PSU Guide

[Frangorn]

Hi there, what do you know about a PSU "Eagle Tech Panther Power Xseries GM670SC".

Thanks!

EDIT:

I bought this PSU for my PC, in this moment I have a temporary Video Card (GeForce 7300 LE) but in a couple of weeks I'll receive the one I want (XFX PVT88PYDF4 GeForce 8800GT 512MB GDDR3), my question is if this PSU will be enought for this PC and by the way, if this is a good PSU.

Thanks again.

P.S:I have 4x1GB RAM, but I think because the Win XP I see only 3 in XP :S

 

[Wile E]

Hi there, what do you know about a PSU "Eagle Tech Panther Power Xseries GM670SC".

Thanks!

EDIT:

I bought this PSU for my PC, in this moment I have a temporary Video Card (GeForce 7300 LE) but in a couple of weeks I'll receive the one I want (XFX PVT88PYDF4 GeForce 8800GT 512MB GDDR3), my question is if this PSU will be enought for this PC and by the way, if this is a good PSU.

Thanks again.

P.S:I have 4x1GB RAM, but I think because the Win XP I see only 3 in XP :S

Got a link to it?

 

[Namslas90]

Got a link to it?

Here ya go!;

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story3&reid=67

(At least I think thats the same one. Deff enough info for me to make a decision though).

 

[Wile E]

Yikes!!!! Get rid of that psu Frangorn. It didn't even live thru testing.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Frangorn, please do yourself and your rig a favor, please get a new psu. You know DaedulusHaelios has one for sale I beleive for $65.

 

[HTC]

I'm wondering if my current PSU is cut out for the job:

http://www.nox-xtreme.com/uranoseries600w.htm

Take a look @ these charts: they are of only a few minutes but i think the illustrate what i mean.

Is it OK for it to be this off the mark?

 

[JrRacinFan]

I've never heard of that brand HTC. Any possibility you can take a peak at the label for me and dig up its UL number:

For example:

 

[HTC]

I've never heard of that brand HTC. Any possibility you can take a peak at the label for me and dig up its UL number:

For example:

What does "UL" stand for?

Also: isn't a similar thing (to the pic) in the page link i provided?

 

[Nitro-Max]

Hiper should be on the top list of psu's Its not very well known outside the uk as its a British company but is very highly rated against any of the top psu's its probably the best we make. they have some quality products.
MInes given me no problems hiper 880watt type-m series 85% efficiency very nice package doesnt even get warm to the touch.

http://www.hipergroup.com/English/

 

[Namslas90]

What does "UL" stand for?

it means, "Listed by Underwriters Laboratory, an independent laboratory that tests equipment to determine whether it meets certain safety standards when properly used."

(That it shouldn't "blow-up" or burn your house down when pluged in and used in a normal fashion - unmodified of course).

 

[HTC]

it means, "Listed by Underwriters Laboratory, an independent laboratory that tests equipment to determine whether it meets certain safety standards when properly used."

(That it shouldn't "blow-up" or burn your house down when pluged in and used in a normal fashion - unmodified of course).

OK: thanks, dude!

Can anyone give me an example of 1 such "UL" in a PSU. I can't find that term anywhere in my PSU

 

[Namslas90]

Can anyone give me an example of 1 such "UL" in a PSU. I can't find that term anywhere in my PSU

UL listing is not manditory, manufacturers must pay to have their products tested and they must "PASS" in order to display the "UL" logo. Most higher end - better quality PSU's are UL listed. I know my Enermax PSU has a seperate UL sticker on it , but its not listed on the data (plate) sticker.

EDIT: The label (mark) may be in a different format - see this link;

http://www.ul.com/marks_labels/mark/index.html

 

[Frangorn]

First at all, sorry for the delay and very much thanks for the answers.
Problem here, is that I leave in Perú, here there is not too much brands, in fact this in the only I founded with more than 500w (if someone want to make business just tell me ).
Is not my idea OC or moding my PC, is just for work and play some games if this information help.
Yes, the link shows in the first link looks like my PSU, in this moment I can't open the case to take a picture, but I have an aditional data, in the box there are two options "R" and "RA", the mine is "R".

Here there is a picture of the Intel(R) Desktop Utilities:

Anyway, I posted here to learn and make the right things, I have two options, the best one is to buy something in Amazon or the place you can advice (this is too expensive for me, because the delivery to my country and is a problem too, not always can deliver to Perú) and the other one, is buy another one here, in that case, think have to search deeply for some of the brands mentioned in this post, I gess.

Bests

EDIT: Anyway, I'll apreciate some advices or some other information that could help to determinate the PSU quality, os maybe some test or some way to test it or something that helps to me to take the decision to change it and store u$s 100 in the "stupid things room"

 

[Namslas90]

@ Franghorn; Yeah you are limited as to whats available in your area. There should be suppliers nearby though (Brazil/Buenos Aires etc). Your biggest problem is the additional cost from "Import Taxes".

Try getting in touch with this TPU member (He should be able to help locating suppliers).

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/member.php?u=38647

 

[HTC]

UL listing is not manditory, manufacturers must pay to have their products tested and they must "PASS" in order to display the "UL" logo. Most higher end - better quality PSU's are UL listed. I know my Enermax PSU has a seperate UL sticker on it , but its not listed on the data (plate) sticker.

EDIT: The label (mark) may be in a different format - see this link;

http://www.ul.com/marks_labels/mark/index.html

Mine has this on it:

It's on that "UL" page you provided.

 

[Frangorn]

Here ya go!;

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story3&reid=67

(At least I think thats the same one. Deff enough info for me to make a decision though).

At least read to this guy is really funny: "The Eagle Tech Skyhawk Panther Cheetah Walrus Marmot Tiger Lion Power in all its glory" jua jua, my bad adquisition leads me to some smile

Thanks a lot Namslas90, I appreciate.

 

[panchoman]

example of the ul number. the ul (the whole long thing above ) is like a safety organization and most everything is certified by them. you can usually find a number under the ul number and use that number to find out who it is registered to, this is how you find out the oem of a psu brand, you trace the ul number to find out which oem registered the particular psu.

btw JR:

looks like E561451 to me.. but it didn't pull up anything on the ul database. but E161451 is channelwell's ul number. could be a typo or i cant read it right lol.

 

[JrRacinFan]

It is e161451.

 

[panchoman]

so cwt it is.

 

[HTC]

Mine has "R33529" about 2 inches to the left of that logo i posted earlier.

What does this mean?

 

[panchoman]

Mine has "R33529" about 2 inches to the left of that logo i posted earlier.

What does this mean?

not a UL number, i can tell you that.. as they start with E

google doesn't really help..

 

[HTC]

not a UL number, i can tell you that.. as they start with E

google doesn't really help..

I put "r33529 psu" in google and got this:

http://www.google.com/search?q=r33529+psu&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enPT272PT272

 

[panchoman]

so its the BSMI mark..

Most products sold in Taiwan must be approved in accordance with the regulations as set forth by the BSMI (Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection)

 

[HTC]

so its the BSMI mark..

Is this a good PSU, then?

Please check post #281: should i keep this PSU or change it?

 

[panchoman]

i have no clue..perhaps you might want to read here: http://www.hard-h2o.com/review/fuentes/nox-urano-600.html ... i've never heard of it before..