SPARKLE ATX-400PN-B204 400W ATX 12V 2.2 Power Supply

Pros: Provided stable power for 4 years through multiple PCs.

Cons: 5VSB caps decided to give out, so when its most recent home was turned off, it wouldn't turn back on!

Overall Review: Wish FSP would improve it's capacitor choice for their low end units, but can't complain too much as it last 4 years.

Pros: Quiet. Solid voltages. Quiet. Good cable length. Quiet.

Cons: More SATA connectors would be nice.

Overall Review: Not flashy or showy. No shiny lights or bells and whistles. Just nice, quiet solid power. Highly recommended

Pros: Dual 12v rails with 18amp capacity each Runs cool & quiet, even under heavy loads Built to last (over 3 years so far for mine) Outstanding price:performance ratio Supports OC'd 2010 components! (see other thoughts)

Cons: Doesn't flow a lot of air (but it's quiet) Single 6-pin PCI-e connector Only 2 SATA connectors

Overall Review: Bought from NewEgg Sept.'07, and have used in 3 different systems. Now using it to power the one I just built; Core i3-530 @ > 4GHz 2x2GB Mushkin DDR3-1333 Gigabyte H55M-S2V GTX-460 @ 840core, 4200mem If your requirements are similar, this PSU is highly recommended.

Pros: This power supply is very quiet. It just makes a low whooshing noise from the fan, but no whine or hum. I would say it's just as quiet, if not more quiet, than the FSP300-60GN that it replaced. It's only rated at 400 watts, but if you look closely at the amperes and the ratings for the +12V lines, it's actually closer to most 450-500w units. The price is very good considering the output ratings and noise level.

Cons: Unfortunately, it's not all roses. There is no sleeving on the cabling. The number of standard molex is rather small for those of us who haven't converted to serial ATA. I only have one to spare, and wouldn't have any to spare if my case fans were running directly off the power supply. There's no way I can see to easily connect the second floppy type connector to the motherboard in a full tower case, unless your hard drives are right next to your motherboard. And even then, you might need an extension.

Overall Review: It runs my DFI Infinity NF UltraII-M2 just fine, and every place I read said that you must have a 480w++ power supply to run this board reliably. I have two 7200 rpm hard drives, two DVD-RW drives, floppy, Geforce 8600GT (passive cooling), and Athlon 64x2 3800+.

Pros: Quiet and reliable. Sparkle PS are known for quality & longevity at a very reasonable price. This is no exception.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I have built a few systems with this particular PS. It simply works great! Also note that Sparkles put out more power than they are rated at, not less, as many others do.

Pros: Provides power to motherboard and components fairly quiet, cheap, reliable

Cons: It doesn't print money

Overall Review: I used this PSU in a build I did about a year ago. The build was for a smaller machine that would be on 24x7 and run as a video surveillance server recording several cameras around a small office. The machine is supposed to be on 365 days a year (unless the power happens to go out) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It has been a year and the power supply is still chugging along happily. I know because I will remote into the machine every so often to do maintenance (windows updates, check error logs and such). Would I recommend this to a friend? Absolutely

Pros: Decently quiet, reliable.

Cons: Not well known

Overall Review: I put over 28000 hours of uptime on this thing. No complaints, pulled it when I needed more amps for a large graphics card. No worries, this is a good power supply for a workstation.

Pros: Quality Power Supply, I've bought two of these over the last year and they perform great, with stable voltages, even under load. Very Quiet!

Cons: None

Overall Review: This has been powering my system for close to 6 months now, and has been powering a similar system for around a year. Here are the computer specs: Athlon X2 5200+, 2GB XMS2, ATI X1950GT 512mb, 160GB HD, DVDRW. I would trust this power supply, even with an 8800GTS.