What about those CompUSA Branded PSU??

leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
edited July 2003 in Hardware
i'm in a market for a newer PSU, i have heard a while back that those COMPUSA branded PSU aren't bad, actually they are pretty good, i will be getting a 600watt version, i want to know if anyone have any personal experience.

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  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited July 2003
    Thrax thinks his 400 watt CompUSA psu is great; swears that it is more stable on voltages than a whole bunch of name brand psu's. I have no personal experience with their psu's myself though.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited July 2003
    Buying "Store Brand" anything can be a crapshoot.

    One thing's for certain - CompUSA didn't open their own manufacturing plant, so they are made for them by somebody. I've noticed that CompUSA has at least made an effort to satisfy the home-builders. Their accessories section seems to be getting bigger lately. I've heard good things about their PSU's, chances are that they're made by one of the "name" brands. They must have picked a good company.


    Prof
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    good to hear this, i'm getting a deal on it, so hopefully it will work out good.
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited July 2003
    What label do the cases have on them? Are they SystemMax PC's made by Tiger Direct and System Max?
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Cases?? i'm not getting a case, i'm just buying this PSU retail packaged off ebay.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Is the PSU a bunch of naked capacitors, voltage regulators, and transformers, or is it in a box? The box is the "case" danball is referring to... :wtf:
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited July 2003
    I was referring to a fully assembled PC, what brand was on the front of the case.
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    i'm not buying a full system ONLY THE PSU.
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited July 2003
    Last time I was at CompUSA and looked at the PSUs was when I purchased my Antec True Power 430w PSU.

    While I cannot remember the exact phrases and verbiage used on the CompUSA box, it was similar to the Antec True Power PSUs, so CompUSA PSUs may actually be Antec. Who knows.


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  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited July 2003
    I kept pressing send reply hoping it would go quicker, but never expected the result
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    a2jfreak said
    // Edit: Danball, I've noticed the forums being slow the last few days, but today in particular. After seeing how your posts were repeated, I'm thinking perhaps there is a loop running on the vBulletin code that is causing things to be slow. Shorty? Prime? Media? Keebler? any ideas?

    I've checked the server loading and logs, all seems in place. I think this is latency related. Im looking into it. Browsing the forums, reading threads is fast, it's only transmitting information back.. that it slows down on.

    Im on it :thumbsup:
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