Echo Star ES-680W

[jaimicook]

I had a dual fan Leadman Powermax LP-6100D dual fan power supply go belly up in a loaded system (3 Wd800JB's, Tdk Dvd burner, Liteon dvd & cd readers, Dazzle DVCII, Saphire Atlantis 9600 AGP with 128 Meg ram, Soyo Dragon Kt600 Platinum Ultra w 1gig DDR400 Ram and AMD Barton 2800+, and Midisport 2+2 midi interface). I replaced the dead ps with an Echo Star ES-680W ps supposedly rated at 680 Watts. Does anyone have any knowledge regarding this. A Google search reveals dealers, but no opinions on this power supply. I know that it is common to "fudge" the power ratings of the lesser power supplies. I would hope that this one could at least handle 500 Watts? It is in and working. I would hope it would handle the load ok. Thanks in advance.
Jim Cook

[jaeger]

I had a dual fan Leadman Powermax LP-6100D dual fan power supply go belly up in a loaded system (3 Wd800JB's, Tdk Dvd burner, Liteon dvd & cd readers, Dazzle DVCII, Saphire Atlantis 9600 AGP with 128 Meg ram, Soyo Dragon Kt600 Platinum Ultra w 1gig DDR400 Ram and AMD Barton 2800+, and Midisport 2+2 midi interface). I replaced the dead ps with an Echo Star ES-680W ps supposedly rated at 680 Watts. Does anyone have any knowledge regarding this. A Google search reveals dealers, but no opinions on this power supply. I know that it is common to "fudge" the power ratings of the lesser power supplies. I would hope that this one could at least handle 500 Watts? It is in and working. I would hope it would handle the load ok. Thanks in advance.
Jim Cook

Most people learn after the first crap power supply flakes out. I guess you will have to lose an entire box to figure it out. Noname power supplies are bad. Their ratings are absolutely meaningless as to actual power supplied. Their rails tend to fluctuate wildly and they get very hot.

I would pull that PSU and replace it with a quality one as soon as possible. Antec/Enermax/PC Power & Cooling are all top notch, but a bit pricey. Superflower/TTGI power supplies are very well built and moderately priced.

Decent deal

[jaimicook]

I tend to go to PC Power & Cooling. I've had good results from them in the past. In fact, it was their power supply tester I used to verify the death of the previous power supply. I put the current one in because I needed the computer that day, and the Echo Star was available. I am ,in fact, using an Enermax case, but it came with a 300 Watt power supply. That's a bit small for the above system. You've pretty much verified my opinion. I got the power supply from Netseller, as they are near where I live. I've had good results from them in the past, though I stay away from the PC Chips boards they sell. They do have good prices on used IBM Thinkpads and such.
Jim