Are Q-Tec the same people as Q-Technology?

Lone Ranger · Post by **Lone Ranger** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:05 am

Are Q-Tec the same people as Q-Technology (or maybe it is QTechnology without the hyphen) ?

I have seen both Q-Tec and Q_technology mentioned as makers of computer PSUs. For example:

http://www.quietpc.com/uk/psu.php
http://www.qtec.info/products/product.htm?artnr=13352

I get the feeling one of these makes is reckoned to be good and the other is not.

dukla2000 · Post by **dukla2000** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:53 am

Q-Technology claim to be good & quiet and had a bit of a reputation as such a year or so back.

Q-Tec are part of the 'pack' of psu manufacturers: good enough & honest enough to put the same brand on all their psu: nothing remarkable when it comes to silence or other performance AFAIK.

I dont have personal experience of either.

maarten · Post by **maarten** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:11 am

I have a Q-Technology powersupply and it's good quality and indeed silent.

apocalypse80 · Post by **apocalypse80** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:40 am

Not familiar with Q-technology , but it has to be different from Q-Tec.
From what I've read , Q-Technology makes quality PSUs , from what I've experienced , Q-Tec doesn't.

I had the (nasty) experience of owning a Q-Tec 400W for a little while.
Light as a feather , extremely noisy under load , with voltage lines that made me want to cry....
The only good thing about it , was that it's rear fan died after 1 month , allowing me to RMA it and get something better.

Fabool · Post by **Fabool** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:56 am

Some Q-tec PSUs are banned in Finland by the electronics safety association (or whatever you want to call it) because of flaws in their design.

al bundy · Post by **al bundy** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:59 pm

I've used several Q-Technology PSU's and always found their quality and noise level to be very good. Well made and nicely quiet.

larrymoencurly · Post by **larrymoencurly** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 3:57 am

Q-Tec and Q-Technology are as different as John Kerry and George W. Bush, as these pictures of their insides (the PSUs', not the candidates') show:

550W Q-tec:

300W Q-Technology:

I won't say which PSU is like which presidential candidate, but notice how just one of the Q-Technology's heatsinks contains more aluminum than all of the Q-tec's heatsinks combined. One of these definitely does not deserve your vote.

lightman · Post by **lightman** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 5:45 am

550W Q-tec:

300W Q-Technology:

Better ?

Q-Technology are based on Forton Powersupplies sometimes with improvement for more silence.

Q-Tec are cheap powersupplies and Quiet only the name !

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