Power Zone any good?

[Guest]

Is this any good? http://www.bequiet.com/en/powersupply/387

 

i want a full modular good quality psu but it's sold out at Newegg and too expensive at amazon. 

i've only heard of L8 which is pretty low-end, straight power and dark power which are too much for me

[Guest]

Eh, I wouldn't go with a low-end bequiet PSU. Their high end stuff is okay (although overpriced) but they've had quite a few problems in the past. Maybe go for a 550W-600W Seasonic or Corsair PSU and see if that fits your budget.

EDIT: The OEM for the powerzone series seems to be FSP (the same as the e9 series), so it should be fine. FSP PSUs are definitely above average, not amazing but they will certainly do their job. Also, efficiency seems to be quite a bit higher than the advertised 80+ bronze.

[daemonowner]

Full Modular and Good Quality. That's pretty broad, and availability is pretty good in Canada. Should be loads to choose from. What Wattage and price range? Any preferences on aesthetics or warranties etc? Judging by the unit you linked you're looking for 650W models or thereabouts, unless you're asking more generally about the Power Zone Series.

 

http://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/zardon/be-quiet-powerzone-650w-psu-review/7/

It seems pretty decent. It's 80Plus Bronze so it's not the most efficient, and it uses Teapo primary and secondary capacitors which are kind of "meh", but that's all I can think of to criticise this for. Everything else seems decent or good. Beats most mainstream Bronze units.

EDIT: Availability seems to be poor. Pricing might be a little high. I wouldn't recommend this series unless you can get it cheap. There are 80Plus Gold units with Jap Caps for about the same.

[Guest]

EDIT: Availability seems to be poor. Pricing might be a little high. I wouldn't recommend this series unless you can get it cheap. There are 80Plus Gold units with Jap Caps for about the same.

 

But...none look so good...

 

probably not going to buy it because as far as I know be quiet doesn't offer a separate cable set

[Yummychickenblue]

Here in 'Murica you can get a Corsair RM650 for $10 more not sure about over in Canada though.

[bbqsauce]

quite a few you can choose, rm series for one is 10 dollars more on amazon fully modular, 80+gold

the cm v series is also decent, but semi-modular.