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Default Lepa N500 worth $40?

I think it's an Enermax unit. How does it look? Slightly underrated but a good PSU?
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400w and 500w models are very likely to be CWT GPA/GPB platform. I would say avoiding them.
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Yeah, they're bottom of the barrel units, you should be able to get better stuff from Antec(Delta) at 40$.
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Yeah, they're bottom of the barrel units, you should be able to get better stuff from Antec(Delta) at 40$.
Geez, how bottom of the barrel? We talkin Linkworld, Okia? Or more like Bestec, Topower....?
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Geez, how bottom of the barrel? We talkin Linkworld, Okia? Or more like Bestec, Topower....?
The barrel or worthwhile units... Bestec and Co. are not in the barrel ... though Topower(old Topwer) doesn't fit that category... anyway, the net if full of GPA/GPB based units reviewed by various sources... something comparable would be Andyson B-Series, the unit is not horrid, at least it has APFC, but you can buy better stuff at ~40$, 350/400W FSP EGN or some Delta low ends, or some DSA IIs, etc
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Only the EU models are APFC on the N series though, not the NA models. Just as an FYI.

Though they're not bad units, but you can get a CX600v2 for $50 AR. Or a CX500 for the same.
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Hmmm. Well a buddy gave it to me as a gift so I'd feel bad getting rid of it...But it should be good enough for an Athlon x2 and an 8800GT OC with one 6 pin connector right? Then I could use the Antec Earthwatts 430D for something else that requires more power.
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It's perfectly acceptable. If you have it lying around, there's no reason not to use it.

I've got a low end HEC unit that's in that same range of "meh" but it powers an X4 & a pair of 8800GT's without an issue.
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It's perfectly acceptable. If you have it lying around, there's no reason not to use it.

I've got a low end HEC unit that's in that same range of "meh" but it powers an X4 & a pair of 8800GT's without an issue.
Sweet! Thanks Tator Tot, i really appreciate your input. And not bad. I get kinda mad with HEC sometimes because they make some pretty decent PSU's but release some absolute garbage. Just like I have a Solytech unit that is pretty solid. Kinda upsets me because they obviously know how to make decent supplies but choose to make mostly crap!!!
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Dang...it's got Jun Fu capacitors on the primary, and from what I can tell mostly on the secondary. I've heard bad things about these caps, what are they comparable to?
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