Sparkle also known as Forton, and FSP Group 300W power supply $21.99 Shipped

[dealsurfer]

Found The sparkle 300W Power Supply here For only $21.99 Shipped. This is the best power supply I have ever used I am currently using it in my main machine Working Like a Champ.

P4 3.06
Via P4PB400 Motherboard
512MB PC3200 CL2 Memory
Geforce 4 TI-4200 128MB Dual Head with VIVO
3 100GB WD 8MB Buffer hard Drives
8x NEC DVD Burner
16x DVD Drive
3 LED 80mm Fans
3 Cathodes
Multifuntion Panel with Dual Temp Readout
Sound Blaster Live
FDD
Silicon Image Raid Card

 

[CATASTROPHY]

Is that a p4 power supply

 

[Jeraden]

How noisy is it compared to your average power supply?

 

[omar888]

Ordered two. No shipping, no tax (I'm in Florida) for a total of $43.98

If / when they arrive I will check back and answer any questions about noise, build quality, condition, specs, etc.

 

[sleefer]

You can get what looks to be the same thing here Sparkle ATX-300GT for $18.50 shipped w/sleeve bearing fan or Sparkle 300GTB for $19 shipped w/ball bearing fan.

 

[WolverineGator]

Originally posted by: Jeraden
How noisy is it compared to your average power supply?

Ditto on this question. I have Enermax (manually adjustable fan) and Thermaltake powersupplies. They are quiet enough that you can't hear them over the noise of other components (case fans, video card fans, HD spinning). Comments on noise appreciated.

 

[Buz2b]

Be careful in deaing with this company (3 B Tech). Although they have a decent lifetime rating at ResellersRatings, their recent history is lower. In reading the recent reviews, they seem to sell refurbs as new or OEM. Getting refunds or replacements seems next to impossible. I'm sure there are two sides to every story so all I'm saying is just be careful.

Sparkle makes excellent Power Supplies; reliable and consistant. As to noise, I'd call them average; neither quiet nor overly noisy. Most models do come with the 12v P4 connection but I would confirm this before ordering.

 

[Gator36]

It's not the lowest price in the world ($27), but I just got one of these for Newegg and was impressed. It's been great so far. Fortron - FSP300-60PN 300W Power Supply RET Nice big fan.

 

[docinthebox]

Originally posted by: sleefer
You can get what looks to be the same thing here Sparkle ATX-300GT for $18.50 shipped w/sleeve bearing fan or Sparkle 300GTB for $19 shipped w/ball bearing fan.

Couple of things to watch out for though. Openlinx has a reseller rating of 2.50 / 10, which is pretty low. Second, the one at openlinx is the ATX series while OP's deal was an FSP300. I think the FSP series is supposed to be better.

 

[Jeraden]

Here's an ancient thread that talks about a seperate deal on this Sparkle. That deal is long dead but it has some more info about it. Most people seem pleased with them after they got them.

Crap, my cut and paste failed to take, but if you search the archives in hot deals for Sparkle you can find it.

 

[Nikamichi]

Originally posted by: Jeraden Here's an ancient thread that talks about a seperate deal on this Sparkle. That deal is long dead but it has some more info about it. Most people seem pleased with them after they got them.

Crap, my cut and paste failed to take, but if you search the archives in hot deals for Sparkle you can find it.

Sparkle / Forton PSU Thread

 

[Mawashi]

Originally posted by: dealsurfer
Found The sparkle 300W Power Supply here For only $21.99 Shipped. This is the best power supply I have ever used I am currently using it in my main machine Working Like a Champ.

I second that! I'm using 3 Fortrons on 3 P4 2.6C for over a year now and there are rock solid. The noise is rated at 21db and i got them from Directron
Here is a review from Tom's Hardware
my $0.2

 

[paun]

 

[dealsurfer]

no this model is not p4. however they sent a seperate cable that converts it to p4

 

[dealsurfer]

I am not sure how to rate the noise, but it does not seem as loud as some other power supplies I have had.

 

[dealsurfer]

I checked out your link they wanted $9 for UPS Ground or $4 for USPS, and i wont buy something if they make you use USPS.

 

[Baronz]

Fortron powersupplies are VERY quiet, they're almost inaudible if your case cooling is decent.

If you have no other case fans and your CPU is very warm the PSU will up it's speed a bit and won't be as quiet.

And yes it works with P4s.

 

[Pothead]

Originally posted by: Baronz
Fortron powersupplies are VERY quiet, they're almost inaudible if your case cooling is decent.

If you have no other case fans and your CPU is very warm the PSU will up it's speed a bit and won't be as quiet.

And yes it works with P4s.

quieter than the antecs and enermax possibly but not quieter than Zalman's or Quietpc.

 

[dc]

don't get a power supply with a sleeve bearing fan unless you want it to explode when the fan dies in a year or two.

 

[ericlp]

This is a Decent power supply. Above average. But, don't expect to run 3 hard drives with this one. If your going to Over Clock and load you system up you better get a 350-400Watt unit. These are Quiet...Didn't have any problems with them running K7S5A AMD Mother Boards with this unit.

 

[mindless1]

IIRC, these units are those with 180W combined 3V + 5V rating. Great replacement for a P3 or lower Athlon system, or more modern system with modest video card, or a P4 with very few hard drives. It's not as good as their current-gen 300W models though, and as already mentioned, watch out for those Yate Loon sleeve-bearing fans. Generally the better Sparkles have one of two fans in them, either NMB (used to be blue label with wide white stripe in the middle but now just a thin white stripe on black plastic) or Nidec, which are solid light blue or green and grey (less common on PSU).

If you're only willing to spend $22 this may be as good as it gets (barring a gamble on Newegg refurbs).

 

[weepul]

Originally posted by: ericlp
This is a Decent power supply. Above average. But, don't expect to run 3 hard drives with this one. If your going to Over Clock and load you system up you better get a 350-400Watt unit. These are Quiet...Didn't have any problems with them running K7S5A AMD Mother Boards with this unit.

especially if u includ an amd with those 3 hds. amds athlons are power hungry.

//krunk (^_^x)

 

[Jeraden]

OT: Here's a decent link with some guesstimates as to how much wattage is needed by various components.

http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/articles/guides/Power_Supply_Guide_2.html

 

[rootaxs]

Originally posted by: ericlp
This is a Decent power supply. Above average. But, don't expect to run 3 hard drives with this one. If your going to Over Clock and load you system up you better get a 350-400Watt unit.

I have the power supply Mawashi posted above. My XP1700+ is o/c to just under 2000+ levels. I also have two cd drives (burner and regular drive), a GeForce3 Ti200 (128mb version) and get this... 4 hard drives. (30/40/40/120)

No problems at all

 

[Jeraden]

I'm all confused now. Is the PSU from the original post the same one that people are talking about from Directron/Tom's Hardware review? The picture from Directron is significantly different from the picture at 3btech (grill is different, different vent holes on top, one has on/off switch the other doesn't).