Depends what you are powering.
If it's an Athlon XP /nF2 type system it will probably be fine, if it's an overclocked 939/nF4/7800 type system I would be very wary of it dying at some point (& taking out other stuff with it's death throes).
In all fairness they did move production from 1 oem psu manufacturer to another at 1 point so maybe it's the first mfr's production that has given them such a bad rep.