Antec EarthWatts 500W Power Supply

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After going through two Dell 305W power supplies in my Dimension 5100 desktop (purchased new in Aug. '05, power supply replaced once before in Sep. 2007), I decided to try something better when the power supply died again in Oct. '09. I also wanted something I could buy off-the-shelf, rather than have to wait for mail order to get my computer running again. After some research, I settled on the Antec Earthworks 500W, hoping it would: 1) last longer than 2 years (perhaps by modulating uneven power from my rural electric provider); 2) run more quietly and without the vibration of the original; and 3) perhaps use less energy. I've just installed it and it's working fine and is very quiet. Only time will tell how long it lasts and how it affects the electric bill -- that's why I only gave it 4 stars. I found it simple to install (it perhaps helped that I had installed one before). I couldn't mount it with all 4 screws without drilling or filing out space, so just used 3; still, it seems secure.

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Owned a gateway 840gm desktop for about 6 years now and have added and removed a lot of hardware components. For about two weeks after hitting the power switch the fans would kick on but nothing else, no led lights, harddrives, disc drives etc. I didn't know what the problem was and was hoping it wasn't a dead motherboard. I bought this power supply to replace the factory 400w 12v x2 one that I had never touched. Never replaced a power supply in my life but it was pretty easy, took about 15 minutes most of which was unscrewing and rescrewing the case. Crossed my fingers and the computer kicked on without a sputter. The supply was remarkably quieter than my previous one (which also had a 120 mm fan as compared to the antec's 80 mm) but I also noticed it runs very cool regardless of the fan size. The wiring is shielded by antispark/short material which was a bonus. Great supply runs my sytem well Intel 945G express chipset, 1 DVD writer/reader, 1 DVD/CD reader, 1 SATA 250 GB HDD, 1 SATA 500 GB HDD, Nvidia geforce 7800 gxt OC. I don't have an SLI ready motherboard but hope to one day purchase one and luckily this power supply is SLI ready with 2 6-pin connecters for video cards.

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I can not hear it running at all. Now I need one for my son's computer.

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Awesome, I got one made by Delta (usually they're made by Seasonic). It seems to be a quality brand, my only complaint is a very faint high-pitched whine from the fan, only noticeable when theres no other noise in the room. Other than that, great power supply. Had to buy this here, instead of [...], since I needed it immediately.Specs:q9550gigabyte ga-x48-ds54gb ddr2-1066evga 8600gt 512mb

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Whent in Easy and Fast I was up and running in no time.