XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W 500 W ATX SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: Very stable and powerful psu. Currently powers my 8 year old's AMD X2 3600+ Brisbane (Stock 1900 mhz, overclocked to 2612 mhz 24/7) with a EVGA 7600GT 256meg and a sata 20X DVDRW and a EIDE DVDROM and a EIDE WD 200gig HD. Has plenty of power cables and for awhile I had a EVGA 8800 GTS 320 meg Superclocked card in his system and this psu handled it fantastically (even when I overclocked the 8800's core from 576 to 660mhz and the memory from 850mhz/1700mhz to 1065mhz, effective memory of 2130mhz). 3DMark06 Score of 9353.

Cons: I ordered this seperately from the rest of the build and had to pay $6 extra in shipping, but not this psu's fault (I tried to use the psu that came with my apex case and it wasn't stable when overclocked, had random shutdowns)

Overall Review: This psu is recommended as one of the better budget stable units. I've seen it powering Intel Quad Core 6600's with 8800 GTX cards. For this price you can't do better. The only way to upgrade to a better PSU is to spend > $100. Xclio is one of the better brands of psu's.

Pros: This is a good power supply, easily managed and set up with only one real complication.

Cons: Little bit of heat generation, nothing to scare you away from it, just to be aware, using programs like speedfan can tell you the temperatures of all your parts to make sure they dont get to hot.

Overall Review: This was my first computer built by myself and I did it completely alone, but I have heard 2 other cases of this with other psu's and it has come to my attention that someone should mention that if you have a 4 pin cpu connector on your motherboard that you need to split the 8 pin cpu connector on your power supply and only use one of them, this was very frustrating to me because the pins you press in to split the 8 pin connector are very small, but after 2 hours of feeling like a moron, I figured it out, now it works beautifully no problems. It does seem to generate the most heat in my case but that is to be expected, just make sure the fan you have on the back of your computer tower is a good one, blowing air out, you shouldn't have a problem if you do this.

Pros: Works great.Fit perfect into my Gateway 830GM .Running a P4HT @3.0ghz 4x1gb G.Skill RAM and a BFG nvidia Geforce7950gt card with no probs.This thing runs so silent I had to take my case off to see if it was actually running!Lots of extra cables for any future add-ons.I've used it with alot of games and everthing runs smooth from GW,SWG,TwoWorlds,Oblivion.Temp is great.My average session can go up to 6 to 8hrs on the weekends so I think put it to a good test so far.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: About to buy another one for my wifes computer. Not realy a thought,just kinda funny.On the box and instructions a big label says :"TO BE INSTALLED BY PROTESSIONALS" lol!

Pros: Very quiet temperature controlled fan, now all I hear is my hard disks. Small details like an LED status light near the power switch indicate attention to detail. Plenty of cables, though only the main power connector is sheathed. Personally, I couldn't care less about that. The main 24 pin power connector has a breakaway to make it a 20-pin. The 8-pin connector for Intel systems has a breakaway to make it a 4-pin for AMD and older Intel systems. One PCI-E connector is included, an adapter is included to connect a second PCI-E connector to support SLI or CrossFire. Four SATA power connectors. Plenty of Molex connectors (CD-ROM, legacy hard disks, etc.)

Cons: None so far. I have only owned it one day, I cannot attest to its longevity.

Overall Review: AMD X2 4200+ 939, ATI HD 3850, 2 GB DDR400, 3 hard disks (Raptor 74, 7200RPM SATA, 5400RPM IDE), 1 DVD burner, 1 extra fan.

Pros: Works very quiet, looks hot, and supply all the power I need

Cons: none

Overall Review: This power supply is pushing my new custom PC build complete with a Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 CPU, four big SATA drives, and a dual monitor DVI graphics card on the PCI express technology all with no problem.

Pros: Well bought this in 2006 and it's still doing just fine. Not a problem one with it. Great buy for the price.

Cons: None

Pros: Pretty decent efficiency (the norm is around 63-65% minimum versus this being 70% minimum so it wastes a bit less power. A high efficiency PSU would generally be considered to be 75%, so it's a high mid I guess.) Excellent reliability. Not one problem for me yet. It handles power blinks/etc about as well as any other PSU I've ever had too. 120mm quiet fan as others have mentioned. (If noise is an issue, always go for a 120mm model since they can push more air at a lower RPM thus generate less noise for the same airflow.) Good price for a PSU of such a range. It has very good specs for its pricerange in fact. They still make and sell this thing. I expected the page to say "disabled product" given how long ago I bought mine. It's a good enough product that even though it has been so long they still carry it when most computer components these days disappear around a year at the most.

Cons: I guess the efficiency could be higher. The cables are long (also a pro if you have a big case, but a con if it's a relatively small one. I used a few zip ties and got them out of the way of airflow nicely though.)

Overall Review: I first installed this PSU in early December of 2007, so I've had it more than two years now. A family member with a less power hungry PC setup but a cheaper PSU bought one half a year to a year or so after I got this one and theirs died about a week ago, taking out most of their system's components along the way (the HD survived at least, so no data loss.) When I say cheap, I don't mean $20 or something, just cheaper than this. This should give you an idea of differences in quality scale I think. I feel like my PSU will last another two years easily.

Pros: Works right out of box, has 8 pin 12V connector for newer motherboards, good solid construction, all the connections you need.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Powers my EVGA 680i SLI mobo with e6400 2.13, 2g of OCZ ddr2 1066, 2 x 7600GT XXX 256mb SLI, 2 WD raptor hdd, 1 Maxtor IDE drive, 1 dvd/rw, 2 120 mm case fans with consistent power.