Is this PSU a pile of junk?

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Kemer

Discussion Starter · Nov 28, 2009

Went out and spent $85.00 on the Rocketfish 550 watt PSU. Heard that the main manufacturer is HuntKey.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/748

Then i read this: http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...hen-quits.html

It's actually 550W peak and 500W continuous. It was also rated at 25C, an unrealistically low temperature. We like to see them rated at 40-50C. However, I did some checking and it is an honest 500W unit: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/748/7 But it is not a 550W power supply. It appears Best Buy (who owns the Rocketfish brand) is now using CWT (a respectable manufacturer) to make their PSUs now, rather than Huntkey (one of the worst manufacturers; their own brand PSUs will blow up if pushed past 80% load). Not a great PSU, but decent. Best Buy did lose points in my eyes by selling it at its peak wattage, rather than continuous.

Thoughts??

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raisethe3

· #2 · Nov 28, 2009

I don't much about that PSU. But I would recommend looking at Antec, PC Power & Cooling or Corsair. Those PSU are more reliable.

http://www.overclock.net/amd-motherboards/589277-unofficial-msi-k9n2-sli-platinum-owners.html

The Official MSI K9N2 SLI PLATINUM Owners Thread

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PathogenX

· #3 · Nov 28, 2009

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Originally Posted by raisethe3

I don't much about that PSU. But I would recommend looking at Antec, PC Power & Cooling or Corsair. Those PSU are more reliable.

QFT
the best imo
are
1. corsair
2. PC P&C
3. Antec
anything else I wouldnt bother with it
maybe OCZ but im not really a fan of OCZ

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awaizy

· #4 · Nov 28, 2009

Yeah, you could have done MUCH better for 85.00 USD. Try returning it and I could suggest other PSU's for you.

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tylerand

· #5 · Nov 28, 2009

Yeah... that's a pretty terrible company, and an absolutely horrendous temperature rating.

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iandh

· #6 · Nov 28, 2009

Don't forget Seasonic. VERY high quality, and even manufacture some of the Corsair units.

My 500w Seasonic was only $64.99 at newegg.

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mrfajita

· #7 · Nov 28, 2009

Can't say about the 550W Rocketfish, but I have a 700W modular rocketfish and it works perfect with no problems ever, stable volts as well. My friend can also vouch for this PSU, as his has ran for probably a year stable with no problems, running at least 5 HDDs, and a 9800GTX

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MADMAX22

· #8 · Nov 28, 2009

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Originally Posted by PathogenX

QFT
the best imo
are
1. corsair
2. PC P&C
3. Antec
anything else I wouldnt bother with it
maybe OCZ but im not really a fan of OCZ

I have a bad memory but doesnt OCZ own PC P&C now. Figured they would of picked up something from them or vice versa.

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Kemer

Discussion Starter · #9 · Nov 28, 2009

Thank you for your replies! Was almost certain that it was a low end PSU.
I also own a 450w GS BFG PSU and 650w Antec PSU.

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mth91

· #10 · Nov 28, 2009

I've got an OCZ 850W GameXStream that I got from www.svc.com for $50 + shipping. Great deal, and it works perfectly. It's in the clearance section as it's refurbished. Don't know if it's still there though.

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Phaedrus2129

· #11 · Nov 28, 2009

The Rocketfish 550W is actually a 500W PSU (continuous wattage). It's... meh. Not total garbage, but not worth what you paid for it.

I had a Rocketfish 700W, the old Huntkey design, that I got through a friend who was an employee at Best Buy. For cost+10% he got it for $50. Retail was $110. There's a huge markup on those PSUs and they are not worth what you pay for them.

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