PLEASE HELP: MegaPower Power Supply?

christnp · Post by **christnp** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:35 pm

Anyone have any experience or advice on MegaPower brand power supplies?

I have never heard of them, but I found a 400W TFX MegaPower psu offered on ebay that is VERY close to the dimensions I need (I'd take a 300W TFX Sea Sonic over a sketchy MegaPower, but the SS supply doesn't fit the dimensions I need... though I could possibly mod my case to make it fit).

Thanks!

-Nick

christnp · Post by **christnp** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:54 am

Anyone at all?

vagasplayer · Post by **vagasplayer** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:58 am

i just bought one of the exact one your talking about it should be here 2day or 2morow... ill let you no how it goes for the first day just to let you no if mine is defective and what not... but im pretty sure it is a knock off and only has a 90 day warrenty wich name brand have like 3 year warrenty and i just hope it doesent ruin my new quad core

christnp · Post by **christnp** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:33 am

Thanks for the reply... I went ahead and bought one as well and I too hope it does not ruin any of my parts. I also hope it lasts longer than its 90 day warranty

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vagasplayer · Post by **vagasplayer** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:15 pm

ok so i got my psu today to find out that my quad is not compatable with my motherboard wich my manual for the board sais it does but w.e all i can say is that it booted up with the mega power psu with my celeron in it and then i took it out, cuz im not ganna take that chance for no reason (it ruining my parts)... to bad you wen ahead and bought yours im reselling mine for half the price

christnp · Post by **christnp** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:32 pm

But it ran okay? Didn't blow up or anything

Anyone else have any experience with ANY MegaPower PSUs?

BillyBuerger · Post by **BillyBuerger** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:02 pm

Seasonic has the SS-300TFX which looks to be similar in size. Although I'm a little late as you've already bought the other one

christnp · Post by **christnp** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:24 pm

Yea, I looked at the Seasonic PSU and actually would have rather had purchased it, but I think the dimensions were too far off to fit my case. So I went with the MegaPower PSU which was only 2mm off on a dimension that had room for an extra 2mm. Plus, the MegaPower one says it is good for 400W. I suppose I will have to learn the hard way...

(Who knows, maybe it will be a perfectly fine PSU

)

vagasplayer · Post by **vagasplayer** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:56 am

ya it ran fine for the 10 seconds that i had it in my computer

christnp · Post by **christnp** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:29 am

Hello all. Thanks for giving me your opinions, they were useful.

I have had this 400W MegaPower PS for about a month now and it has worked great. No noticeable defects. Runs quietly (well, quieter than my cpu fan anyways). I've been pushing it especially hard to try and work out any potential problems within the 90 day warranty period.

I'll be sure to post if any issues arrise.

P.S. As far as peak power is concerned, I really don't know what I am ACTUALLY getting out. But it runs my set-up:

BIOSTAR A760G M2+
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600 2.9GHz
2x2GB OCZ DDR2 SDRAM
WD 500GB SATA HDD
Galaxy GeForce 9600 GT Low Profile Video Card - 512MB DDR3
Hauppauge HVR-1250
Linksys Wireless G PCI card

PLEASE HELP: MegaPower Power Supply?

PLEASE HELP: MegaPower Power Supply?

Works Great!