Ultra X-Connect 500W Power Supply Unit PSU Black XVS500 V-SERIES ULT33135

List Price: $69.99 Discount Price: $66.18

Features:

• FlexForce Cables - Designed to be easily routed and hidden within your case
• Special design promotes easy cable management and 30% better airflow than ordinary cables by easily routing cable under the motherboard, behind drive bays, etc.
• Cables are dressed in sleek looking titanium like finish
• 1x 20/24 Pin Motherboard Connector 19 inches
• 1x 4 Pin +12V Motherboard Connector 19 inches

Accessories:

UPS 1000VA AVR Backup System ULT31502

Customer Reviews:

Excellent, well constructed power supply [Posted on 2007-04-13]
Very nice, has plug in wiring so you dont have extra wires hanging around in your case that you dont need. Seems to be of excellent quality

Great Power Supply for the Price [Posted on 2007-08-24]
My computer had been having some major issues with power. It was constantly restarting on me in the middle of emails and anything else I tried to do. I finally narrowed the cause of the problem down to my power supply. I needed one quick and one with enough juice to fuel my system. I usually research every component I buy but I was in a hurry and saw the few reviews for this PSU. I needed at least 500 watts and couldn't beat the price of this one so I thought I'd give it a shot. Installed very easily and booted up on the first attempt. Everything is working nicely now and I can get back to business. This is a wonderful power supply for the price and for average users, however, do not buy this power supply if you plan on overclocking at all. This unit just isn't delivering the correct voltages to my chips when overclocking. It could also use a few more 4-pin molex connectors; I ran a little short when hooking up water pump and case fans. Make sure your components that need power don't outnumber the amount of connectors included in this PSU.

Pros: enough power for the average user
enough power connectors for the average user
stable power output
can't beat the price at this level of power
modular cabling aways makes things more neat
Cons: not ideal for enthusiasts who overclock
not ideal for enthusiasts who have lots of stuff to power

Bottom Line: This is a great power supply for the price. It's reliable and effective. This PSU could be perfect for the majority of users out there. However, if you built your own system and you have lots of components and/or you overclock your system, you should just do your research and be ready to spend the extra money for a PSU designed for high-end systems. Otherwise, this will work wonders.

Great Power supply with more than enough juice [Posted on 2008-05-12]
I put this unit in a core 2 duo pc that had a failed power supply.
4 hard drives, 8800gt, DVD burner and 3gb ram. No power issues yet.
The modular cables are nice as you don't have to have the extras just laying around in the case.

I definitely recommend this PSU.

Not a 500W PSU, and if failed after 8 months [Posted on 2008-05-28]
I could only pull 390 watts from it when I tested it, but thats in the ballpark for lowend PSU's. You get what you pay for, and 380 'actual' Watts is plenty for all but dual video card gamers.

However, mine failed after 8 months of intermittent use, taking out my new motherboard and also my old motherboard that I used as a backup (thought I overclocked my new board too far and fried it, but it was the PSU). Thats what I get for going cheap I guess.

Use at your own risk... [Posted on 2008-05-28]
I purchased this PSU to replace a weak 250W unit so I could run multiple hard drives and a video card. The first PSU I got worked well and my system was actually running a bit faster...until it nearly had a meltdown. The PSU fan didn't work and it got really hot (but didn't shut down). I swapped the old one back in and waited for a replacement PSU (BTW, Amazon is really good about replacements). Installed the second unit and instantly lost the first hard drive in the power circuit, presumably due to a bad SATA power cable that came with the PSU. The HD was completely shorted out. The motherboard, the video card and the other HD survived, so I'm assuming voltage is OK to those (at least the right polarity), but will test to make sure. The modular design is nice, and it's easy to configure, but make no mistake - it is a low-end power supply with the potential to seriously damage your system when it develops problems. Based on my experience I can't recommend this product to anyone - it's just too risky.

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