Athena Power AP-MFATX30P8 20+4Pin 300W Single 80 PLUS Bronze Certified Server Power Supply for 1U Mini-ITX - OEM

Pros: I bought it as a replacement PS for my home RAID 5 server. Runs quietly without any issues. Good price, quick delivery, and works as expected.

Cons: none that I can see

Pros: great customer service, small size

Cons: this thing is so loud! I wish i had listened to other reviewers. sent it back for an exchange on their "silent technology" replacement and its just as loud. I'm really disappointed because the customer service from Ricky @ Athena was great, but this PS is ridiculously loud. Hoping to find some resolution from Athena other than sending it back and losing $15 in shipping / restocking fees...

Manufacturer Response:

We at Athena Power want to thank you for your input and your kind words for our customer support representative. We will have our technicians look at this noise issue and assist you as best as we can to resolve it, thank you.

Pros: its small

Cons: when this gets hot the fan gets very loud this will not work if you are making a media pc as the noise can be herd over a movie or music i will wait for a manufactures response i hate 2 say this for any thing but if you want quiet get something else

Manufacturer Response:

We at Athena Power understand the importance of having a quiet system especially for media functions. Please contact a service representative who will be happy to assist you with an RMA so we can send you a replacement PSU with our new silent technology for the FlexATX form factor, you can contact us by calling (626) 810-5008 or by e-mail at service@athenapower.us. Thank you.

Pros: its small easy 2 fit in small cases

Cons: it gets very loud when it gets hot the fan size to noise is horrid i will wait for a manufacturers response if you want quiet im sorry to say go with a different psu

Manufacturer Response:

We at Athena Power want to apologize for the inconvenience and we would to inform you that we have added a new feature for our FlexATX form factor PSUs for 350Watts and above. We would like it if you could contact our service representative at (626) 810-5008 or by e-mail at service@athenapower.us and they will be happy to assist you with an RMA so we can send you a replacement with our new silent technology. Thank you.

Pros: My old power supply went bad in a Shuttle SN68SG2 after a couple of years. This one has 50 more watts than the original, it fits right in (slightly shorter actually), and the fan is much quieter when you stress the system. I am very happy with this power supply.

Cons: None

Pros: Small, fit inside my slimline case. 2 sata plugs, regular size 20/24 pin atx connecter. Had a dead mobo so I am doing a mobo, cpu, ram, powersupply swap.

Cons: Loud! The 40mm is on the back of the powersupply and screams when the powersupply starts to get warm. After a couple days I knew this wouldn't work. This would be a better application for a server room not a home desktop.

Other Thoughts: I ended getting a FSP 220 watt, much quieter and still fit inside my slimline case.
FSP Group FSP220-60LE(80) 220W Mini ITX/ Flex ATX 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - OEM

Pros: It runs cool and provides 300W for my own build miniITX systems. It comes with 3 SATA connectors and 1 6pin power connector for graphic cards, which is hard to find on power supplies of this size.

I'm using it as a replacement for a weak 150W power supply that ships with the Athenatech and Roseville miniITX tower cases. It actually makes room for larger graphic cards because its 1" smaller than the OEM power supply. To install the new power supply I had to drill a couple of holes in the bottom of the computer case and use the power supplies case screws to mount it.

Cons: None, but it would be nice if there are mounting holes on either the side of the power supply and not just at the front end.

Other Thoughts: System Configuration
Case: Athenatech A1089BB.150
Power Supply: Athena Power AP-MFATX30P8
Motherboard: ASUS M4A88T-I Deluxe
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 640
Mempry: Mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1066
DVD: SAMSUNG SH-S223L DVD
Graphics Card: XFX HD-567X-ZNF3 Radeon HD 5670 1GB
Harddisk: WD Caviar Blue WD10EALX 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s