Coolmax CUG-950B 950-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, PCI-E Ready, Modular

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Offers adequate energy, I delight in the modular aspect the most. The cooling fan died after 16 months. I don't want to be devoid of a computer system so I stuck a 80mm fan to the rear to pull air via the PS and it performs wonderful. When the original fan initial failed my method kept overheating. Confident it's beneath warranty, but I don't want to have to pull it out and send it in, then wait for a repair/replacement, and be without having my system for that much time. Now, if they want to send me a new one particular and exchange them that way, it'd be diverse. :)

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Good PSU, really and performs. Worked fine for virtually two years and noticed the fan wasn't spinning. Coolmax was not beneficial on the phone and basically said I'm on my own....even with a three year warranty. The fan died. It's a 135mm fan which is nor that frequent, and it slightly thinner than common fans. A 140mm will fit in PSU but simply because of the thickness you can't close the case completely (the screws can only go in 1ǘ to threeǚ of the threads. If you place the screws totally in, it's too tight and the fan blades will bind and cease spinning, therefore blowing out the new fan. Coolmax doesn;t stand behind their warranty... beware if you but this.

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It powers my MB&CPU, four Really hard drives, 500Mb GPU, six Gb of DDR2 RAM, two CD/DVD drives, 6 Fans, three audio cards. I use it for skilled audio recording, and so far I did not have any challenges. Fantastic energy provide. None.

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Would be fine if it worked. Have an nVidia GTX 260. Computer Wont boot/POST with this PSU and an ASUS P5N-D motherboard. Utilized a different 630w PSU I had spare and method performs fine. This is the second CUG-950 Coolmax has sent me, and nonetheless the identical concern. I assume there is a compatability challenge, their RMA dept is slow to respond, and almost seems completely automated.

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Worked beautifully for practically specifically 2 months. In the course of which I ran an i7 940 OC'd to 3.5 Ghz, 3 case fans, an EVGA 285 GTX and two WD Raptors in RAID with a secondary OS on an IDE HDD with no troubles. Then 1 evening, I place the technique to sleep, and go to bed. Got up the subsequent morning and get practically nothing. unplugged the PSU, plugged it back in and pressed the pwr button and get a lights and fan spinup for about 1 second then it shuts off. Slaved in the 650W PSU from my preceding construct and system spins up just fine. No funny smells from the PSU, no indictaion of eminent failure. It just shut down one evening and by no means came back the way it really should have. i've been told that the motherboard will command a shutdown if incorrect energy is received from a PSU so I'm assuming thats what occurred right here. Considering that Im two months out from purchase, no RMA by way of newegg.

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Worked nicely in with video cards in sli for the 8 months I owned it. Not tough only lasted for eight months, then the fan blew out... I opened the power provide and replaced the fan, with the precise voltage, amperage, resistance, and fanM signal fan. The power provide nevertheless had difficulties. Final line, the item is not sturdy! Commit the further 贄- โ for a top quality energy supply, it pays off in the lengthy run....

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one hundred% modular let's do this in order of severity: Not even close to 950 watts, Swiftly overheats under minimal loads, Fan rattles loudly most of the time, 20Ʋ pin energy connector had to be taped together to hold in MB receptacle. Not worth an RMA. I absolutely don't want an additional a single of these. I recently study some disturbing critiques of this product; "being no different from the coolmax 750watt PS", which also had performed poorly in the review's tests. I was shocked to see it nonetheless being sold here. I could not find it on the coolmax site, instead they have one more 950B, cleverly, (or not) identical name but different design. I won't purchase yet another coolmax energy provide. There should be laws that shield us from this sort of thing. Happy Thanksgiving.

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Performs fantastic so far with my new Intel i5 Setup and my MSI Geforce 250's in SLI mode. Also it has the cool feature of modular cables which is good if you don't require all the connections or want to hold a clean case. None Make positive to verify your power needs on your PSU and any higher finish video cards you obtain lead to I necessary to purchase this item to power my new video cards. Otherwise it is going great.

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the initial one i had was good even though it lasted for the three months it did =/ and when i got it back it died the next day so now i need to have to rma it once more none besides that it died on me twice my method is a Biostar tseries motherboard four gb of corsair ram amd phenom 9950 black edition and a xfx geforce 9800 gtx+

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It was cheap... But you get what you spend for. It did not final more than a month prior to it started making lots of noise, the fan went out and over heated. This is the very first time I have had difficulties with newegg, they told me that I could not RMA it and had to RMA by way of the manufacturer. and Coolmax's help is EXTREAMLY SLOW they have had the PSU for over 14 days now and have not heard a word from them. Spend the additional 贄 or so to get the BFG 1200w, at the really least its high high quality and BFG's assistance is Incredible! Manufacturer Response:Hello,Can you send me your full computer specs? If you received an RMA#, please give the RMA# so we can further check on this unit.Please email 2 help@coolmaxusa.comWe apologize for the inconvenience.Regards,CoolMax Tech Assistance

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Specs created it appear excellent and an great value: quad იv rails, substantial quiet fan, modular cords, and so on. Plugged it in and turned it on, and it powered up an AMD Phenom 145w black edition, Foxconn A7DA-S aǚG OCZ Reaper DDR2, DVD/RW, six 1TB Seagate SATA, and four 750G Seagate SATA (and 1 floppy drive - gotta enjoy BIOS updates) with no challenges. Two fan blades broke off on the fan soon after just a few days, and began rattling around and causing a horrible noise.I RMAed the unit to Newegg (quick turnaround and no hassles, as often).The new unit had the similar dilemma, two blades snapped off almost quickly. I am returning this second a single directly to CoolMAX so they can analyze the failure. I under no circumstances had it running extended sufficient to know if heat triggered a wattage drop, like one more reviewer noted.This fan situation appears like a style dilemma. Replaced this PSU with a 1000w two-heatpipe Zalman unit, I don't want to threat in-production hassles on a file server by saving a few bucks on a power provide. Manufacturer Response:Hello,Please send e mail to 2support@coolmaxusa.com for additional RMA assistance.We apologize for the inconvenience.Regards,CoolMax Tech Assistance

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Supposedly puts out 950W -- wouldn't know. Not literally DOA... but about 5 minutes of use. Powered up for my EVGA X58 mobo but mobo had poor dimm slot. RMA mobo and got new a single. Went to energy up and PS just started creating a faint clicking sound. No output power.. no LED on MOBO..no fans... absolutely nothing. I checked all connections and verified good mobo with alternate PS. Generally DOA simply because I got a good 3 operating minutes out of it. Attempted to get in touch with buyer assistance...but wait...you CANT contact customer support - you have to Email them. What does that inform you right there? If you get in touch with the telephone quantity that newegg has listed for them, you get a chinese/american girl who (in broken EnGrish) tells you to email client help at 2support@coolmax....blah blah. 2 help? Whats up with that? In the past 2 weeks this product has had five critiques -- all 1 out of 5 stars. Thats wonderful. I bought this when it just came out and the reviews were incredibly good. Clearly, as time has gone on, purchasers have seen their merchandise go from functioning to failing - hence the causes for the terrible ratings. Appears the majority of buyers have FAN problems... either way, rather of getting distracted by massive promises at a low price (like I was) go with a solid name you can trust. Take care. Manufacturer Response:Hello,Can you send me your complete laptop specs and what alternate PS you employed?e-mail : tech@coolmaxusa.comWe apologize for the inconvenience.Regards,CoolMax Tech Support

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I have had this psu for 7 months now and have had issues with it. Seems really hit and miss with the testimonials, some look to operate extremely properly other individuals not so properly =/ CPU: PII 720 @ 3.8GHZMobo: Foxconn A7DA-SRAM: GSkill 1066 4gbGPU: Sapphire 4870's 1gb CrossfireHD: 2x WD Caviar 1TB 2x Light-On Blu-RayIt has worked one hundred% fine as stated above for the last 7 months, and it isn't like I don't have a lot to energy =P

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PSU worked fine for 5 months noticied a burning odor, fan stopped working, hd drives shutdown. Unit is on RMA. Spend your cash on a far better fan

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Modular and environment friendly This thing is NOT 950 w. Google this item for testimonials. This solution fails time and time again. Read the testimonials from the people today right here who have really utilised the thing.

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It arrived on time from FedEx. It didn't work out of the box. No power, no fan, no lights, absolutely nothing. Plugged it into yet another machine that was operating to rule out any other challenges, and it also didn't work in that machine either, precise similar behavior. Will In no way get a different CoolMax solution EVER again. Manufacturer Response:Hello,This comes with three years warranty. Please speak to support@coolmaxusa.com for RMA. Please consist of your computer specs.Regards,Coolmax Help

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It worked properly for the initial year of use. Stopped working right after the very first year. Not one hundred% dead but it can not support the following rig. 3 120mm fans + 1 HDD + 1 dvd reader + i5 鼸) + four gb RAM + GTX 280. No more than clocking at all and all of the fans were on the slowest setting. It would have been great if it didn't cease operating.

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Runs everything fantastic. Had to post a fantastic overview simply because it is a incredibly good PSU. One of the very best offers at 950w. three year warranty. Modular Cables (great for airflow), only use what you need to have. Two 6pin cables with dblǜpin ends. Had to RMA for power loss. Was replaced with a new a single and is operating perfectly. All organizations have failures (RMA's). That's why there is a warranty! Posted complaints about Stiff cables and the stiff cables are a advantage. They stay exactly where put allowing me access to Dials and Buttons in an Antec P180B with PSU in bottom of the case. My temp. PSU even though out for RMA had cables that dropped and blocked my access to the 790FX-GD70 dial/button attributes. I was not pleased to do an RMA but I am really pleased with the replacement. Don't let forum individual difficulties cease you from acquiring, at times we only hear from the mad ones (who are happy soon after RMA). Cons, what cons, every company has failures and CoolMax is there to assist. I was going to sell my PSU because it required an RMA, and I got mad! Dumb, it's a great PSU. Mad since it failed and who has spare 950w PSU's? But now that it's back in you can't get mine! I won't change immediately after using one more 1 and appreciating this 1. I am building one more Computer and it's finding this PSU also. Nearly every single PSU fails sooner or later and I know CoolMax will be there if required once more.

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Modular unit, stiff cables, quiet and stable quite nice cost The one particular and only con i see about this psu is that i did not receive all the power cables. I am missing one of the 4 pin peripheral cables. I am running an i7 o'c to three.9 ghz with a 4870 x2 with liquid cooling on cpu, mosfets, and graphics cards. Two nzxt fan controllers with 5 fans on each and every, two sata dvd burners and this psu has handled anything rock solid. No instability what so ever. As stated i am missing one of the 4 pin cables, and contacting coolmax is not precisely uncomplicated. I have sent e mail to there help asking what demands to be accomplished to get the missing cable as it's now previous the 30 day return policy. Hopefully coolmax will be nice sufficient to ensure there buyer's truly get every thing they paid for and send me another cable. I will edit this when i have an answer to hopefully aid out others to know what they're receiving into with acquiring this solution, since as I see it, the manufacturer help side for a solution weighs just as considerably as the performance side to me when choosing a quality solution.

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Good value (paid much less then 贄), 950 Watts, Modular, Stays cool.Has lasted 18months so far Fan has lately began to get loud. This, nevertheless, has not effected performance of unit. Rig:AMD Phenom II x4 555 three.2 @ 3.5 stock vAsus m4a79XTD EVO 790xPatriot G series 4gb ddr3 1600 ram @ 1760 9-9-9-25 1T 1.66vThermaltake frio 2x120mm heatsinkXFX radeon hd-5770 juniper xt - stock clockswdc blue 500gbNZXT LCD fan controller

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Clean energy, modular style is good, low value for the wattage. I've had this unit for just about 6 months and the fan failed. It started generating the typical fan grinding noise, then I opened up the case and identified the fan was non-functional. six months is a quite poor lifespan for a fan like this, especially a single that does not come in speak to with any wiring. Manufacturer Response:Hello,We apologize for the inconvenience.Please get in touch with assistance@coolmaxusa.com for further RMA help.Please include personal computer specs.Regards,Coolmax Assistance

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I just recieved my second PS from Coolmax following the initial one had two fan blades brake off it only took six days because I prepaid for them to ship the replacment initial.I enjoy the steady clean power that it place out when working ok. When I received the replacement and opened the shrink rap and got to the new PS it was full of dust and dirt and took a 6 dollar can of air just to get it some what clean.All the other add ons(cables ,and so on) had been new but the PS had obavisly been employed for a extended time.My 1st PS has been operating for about 2 months and it wasnt even half as clogged up as the replacement. What is going on with you Coolmax?The PS is running very good and silent but sending me a employed clogged up with dust replacement is just wrong.If you had a phone # I would like to let you know how I really feel about what you have performed.I dought I will ever acquire a different PS from you once more. Manufacturer Response:Hello,We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact tech@coolmaxusa.com regarding this matter.Regards,Coolmax Help

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The initially PSU burned up,[after 5 months] very lucky nothing else went out. NewEgg sent a replacement,I was down about 12 days, and paid UPS shipping return.Replacement, has been working fine for three months, fan appears to turn faster, some noise, but that is fine as lengthy as it does not fail. I will be getting a better 1KW PSU for a spare soon. would recommend a far better PSU

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great power provide for a system needing a good deal of power. Value is good per watts. and it also comes with modular hook ups. none atm. Ran three 4870 512mb cards in tri-fire with 945 amd o/c to three.7ghz and anything else in my method flawlessly.

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The priceThe economy of power consumption The fan dies In the process of trying to get the unit swapped correct now, and am almost certainly going to be stuck with no a computer system for a whilst. I am hoping that they will do the proper point and send me a replacement with a return shipping label, but I doubt it.