Antec VP450 Power Supply 450 Watts PSU with 120mm Silent Cooling Fan, Dual +12 V Rails, ATX12V 2.3, 2 Years Warranty

The way I look at it, a PSU either works or it doesn't. Chances are good that if you are also considering on purchasing a power supply at this price point, you also have the same viewpoint as I. I've always told users that actually putting together and assembling a computer is not difficult at all. The hardest part is purchasing the right parts that goes in to that computer! This power supply has all the juice I need for it to power my budget build and the price looks very attractive as well. Antec, while I believe they are not considered one of the top power supply makers out there in terms of quality wise, they are still a good candidate. I love Antec computer cases (I think they are the same company) and so I would like to think they would make good power supplies as well. There's really not much else to say. It has the connectors I need and well, the power supply works! What many users want to know is is the thing quiet enough. I can assure you that this unit is pretty much dead silent when in operation. In fact, most power supplies I've come across these days are very quiet as well so you really don't have to worry too much about this issue. Many experienced PC builders can assure you that you should never, ever skimp on your power supply unit. It is one of the main component that actually gives all your hardware power and so a poorly made power supply can actually increase the chances of it ruining your computer. Although I do admit that I rarely see this, do you really want to take the chance? You could in reality save $10-$15 dollars and get a cheaper power supply but you also should understand the risk of doing so. I believe this Antec power supply is a perfect balance between it being cheap and yet still trustworthy enough for me to put in my build.

The lifespan is remarkable on this item works well with my bill.

I had a Thermaltake 700 watt monster PSU for my big gaming and webmaster box. I was working on the office and accidentally turned off the breaker without powering down first. As most of you probably know, you shouldn't turn off the power before turning off the computer. But I forgot, and this very hefty Thermaltake modular PSU that cost me over $130 just could not handle it. I would like to mention that it was SUPPOSED to have some controls in the BIOS that would crank down fan speeds on both the CPU and chassis fan so that you could use it quietly when there was not a lot going on, and it was supposed to crank the fans up as you used more resources. That set of features NEVER worked with my ASUS motherboard, and even after calling and writing Thermaltake, they were not willing to support it as an ancillary feature. They would not exchange it for something like a "bonus" feature not working. So I bought this little 450 watt Antec as a replacement, after reading the reviews. I am absolutely thrilled with it. It powers everything, including three SATA hard drives, one old IDE hard drive (power hog) and one each SATA and IDE DVD burners. I bench tested everything before packing it back into the case and levels on all rails were perfectly stable and well conditioned, in spite of one rail being significantly loaded compared to the others. It had the "+4" for the main connector and two 4x4 connectors in case I had had a second CPU socket (which I didn't but what if I want to use it elsewhere?) and for $35, it was nearly $100 less than the power hog that just conked out on me. Once I set up the settings in the BIOS for the quiet fan features (I set the CPU fan on "optimal" and the chassis fan on "silent") and restarted it, I was shocked. It is just as quiet as my tiny SFF office box that sits next to the gaming box. Not only that but it has a great looking shiny black case and invisible black fan so that if I wanted to, I could have a glass-sided box (which I don't but you never know if I might want to) so it looks great too. It does NOT have braided covers for the rails, but most builders want to use their own anyhow. I'm impressed. I'm an IT professional and I endorse this lovely little PSU. :)

so the power supply itself works amazingly no issues there my issue is the condition I received it in.... I paid for new power supply but what I received was junk ... well kinda somebody wrapped all the wires in a chrome wire loom and did it nicely so I cant complain.... they opened it up the void warranty sticker was broken and it has a cooler master fan it in now all this I don't mind as it seems some nerd before me did a ok job at upgrades but what realllllyyyy pissed me off is it didn't have a power cord now where I am at I cant just run down and buy one so it really pisses me off but other then a few minor flaws no warranty because someone opened it and no power cord its actually really good I have an asus mother board with an 8 core processor overclocked slightly running 10 120mm led fans and it has no issues runs like and champ

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Good quality product and fairly quiet. I have an i5 desktop running an AMD 7770 video card and a 1TB hard drive. It powers this combo with no issues and so far I am quite happy with it's performance. I have had this for about a year and it's still going strong. One of the best value power supplies out there in my opinion and although I still would like to upgrade, I will only need to when I decide to replace my video card. Overall, very satisfied.

Très bon produit pour alimentation de carte mère.

In Canada, everything costs more than in the US, and PSUs are no exception. Looking through at the Corsair CX models which were $50 at the time (rebates suck) while being $30 in the US, I was looking for an alternative on a budget. This was $35 here and I hope they keep making them as they are really well built at that price. Bought this on March 23rd, 2013 for a work PC. Ran a Ivy bridge i3 and a HD 7770 with it no problems. It's slightly noisy, but that can be because it's not under a desk or maybe I have sensitive hearing. To the 1 star review that says about "no certification", that is not true. If memory serves me well, it was not "Haswell certified"(although it worked with Haswell CPUs) and as the description clearly says it is indeed Energy star certified. There is no chance that this will "blow up" as Antec is one of the leading OEM for Power Supplies. This means they actually make their own PSUs unlike many other companies that just slap their sticker on generic models.

Not as quiet as a lot of people make it out to be, but it's not bad, it's well built & definitely worth the price point. a great replacement/light upgrade for your stock PSU.