Codegen 350watt PSU Review
Posted by Mike
@ 2:40 A.M. on 10/19/02
Background
Special thanks sent out to Plain
Label PC for supplying me with this PSU. Be sure to give them
a visit at http://www.plainlabelpc.com.
We have all heard about how important
a computer's power supply is. Without enough power, the system
will become unstable, causing it to crash. Whether it crash at
that crucial moment in your favorite game (cough cough...Unreal
Tournament 2003), or right as you are about to save your 5 page
English paper. Edit-- Oh man, did that sentence come back to haunt
me...
With all these high end graphics
cards, LED fans, Cold Cathodes, EL cable, etc. people need a power
supply that will provide power to all those plus some. Until Plain
Label PC sent me this PSU, I was using a generic 300 watt PSU
(my GF4 is supposed to have at least 350). I looked into buying
a new one, and was discouraged by the high prices. I didn't want
to get another generic, and even those prices were a little high
at places. Since I really wasn't having too many problems I just
forgot about it. Sure my voltages were never at what they should
have been, but I just ignored it.
Luckily for me, a few months later
Plain Label
PC was nice enough to send me a new 350 watt power supply
to review. Being that it was not a brand name, I figured this
would be a great opportunity for me to really see how good generic
power supplies are. After all, there is a difference of around
$50 between brand name and generic. This particular PSU clocks
in at only $29.
To be more precise, it is a Codegen
350 watt Power supply. I couldn't find many specs on it, but here's
what I did get:
