sparkle

[jmr89gt]

what do you guys think of sparkle PSU's? I dont want to spend a ton of money and I have heard good things about the sparkle over at the overclockers.com forum, just wanted to see what the crowd over here thought. I am looking at either the sparkle 400 or the antec true power 430. I did a search in this forum and it seems like a lot of people seem to have low 5v and 12v with the true powers.

[Jeff]

I own three 350w Sparkles and I love 'em. They have an internal pot. that adjusts the +5v line which is perfect for AMD systems. Even with my XP2400+@2550MHz, my +5v line stays in the 5.05v to 5.10v range(after adjustments) fully loaded.

I've heard there is a new revision of 400w Sparkles that do NOT have the internal pot. so don't be surprised if yours doesn't. I haven't heard it happening with the 350s yet, but who knows.

[DDTUNG]

I have about 20 Sparkle 400 units in my folding farm. Never had a single problem.

DDTUNG:cool:

[felix88]

i've got a couple of sparkle PSU's and they have all served me well. i've got a 350 sitting here on my shelf, but i didn't know it had a pot.

[sjohnson]

Sparkle is the Mack truck of PSU's. Hard to break'em and they just pull the load, everytime.