outputs to satisfy my need to expand even more. Seems to be pretty good quality and hasn't given me any problems yet.

Cons: Blue LED light is kind of annoying if the computer is left on in the dark, and I had a little trouble mounting it in the case. It seems it was a few millimeters too large.

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so far so good

Reviewed By: DuDeMaN on 12/21/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Cool blue lights, wrapped cables. Currently powering an i7 @ 4.ghz on air and a gtx 280.

Cons: It did not have the right connectors for my gtx 280 so i had to use an adapter... which makes me wonder if my card is powered sufficiently. It also pumps out alot of heat compared to friends builds i have thrown together.

Other Thoughts: No problems so far!

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Reviewed By: on 12/1/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: It didn't arrive dead, had plenty of connectors available and the cables were long enough but not to long to suit my needs.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: The intake and exhaust fans point down, which could be a problem if your case isn't raised. Went well with a cooler master-rc-690-kkn1-gp case.

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So far so good... and quiet

Reviewed By: orion10301 on 10/16/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Pretty cool looking, high power rating and quiet.

Cons: None so far.

Other Thoughts: Too many wires as always, but I knew this wasn't modular. I would rather have too many than not enough.

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