Sunbeam PSU-COM680-BK-US 680W ATX12V Modular Active PFC Power Supply - OEM

Pros: Forget about rebate but a good power supply

Cons: Had an advertised manufacturers $50.00 rebate. Power supply works fine.

Cons: Sent in rebate to manufacturers request on time. Waited, and waited , still waiting ....no rebate. It's been almost a full year and still no rebate.
Not fair....

Other Thoughts: Good power supply from sumbeam

Pros: Powered my system fine for well over a year of always-on use. Came home from a 10 day vacation to a non-working fan, but power supply was only slightly warm and computer was still running smoothly.

Cons: Purchased 9/10/10, fan started sticking sometime shortly after 2/29/12. Power supply still works fine, but I have to manually give the fan a whirl to get it going when I boot up the system.
Until I can get either a new fan or power supply, I have to leave my case open to keep an eye on it and I don't dare leave it unsupervised

Other Thoughts: I really do wish they used a better fan in this. I would expect that it would get pretty hot after even 10 minutes with no fan, but it was only a bit warm after what may have been days. The room I keep it in is pretty cool, and my case has lots of fans and good airflow, but still...

Pros: Worked fine, while it did work. On/Off switch for the fan light was a nice add on though. So was the modular cabling.

Cons: My machine started acting up one day and randomly rebooting. At first, I thought it might be due to a heat issue but after watching the BIOS temps several times, this was not the case. After a few hours, then days, the machine would not power on at all. I tested the PSU with a PSU tester and it failed miserably. Technically, it is still covered under the one year warranty (by only 3 weeks) but it is not worth the trouble of shipping and hoping that I get one that is better. For now, I am going with SeaSonic brand that I have heard nothing but good reviews about. So long sunbeam..

Pros: Works.

Cons: Didn't receive rebate. I would not trust this company to honor any promotion or warranty.

Other Thoughts: Won't ever buy anything from SunBeamTech again. Their customer service is poor.

Pros: Had an advertised manufacturers $50.00 rebate. Power supply works fine.

Cons: Sent in rebate per manufacturers request. Waited, then waited, and waited some more....no rebate. I think I can speak for most of us here if there is an irresistible deal, you buy that product. It's been almost a full year and still no rebate.

Other Thoughts: This experience has made me very disappointed with the manufacturer (Sunbeam) to the point that any Sunbeam product I see, I'll pass up, no matter the deal. It also disappoints me when I sought assistance in the matter and I was, for the most part, dismissed or forgotten. This may be because while I'm not complaining about the product in general, I just wanted my $50 rebate. That is, after all, why I purchased. If you're not going to pay out your rebates, don't advertise them!!!
One star for dissatisfaction of a rebate. Hope you can do good things with my money.

Pros: specs, pretty lights

Cons: sunbeam, didn't honor rebate, died after a year of light use.

Other Thoughts: don't buy sunbeam products. Plain as that.

Pros: Modular, low price, long lasting.

Had this thing for a year and 8 months and just bought a new Sandy Bridge i5-2500k OCed to 4.6ghz and 8gb GSkill DDR3-1866 ram. Never a hiccup even after this time. Quality power supply

Cons: None I can think of

Other Thoughts: Questionable name brand but quality product

Pros: Nice blue lights,says 680 watts,price.

Cons: First one was rma back,not 680 watts, and it destructs after 6 months taking out everything in its way.Not durable

Other Thoughts: Put this unit in a build with a Phenom 2x6 went well for about 6 months then it blew took out my motherboard while it was at it cost me $250 for new board and supply bought the corsair gs600 and asus m4a88td-m should have done this the first time around steer clear of this board although good in price you will pay for it later.

Pros: Nice if you like light shows in your box. Many cables that can be added if needed. Runs quietly, but not for long. Big 7 inch fan keeps it very cool.

Cons: Lost -5V after 6 months use. Site shows NO WARRANTY with this unit.

Other Thoughts: Wont buy another one that has Sunbeam written on it!

Pros: Quiet. Price. Modular cables. Free Shipping. Huge fan. Light was switchable.

Cons: Unit was DOA on the 15th month. Began giving numerous BSOD's and restarts in 13th month. Finally the smell of burning plastic filled my room.
The 4 pin CPU cable was a tad short. It reached the connector but I could not do an elegant cable routing.

Other Thoughts: I temporarily replaced this Sunbeam with a 480 watt el cheapo PS I got from Newegg for free with a case order. It sells for around 15 bucks and has been running like a champ for over a week. Maybe I shouldn't push it though.

I removed the 140mm fan from the Sunbeam and used it in my computer case. Nice and quiet. So I guess I got back around ten bucks or so. Everything else except the cables is in the town landfill.

Admittedly this PS had well over two thousand hours on it. I recall in the early 1990's how 300 watt AT power supplies would run day and night for years without trouble. I still have an older computer that I use as a file server running Linux with a 350 watt AT supply and it has been running for nearly ten years.