iMicro IM400W 400W ATX12V Power Supply

5 comments

1. 

   Eric Mercer on December 15, 2009 at 7:54 pm

   I was a little scared to buy this product, but I figured at this price why not. I have had this item now for several months and am now writing my review because I had to test it out before I could give an accurate review. I have no problems at all with this item. As far as I can tell it is not loud. But then again I don’t have my computer in a room without any other noise so I really don’t care. I installed it on a Compaq Presario with XP Pro and the system has only been shut off one time due to a power outage because of a storm. It works so great in fact that I am ordering another one for a friend’s computer. I learned that I need to test some items for myself before I can assume it is not a good purchase. Fortunately this time I did not waste any money with this purchase.

2. 

   D. Woods on December 15, 2009 at 9:37 pm

   When I puchesed this power supply it was DOA sent it back and got a new one. Plugged it in and well it runs…obviously not top of the line but it works and is a good value.

3. 

   R. Harke on December 15, 2009 at 11:17 pm

   Well, it’s a power supply. It works fine. I used it to build a low-end system with an E5300 processor, basically cobbled together out of the cheapest possible components. This was my choice for power supply, because it would be hard to get something cheaper than this. It is absolutely nothing special, but it does what I need it to do. No problems.

   The only “downside” as such is that it only has one SATA power connector. For my needs, I did not care at all. The computer will only have one hard drive, ever. Your needs may differ.

   If you need an extremely cheap power supply like I did, this is for you. If you need something special, like high capacity for overclocking or for a fancy video card, or if you want a really efficient power supply, this is not for you. But you could probably figure that out from the price tag.

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   C. Hertzler on December 16, 2009 at 12:51 am

   This power supply seemed nice at first. It has long leads and fit fine. However, 5 days after install it was dead. It was on a circuit protected by a UPS and the demand on it was not excessive (about 175 watt demand).

   If you go ahead with this (and that is a bad plan) note it has only 1 SATA plug and a 24 pin connector (not 20 +4).

5. 

   Mark D. Miller on December 16, 2009 at 3:35 am

   Dead On Arrival

   Could barley spin the System fan then things shut down. Tried two computers same results. No good. Cost was so low however it was not worth returning