APEX AL-D500EXP 500W ATX12V Power Supply

Pros: Great price! It does not have the fancy cosmetics of many power supplies – LED fans, sleeved cables, glossy finish and fancy packaging. Honestly, I don’t really care how the power supply looks. It goes inside the case and can not be seen. This power supply does the job. It runs very stable. The 120mm fan is very quiet. It has every type of connectors that you will ever need – 4 SATA, 2 PCI-E, both 4pin and 8pin 12V plugs and some legacy ones. I built a Core i7 920 system, and was able to OC to 3.8 GHz.

Cons: Almost too many connectors. Modular would be nice, but it easily costs 2 to 3 times more.

Overall Review: This is the system I built with this power supply Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.2GHz EVGA GTX260 OCZ Platinum 4gb ddr2-1066 WD Caviar Black 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB No problem so far. I will write a follow-up review to see how it holds up in a few months.

Pros: This is a decent 350W power supply, for the price. Although, this is almost 100% identical to the APEX AL-A400ATX internally. The real manufacturer of the PSU is Solytech Enterprise Corporation, and this is one of their mid range builds. They OEM some nice units for Rosewill Has a good input filter, high quality fan (Sleeve bearing Globe Fan with plenty of oil in the bearing), very silent, decent heatsinks and secondary silicon.

Cons: The primary side and main transformer are not able to do 500W. The switching transistors will blow above 350W, fortunately when the primary side dies, the connected components are usually okay. Low quality capacitors, but they usually do fine for a few years. Runs hot. it's a group regulated half bridge unit = low efficiency.

Overall Review: Don't use this with anything more than a single mid-range GPU setup. But I wouldn't touch anything cheaper than this. I replaced all the capacitors in mine and have it powering a Core 2 Duo build with a 9800GT with no issues. *minor issue* The AC plug on mine was pretty loose

Pros: wasnt doa

Cons: something burnt out on it when no one was even on the computer not running any programs.

Pros: My old power supply quit on me right before Christmas, and my girl friend buy me this power house as a Christmas gift to continue my shopping I did not expect this unit too much, since this is not a high fly brand name like I used to put in my systems..... but I change my mind right after I hooked up this box and turn my system on - It runs quiet and smoothly on my 9800GTX - Lots of connectors - Easy to install -Cool running -Good cable length

Cons: No black coating, no modular cable

Overall Review: It seems like a good solid less expensive performance power house I will buy another one for my another system myself if it continue the service like it is doing now! I will let you people know as soon as it let me down!!! This is one of my favorite gift for the Christmas! This power supply is in my system spec below now- 9800GTX Q9550 OC'ED to 4.25GHZ 3 FANS BR DVD 1 TB

Pros: This PSU was awesome. I mean seriously. I picked it up when it was $30 and where else would you be able to get a 500 watt PSU that had was SLI ready, had a boat load of SATA's and a freakin 8-Pin! An 8-Pin! On something less than $50 bucks! Amazing deal. Thank you Newegg, I am forever your loyal customer.

Cons: I don't really think there are any cons with this one. Usually I try pretty hard to be picky about what I buy, but this time, there really weren't any problems.

Overall Review: Make sure that your motherboard doesn't need the -5v because this doesn't have it. It isn't a problem, because most new motherboards don't need it. Mainly it's the older ones that do. Which is kinda weird, but whatever. :)

Pros: 500W is perfect for what I needed, and the price was awesome. Could have paid $20 to $30 more for the same product from a more known brand. Cables have plenty of length, which kinda sucked in my small case, but that's definitely no con. Fit perfectly with no mods in an older HP m7470n. Quiet, big improvement from the stock 300W in the HP.

Cons: Cables aren't shielded and it's not fancy looking like some of the other ones, but hey, it's a power supply. I'll take quality over looks every time. MTBF is >50,000 hours, I've seen better.

Overall Review: First purchase from Apex, so far I like what I see. This was just bought as a replacement for my parents HP, so it's more than enough power and won't be put through much of a test.

Pros: Worked out of the box, 3 sata power connectors.

Cons: DIED - less than 1 year of use. pop sounds and electical burn smell...pc won't turn on. Put replacement PSU in and PC is back and running.

Overall Review: I wouldn't buy this brand again. Unreliable and didn't even last 1 year. (11 months)...not worth it.

Pros: This power supply is an awesome deal at its price point. Not only is it quiet and comes with enough power for future expansion but it has plenty of connectors: 1x 20+4-pin main connector 1x 4-pin and 1x 8-pin (a must for Core i7) CPU power connectors 2x 6-pin PCIE connectors 4x SATA connectors 4x Molex connectors 1x FDD connectors It provides the system with a very stable current of 36A from dual 12V rails (more than enough for a single GPU setup) As stated earlier, it runs very quiet and helps cool my rig with a super-silent 120mm fan and openwork grille on the back panel. To sum it up - plenty of connectors, plenty of power and little noise are the pros for this PSU

Cons: Not to flashy - no cable sleeving but it does provide my rig with adequate room and air-flow.

Overall Review: If you are looking for a power supply to feed your hungry system, look no further and take advantage of this one from Newegg.com.