Joined on 05/10/03
works, extremely loud
Pros: It provides power. Enough connectors to get the job done on an older PC.
Cons: It's extremely loud. The loudest PSU I've ever owned. Easy to single out in room with a full tower running 6 PATA drives, 3x8cm and 1x12cm fans! For a few dollars more I could've gotten an 80Plus PSU that would probably have been quieter. No SATA connectors.
great at time, died after 2 yrs
Pros: Plenty of cables for a socket 754 board. Seemed to run fine for ages. It seemed to run a bit hot.
Cons: Died after 2 years. Began resisting the initial power-on. Eventually died while running and took my 6600GT with it. I don't think it was a surge.
Overall Review: My CX-350 recently died, too, which I bought a year earlier. It did not take any hardware with it. Buying all other brand PSUs these days. Buying an inexpensive PSU is _not_ worth it. I spent easily the $50 I saved not getting a $100 PSU on replacing parts on the failed box to see what was causing it to BSoD; and that was after replacing the dead PSU! 100% stable before the CoolMax died.
Looks impressive, but came without parts
Pros: Looks impressive.
Cons: Didn't ship with the 4 nuts required to mount it.
Overall Review: From the positive reviews I'm disappointed I wasn't able to install it.
Won't secure to Asus P8 H61-MLE
Pros: None.
Cons: Cheap plastic pins do not secure to an Asus P8 H61-MLE, rendering the heat sink completely worthless for its advertised purpose.
Overall Review: Skip it. It's useless.