Thermaltake TR-500 TR2 ATX Power Supply - 500W, 120mm Fan, Active PFC

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Its an average power supply. dont expect seasonic quality or anything

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cables are not sleeved which is a downside. when i got it where the cables leave the power supply they were a little stripped. other than that great power supply!

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Great price! My first Thermaltake purchase, but from what I hear it should fill the bill for my budget i5-4430 build. Right now i'm using an old 4pin 12V atx ps to power it. I needed something inexpensive and fully expect that this will suit the bill.

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if you're looking for a cheap power supply that will last long get this one.

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good for bang for buck, if u're only using it for like 4 hours a day... it will take a very long time for a bronze 80+ to make up the pricing from energy efficiency (looking at 4+ years). good for budget builds

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I have been using these in budget builds and to replace burnt out comes-with-case ones. Nice & stable for the price.

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Good supply seems a little weak on the 12v rails under load. (still within ata spec though)

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Not much too say about a general power supply, nothing to complain about. It's great for average builds, had no issues with it so far. No complaints.

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This is a great power supply for the price. If you only need 500 watts buy this one. The cables are long which is a bonus.

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Decent power supply for the price. It runs a bit hot when on load. Silent but not dead silent either. I would buy again for a cheap build.

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This is a decent little power supply. Works as expected and no apparent issues with it so far. I wouldn't use this for a gaming build but for your average build it should work quite fine.

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Great purchase for a budget build. Bought this for a cheap PSU on a friends new 6300/7870 build and works great. Going to custom sleeve it also.

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For the price, this power supply is awesome. I installed it on a new I7 rig, and it powers everything without problem. The cables are very long -- not modular, which makes hiding them in the case very easy. Their mention of cable management might give some people the idea it's modular but it's not.

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Bought this replace another dead OCZ that was rma'd. Was able to power 2 ati 4770's in crossfire, dvd rom, ssd, and hdd,8GB ram, and a Quad core phenom overclocked, handles it without a problem. Currents are nice and steady.

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Good quality power supply for a really good price!

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good psu for 38$ . working good , good warranty , but the fan make noise

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Bought this to power a build I made with my previous PC's core parts in another case. She's running a modest 35$ GTX 620 graphics card so she doesn't need as much power as I do. I bought this thinking that the cables would be mesh-wrapped and all, and also...modular. Not. Only the 24V cable is mesh-wrapped, the others are all loose (but individual rails are tie-wrapped at least). This is like they used to do it in pre-2000 PSUs... The only "management" feature is an extension for the 8pin cable...Seems to do the job, hope we won't run into any issues. Alas, 5 year warranty is nice to have.

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don't get those cheap psu if you are looking for stability, try to splash out for good ones, many people don;t care about psu but its one of the most important unit in a computer. But if you are not a gamer, this 500w psu is fairly of for those mid-range application user though it can still power a lot of mid range vga,cpu and mobo

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Brought it for $40 enough to power my whole desktop. The fan is very quiet.

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I'm not too sure where the "Cable Management Optimization" part comes in with this power supply, the cables are an absolute rats nest that aren't even sleeved. I've had it for two days and the fan is unbearably loud in my basic system that doesn't even have a graphics card. It works, but I'll be getting a different one for sure. Would not recommend at all, even for this price.

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Fan is loud (mostly defective), it started making noise after 12 hours of use (it make the noise a fan normaly do after many years of use). I now have to replace the fan since it doesn't worth doing a RMA it will cost more in shipping then what the PSU cost.

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This PUS cost me only $17.99 with 20$ mail in rebate (American Express prepaid credit card). This PSU should be enougth to power most low end and mid range build and is covered by a 5 years warranty!

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Great PSU, reliable, lots of power and long cables.

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Also, in bottom psu mount case, bitfenix merc alpha, the exhaust fan edge of the psu is partially blocked by the case mounting. Reversed mounting so now the psu fan vents out the bottom of the case. Okay for hard surfaces with air space, not the best on carpet.

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I've used Thermaltake Power Supplies for years and never had an issue. Customer service is good, great Warranty and clean power. This little PS I picked up for $20 after a rebated. Great for any lower end system. It has nice long cables so if you have a large case with the PS on the bottom, you wont have any issues connecting things up!