Qtec Psu

[AndyL]

Bearing in mind what people are saying about QTEC PSU's I have a QTEC 450W Dual Fan Gold. Is this any better or worse that other models?

[Ethos]

Its just a lower watt rating afaik....

[SilentDeath]

im not sure of the "true" rating for that one, but the 550s are heavily exaggerated, with 550 being the max they can output before your case gets a rather large hole around where the q-tec used to live... 400 is the highest safe output, though i wouldnt trust one at 200w of load... (slightly less than the average amd system)
there not very quiet either are they?

[Ethos]

Sd, stop right much more precise posts then me! Its annoying now... xD!!

[mightynimrod]

Used one to attain an XP1800 @ 2420 speeds.....not that noisy either i reckon...

If your on a budget- then go for it, if not then get an Antec trupower or Globalwin

[Nox]

yeah, the 450w is most likely the 'tested to destruction' load, and probably the peak load at that :/ a good psu will go decently beyond its rated wattage then cut out

Nox

[Ravens Nest]

I have the Q-tec 550W dual fan PSU, to be honest i wish i never bought it, very noisey, no power off switch and my computer has become unstable since installing it.

p.s. i used to have a generic 300W PSU that runs better than this and also check this link here..
http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?threadid=7073

[Planetside]

I have the Q-tec 550W dual fan PSU and its runs with out any problems @ all but it is very very NOISEY

[[GSV]Trig]

I have a QTec PSU, its sat dented at the bottom of the stairs....

[Ravens Nest]

Originally posted by [GSV]Trig
I have a QTec PSU, its sat dented at the bottom of the stairs....

whats the story with that i'd like to hear?

[[GSV]Trig]

We were having a LAN at my house, my PC kept resetting itself so I swore lots ripped it out and dropped it down the stairs

[directhex]

i have a modded qtec50, runs my p4 rig completely stablely

is that even a word? o_O

[Platinum]

A mate of mine runs the 550 on a 3000+ @ 2.5gig, watercooled with a gig and a half of ram, 9800, 4 hard drives and loads of fans, recons he did a mod to it to make it work much better, I still await the day it blows his pc up

[Agent]

Q-tec should burn in hell..

[CrapshoT]

i had a q-tec 550 watt and i ignored everyones advice not to buy it and it fried after a few months!!! lucky i was at my pc at the time or things could have been nasty now i know to leave them well alone !!!

[Kezzer]

Q-tec seriously should go out of business. I wouldn't trust those PSU's on a 486