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: 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.

Pros: It does work and is stable. It was the only PSU that would fit in my small computer with enough wattage for a decent graphics card.

Cons: This PSU is very loud. It starts off quite but give it about 5 minutes and it sounds like a leaf blower.

Overall Review: You'll always know if your computer is on or not.

Pros: Has adequate number of cables. Fits true in Mini ITX case. All specs are correct.

Cons: The 40mm fan in this unit is by far the loudest I have ever encountered. Loud is probably an understatement, as the fan actually vibrates more than a CD-ROM at max rpm.

Overall Review: Unit performs well except for the fan, which I modified to be less noisy. Will recommend this PSU for anyone who doesn't sit in the near vicinity of the room that this PSU is in.

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: Works. I'm adding an egg for my own stupidity in not believing the other reviews.

Cons: Should have heeded the other reviews. This has a very LOAD fan. The manufacturer responses sounded like they rectified the loudness issue, but not the one I received. It turned my quiet desktop into a a jet engine. Better turn up the volume if you want to hear the movie!

Overall Review: Did I mention it was LOUD?

Pros: None

Cons: Loud unstable power supply random shutdowns.Eventually Died all together.

Overall Review: $50 dollar service fee for something that is under warranty.First and last powersupply I am going to buy from athena.

Pros: Right size. High power rating.

Cons: The mounting holes on the back panel don't line up with my case. I don't know if this is a problem with the power supply or the case.

Overall Review: This supply worked great right out of the box. The fan wasn't too loud, but it is audible. What do you expect for a 300W PSU in this form factor? Except for the misaligned mounting hole, I am very happy with this purchase.

Pros: It's small and powerfull. Able to run an overclocked E6750 and HD4850.

Cons: VERY noisy under casual 3d gaming or high cpu load like video encoding. If your upgrading the psu in your small form factor home theater PC because you want to run a nice graphics card or faster processor this will do it but expect ALOT of noise. The fan in this powersupply sounds like a cordless vacuum once you put a load on it. The fan is also unbalanced and creates excessive vibration causing the chassis to vibrate creating even more noise as it did in mine.

Overall Review: Fast shipping +1 egg. Powerfull for it's size +1 egg. VERY noisy -2 eggs. Excessive vibration -1 egg.