COOLMAX CU series CU-700B 700W ATX12V SLI Ready Modular and Compatible with Core i3/i5/i7 Power Supply

Pros: Quiet, fired right up with no posting problems, seems to run cool

Cons: Modular cables are very short and would be hard to use in a full sized tower set up (I installed this in a mid-sized case). Very few old style power plugs for IDE hard drives (I used this in a secodary rig without SATA drives) Modular plugs don't positively "snap" into place so it is hard to tell if they are seated properly. The video card plug had to be stretched to reach my card and left absolutely zero slack so the wires could be zip tied neatly out of the way of fans etc..

Overall Review: For the price, I guess I can't complain too much and so far, the power supply is functioning well... It just seems light on legacy plugs and WAY heavy on SATA power outlets. (probably my fault for not looking closer at the specs)

Pros: *Worked, for a little while. *Made neat-looking sparks.

Cons: *Made my bedroom smell funny after it exploded. Had to open a window. *Woke up the other occupants of my apartment mid-explosion, and probably my downstairs neighbors as well. *Modular cables nigh impossible to connect without destroying your fingertips. *Did I mention it exploded? *...less than a month after I installed it? *Really, really short cables. Cables barely fit in a small Antec mini-tower case.

Overall Review: So, picture this: you sit down at your PC at 4 AM, and decide you'd like to shoot some zombies in Left 4 Dead 2. (I know they're not really zombies, but, just follow me here for a minute.) So you fire up L4D2, join a server, grab a chainsaw and start maiming the infected, when suddenly, your screen goes blank, sparks start shooting out of the back of your power supply, complete with loud explosion sounds and the distinct smell of burning electronics. If this sounds like your bag, feel free to buy this power supply. Otherwise, buy something that isn't garbage. Anything else. ...why can't I give something zero eggs?

Pros: This thing is very stable. I took a chance on such low reviews and I tell you either they are crazy or CoolMAX have done an overhaul on their PSU's..This thing is amazing makes for great wire managment. I recommend this to anyone with a budget. You will love it.

Cons: NONE

Pros: It works fine and looks good. Don't buy a 2 1/2 foot tall case and you won't have to worry about the cables being too short. The poor rating is due to the bait and switch with the rebate. The rebated price was the only reason I bought this.

Cons: I jumped through 100 hoops for these guys to qualify for their rebate which after 6 months has not come. Signed up on web sites, tore off and pasted proofs, filled out forms. DO NOT TAKE THE REBATE PRICE INTO ACCOUNT THEY DO NOT HONOR IT.

Pros: Puts out great power. Works very well and runs stable. Cheap.

Cons: You get what you pay for. In this case cables that are way too short to be of any use. The mainboard 20+4 cable is barely long enough to read the connector which sits right at the first expansion slot of my ASUS M2A-MVP. The PCI express 6-pin cables have about 1 inch of slack when run in a straight line from the PSU to the first PCI express slot... and are bent at a perfect 90 degrees and putting pressure on the card in the second slot. I was forced to move my HDD from the bottom bay to the second bay down just to get it connected to the sata power connector. The cables would need an extra 9 inches to be run in such a way as to be hidden and not restrict airflow. I contacted Cool-Max to get some extension cables which arrived today and they sent me unsheathed cables that do nothing to help my situation. The mainboard extender is so clumbsy that you only get about 2 inches of extra workable length... and they only sent one 6.5 inch PCI express extender.

Overall Review: This power supply would be great for a cube case or something along those lines but for anyone who is trying to make their computer look good and run efficiently it is a bust. I know most people would not have a problem with what I have taken issue with but the CPU temps of my computer have risen 3 degrees C and it looks like a mess through the side panel. The worst part is that this PSU is modular... and there was no need to slack on the length of the cables. I could understand if they were trying to reduce excess cable inside the case but with a modulap PSU what is the point?

Pros: The PSU is good idk what the other guy was talking about but u have to push in the SATA cables so they can STAY in.. Sure the connection pieces are some what cheap, but its 70 bucks and 700 watt and everything else is good quality to me, is also very quite :)

Cons: None

Overall Review: dont post a con when ur too weak to push in a cable

Pros: The modular cables really save on case space, while giving it better lifetime usability for when you upgrade. The cooling fan on the inner surface acts like an extra case fan, taking hot air almost directly from the CPU's heatsink. Provides *plenty* of SATA/IDE connectors (the SATAs were even in the correct orientation, so there was no need to loop!). It even provides two 4-prong plugs that sit well in an 8-prong socket on newer motherboards.

Cons: The cables were a bit bulky and unbendable. Only provides two 6-pronged PCIE connectors (this may cause problems for those who use multiple GPUs). The power supply is a greater source of heat than the CPU & GPU; my computer now doubles as a space heater. The black-matte finish, while looking cool, does not match my silver-and-gray case.

Overall Review: CoolMax has not even acknowledged my rebate yet (it's been two weeks).

Pros: Modularity, output, stability. I'm very happy with this.

Cons: My ONLY complaint is that there are more ports than cables than it shipped with, meaning that if I need enough power that I would use all the ports, I have to figure out how to get more cables (and it's not exactly obvious where to do that...the manufacturer doesn't tell you).