SPARKLE FSP550-60PLG 550W EPS12V Active PFC Power Supply - OEM

Pros: I bought 2 [worthless] Thermaltake 680W PSUs before getting this Sparkle. I thought the first one was defective, but upon buying another, found that they just aren't up to the task. The Sparkle 550W has had no problem powering my workstation, though. I've currently been rendering 3D scenes for over 60 hours at a time, at 100% CPU usage with no stability problems. I am running an Asus NCCH-DL dual Xeon 800fsb, dual WD 36gb 10,000 rpm Raptors, and a 3DLabs Wildcat4 7110 graphics adapter, which uses alot of power, as it uses an AGP Pro interface with no secondary power hookup. The Thermaltake 680W would shut down literally within 2 seconds if I started any CPU-intensive process, or if I had too many things going! This Sparkle 550W has had absolutely *zero* problems handling the load. I recommend it to anyone, and will buy another when I build another machine.

Cons: If you want to impress your friends with your *shiny* new PSU, don't get this one. Likewise, skip this one if you want to brag about how much $$$$ you spent. If, however, you actually want your machine to run stable, then skip the pretty ones and get one that works - the Sparkle 550W!

Pros: bought it for my backup rig. Solid rails no problems and really made by FSP. Nice and quiet, lots of cables.

Cons: non that i can think of.

Pros: EPS12V Power Connectors. Very heavy and packed full of components and heatsinks. Quiet fan.

Cons: Single 80mm fan offers no redundancy in cooling. I hope the single fan can keep going for my Linux server, running 24/7. Also a minor annoyance, there's no master power switch, so you have to pull the plug to get your system to fully power-down!

Overall Review: I bought this for a Tyan EPS12V motherboard, but it turned out that the board worked fine with a standard ATX 12V power supply too. (I gess I should have downloaded and read the motherboard manual carefully first!) I didn't even really need this EPS12V unit at all.

Pros: Using to power a Tyan 2882G3N-D with a single Opteron 275, 4GB memory and a single Raptor drive. Works great and seems to be pretty quiet.

Cons: None

Pros: This power supply has worked well up until recently.

Cons: After one year of operation, this PSU has managed to completely fail. In addition to simply not powering on anymore, 2 out of 6 hard drives connected to this PSU are also now completely dead. I am quite disappointed.

Overall Review: This power supply was used to power a dual xeon server, with 6 sata hard drives.

Pros: Been running steady for a few weeks, never misses a beat. It's powering: MSI K8N Master2 FAR Opteron 244 PNY 7800GT 1GB Corsair ECC/Reg Seagate 120GB HDD Audigy 2 ZS The PSU seems relatively quiet. Or, at least, you won't hear it over the fans on everything else, especially in a system a supply like this is meant for (server boards) Also, if what they say about measuring a supply in weight is true, this thing must be good, it's got a good bit of weight to it.

Cons: It's amazing how many wires are on this thing. Makes for a bit of a mess, modular would be awesome. However, it's a small point, as it's not hard to tuck things out of the way.

Comments: Wow!36A on 12V and active PFC usually runs high dollars. For this price, it's a must buy. This thing weighs 6lbs and all power. Only has one fan but most active PFC with 36A only has room for one 80mm fan. Just have good case cooling and you are fine.

Comments: This PSU is absolutely the best one for the money. It weighs a ton and is entirely packed with monsterous capacitors. Don't rely on it to cool your case, though. It's got its hands full keeping itself cool. Here's what it's running: Asus DC-DL Dual Xeon 1.6lv overclocked to 3.23ghz 3 160gb SATA hard disks in RAID 0 2 Memorex optical drives 6 120mm fans 2 80mm 1 ATI catalyst graphics card This PSU is probably waaaay overkill for my setup, but you can't go wrong for the money. The huge amperage available from the 12v rail makes overclocking a breeze. I highly reccomend this PSU. BTW, it arrived 2 days earlier than newegg predicted. Super fast shipping rules!