Athena Power AP-MFATX30 300W Mini ITX / Micro FLEX ATX / ATX12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply for many HP Slimline System Upgrades/Replacement

Pros: This unit is a very nice addition to the Project I was working on. I needed a unit that would allow me to make a mod for an XBOX 360 and still give me the power to make the unit fully function to peek performance. The ability for this to stay cool in the case in such a tight space is amazing. does everything I need it to do.

Cons: I wish it was modular because I will never need to use the Molex connectors or the floppy in my unit but that is ok, I can tuck them away. The mounting screw hole placement is a little odd. but for my purpose it didn't mean much ;-) just had to drill in a different spot. also for good measure i mounted an additional fan over the vent part of the PSU to keep it cooler since the fan in the back is the only one on the unit. probably not necessary but i did it because of space and heat concerns.

Overall Review: The unit is actually Very pleasing overall. I heard a lot of reviews saying things about noise, but to be honest, the noise level is not that bad. I'm in a room filled with all sorts of computer equipment from servers to desktops, and enterprise networking equipment. this does not make as much noise as people say it does. even under full load on benchmarking tests like 3DMark Vantage it runs pretty quiet. It would be nice if it showed up under CPUID HWMonitor so I could just use that to monitor Voltages but it for some reason didn't pick it up, but that is alright, there are other tools.

Pros: Very powerful for its small size.

Cons: Airflow on this is way too loud. Sounds like a hand held vacuum cleaner.

Overall Review: The adapter to the motherboard is too big for HP Slimline. You have to buy a smaller adapter piece for it to work on HP Slimlines.