LEPA N Series N500-SA 500W ATX12V Power Supply

Pros: great psu for the money, great for a budget pc. i have a 965 be oc'd, asrock 960gm/u3s3 fx mobo, radeon 7850, plenty of power, plenty of cable length

Cons: not modular

Pros: I usually run Seasonic power supply's but my old 775 socket velocity micro rig that was built with a generic power supply burnt out after 3 years of consistent use and i wanted to bring the system back to life as a htpc and file server since it was just living in my closet at the moment and i had just finished building my new 2600k rig so funds where a little tight. I ended up finding this little gem of a power supply by accident when i was browsing at my local shop for a cheap corsair unit. So far it has been running for 8 month no problems. Power supply fan is quite, has a nice looking case, was priced very very budget friendly but at 500 watts will take care of everything i need and still have juice left over. If you read reviews for Lepa online you will find there supply's are rated well and priced very nicely unfourntly a lot of people don't no about them or the quality they have and miss out on them

Cons: The only thing i can think of for this unit considering the price i got it at is only the motherboard and cpu power cords are sleeved with black nylon mesh the rest of the cords are not sleeved and are yellow and red but like i said at this price range for 500watts its to be expected plus you can always sleeve them your self for cheap.

Other Thoughts: I would recommend this supply for a budget build and this manufacturer for all there supplys.

Pros: Quiet, Plenty of power, has all the plugs for most all of your needs and the wires are plenty long. Main power connector is wire loomed makes for a nice touch.

Cons: None

Pros: Cables supplying MB are bundled. Plenty of connectors. Appears to be well made. Very pleased w/ PSU so far, runs my system perfectly - 3 HD's + DVD burner. Install was clean and easy. I've seen comparably-priced budget units that do not have the same power ratings. Yeah, it does not have the overhead of more expensive units, but for the money, a very good value.

Cons: None so far - time will tell.

Other Thoughts: Thanks NewEgg! Ordered on Wednesday, was on my doorstep on Thursday!

Pros: I bought this PSU to power my budget I5/ GTX550 combo and its doing amazing so far. Never had any power issues yet. It comes with the 8 pin mobo connector and I ended up with two extra 6 pins. Very stable and has a quiet fan. The true test will be how long it lasts.

Cons: None

Pros: Powered up. Shuts itself off without frying if you hook something up wrong. does exactly what it's supposed to do.

I researched other LEPA models before i bought this to see LEPA's track record, they are doing well

Cons: the manual is a little minimalistic for the troubleshooting (i hooked up the motherboard wrong) it only gave 2 troubleshooting options (1 was correct)

Other Thoughts: the unit sits sideways in my case so the fan blows directly into the side of my case. not sure how efficient that is..


my build:


LIAN LI PC-V354B case
MSI 880GM-E43 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ATI 100-505606 FirePro V4800 Video Card
LEPA N Series N500-SA 500W ATX12V Power Supply
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDE00ZFBGRBOX

SanDisk Ultra SDSSDH-120G-G25 2.5" 120GB (SSD)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL