Power Supply -whats your feeling about this

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:31 pm

im thinking about ordering this but im not up on this brand -or power supplys any more - COUGAR CMX 700 COUGAR-700CMX 700W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 3003-L018C
$69.99 After $25.00 MIR

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:48 pm

Reno, i may have a PSU for you. I will send you a picture shortly

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:24 pm

I can't find any reviews on their stuff, but I like the orange & it looks well finished. Oh & they say that they only use Japanese 105°C capacitors. That's a plus.

Err · Post by **Err** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:45 pm

I've never heard of Cougar. It has 2 12V rails pushing 30A. This should be plenty of power for most set-ups.

I've been using Corsair Power Supplies for my builds. I've never had any problems with them.

CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W: $79.99 after rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

While the Corsair is 50W less, it has a single 12V rail pushing 52A. It also carries a 5 year manufacture's warranty.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:25 pm

Never heard of Cougar, so beware. I'd stick with name brands. That Corsair Err linked to is a good PSU for the money.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:50 pm

Well, I decided to dig into this brand, because their site said some very promising things. Looks like they are very well made units from a German company (not sure if that's where they're manufactured, but the company is German). THIS REVIEW of the GX 700W model was almost glowing (an the site is notoriously harsh on their PSU reviews). They ended up pushing it to 1000w for the heck of it & it didn't blow up & almost stayed in spec as well.

The reason there aren't any reviews of the CMX series is because they have just been released. The only review I can find is in german. HERE'S THE LINK to the Google translated version. It as well highly recommends it, however, their testing procedures don't seem to be up to my preferences. I have to admit that I'm tempted to grab one.