HIPRO TOP-500P5 500W ATX V2.01 Power Supply - OEM

It died after a month.

Reviewed By: calvin924597 on 3/28/2007

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

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Worked for a while, powered my Evga 680i, 8800gts 640mb and an e6400 clocked to 3.2ghz.

Cons: Died. Came home from school and it was dead. Not sure about the damage yet.

Other Thoughts: Beware when buying this.

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Reviewed By: MR_PERFECT on 3/9/2007

Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: this power supply will hold up to its end of the bargin.i have had my pentium d 805 overclocked to 4.0 mhz since i bought it.it has plenty of power,and some to spare.my axxxc bombs out at 3.6mhz,and keeps rebooting.

Cons: none.cables are a little long,but other than that great product.

Other Thoughts: i have bought 3 so far,and evey one has worked perfectly for me,and the overclocking ability of these power supplies are just amazing.if one fails on you dont be worried about getting the same one again.i have bought axxxcs that died on me,not all power supplies are built perfect all the time,you just have to hope the one you get is a good one from start.just to let anyone know,or is in doubt about this ps,i had to get a knew one,because my 500w axxxc would not hold up to overclocking my pentium d 805,it kept reboooting,where this one runs like a dream.buy it,buy it,buy it.

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It Finally Died!!!!

Reviewed By: Mysfyt on 3/7/2007

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

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: When it worked, it was ok.

Cons: Died 6 to 7 months after casual use. Somehow, im not exactly shocked because just about 1 week ago I started noticing an odd noise coming from my pc, a louder noise than what I'm used to. I even remember saying to a friend that I'll be quite mad if that brand new PSU dies on me. And BAMM!!! less than a week later, this thing is practically a paper weight.

Other Thoughts: This is a follow up to my post done on Sept. 2, 2006. It finally died on me tonight. To make a long story short, My girlfriend called me at work to tell me the computer died on her as she was just doing simple things on the pc like playing solitaire. When I arrived home from work, I tried to turn it on and it would try to boot into windows but after about 5 or so seconds, it would just die again. No beeps, no nothing so I knew it wasn't the hardware inside my pc. So I took the Power Supply that I originally had (it works...somewhat, just cant play games on it cause it surely will lock up but hey, atleast it runs windows and allows me to get on the internet) and my pc boots up beautifully. Nonetheless, looks like im in the market, once again, for a reliable PSU and I'll definately be staying away from this company. Guess thats what I get for going the cheap route. I think I'll just suck this up to experience and just get a more expensive, reliabe PSU from a trusted company.

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