hec HP585D 585W ATX12V Power Supply - No Power Cord - OEM

Pros: It's "cheap"--but not really see below.

Cons: 1) No need for 500+ wattts. With intel, amd and nvidia getting very energy efficient the need for power supplies over 400 watts is not there. The vast majority will not need A QUALITY supply over 300 watts, even most "gamers."

2) The "hidden" total cost of ownership is high. At the most this supply is ~75% efficient. (There should be no incentive to sell these very inefficient supplies--like CAFE for AUTOS). Say this costs you a dollar a month over a 80 PLUS gold or Platinum. In a four year period--that is at least $48 dollars. Then for the remaining life of the supply which for quality could be 10 years or more--that cheap supply costs everyone much more than the top rated units!

Other Thoughts: There are plenty of better options at newegg and quality used units on "auction sites."

1) Buy the smallest unit that can accommodate you. SO you want to buy a supply that will function most of the time in the 40-80% load range. With the advent of the 28nm graphics cards you don't need massive power supplies unless you will spend hundreds of dollars on an dual or triple graphics card setups. Almost all "normal" users need a quality unit under 400 watts. A Sandy or Ivy Bridge without an external graphics card draws under 125W under all scenarios at full load. (Thats only 25% of a 400 watt rated unit.) With the relatively efficient latest generation of graphics cards under 200$ it will draw under 250W. (That's about 63% of a 400w unit.)

2) IF buying new, always buy at least 80 plus rated supplies. This can be tricky at smaller loads under 400 dollars but you will see that several manufacturers that make them here on the egg but the search on newegg doesnt show them!!: a***c, S*****C sell great units below 400W. The latter company that sounds like "noise on ocean" has top quality durable, quiet, "bulk ATX" units in the 300-400w range (with no fancy paint) listed on their website and which newegg sells for under $50 (search for the exact model unit) which will serve you very very well and save you good money in the long run.

Pros: It fit the case.

Cons: Not a quality item. Failed after 10 months.

Pros: None

Cons: Junk, today is day #30 of owning this power supply. It was put into a build yesterday and upon powering up, it fried and tripped my surge protector. Waste of money.

Pros: I purchased this power supply in August of 2008. It's had years of constant use in different rigs and it's still going just fine.

Cons: It's a little loud.

Pros: It's inexpensive.

Cons: The fan in this PSU is loud. Also the unit is pushing feedback into my power line. My older PSU did not do this.

Other Thoughts: Even though this is cheap unit, I would not recommend this. Spend the extra 10-20 to get a good one. For the noise problem you could replace the fan with a better one. But, now your cost is getting closer to just buying a better PSU.

Pros: I paid 25.99 for it on 5/12/2011 and it only began having problems today, 2/22/13. Almost 2 years is not bad for that price as I do a lot of gaming and use my computer a lot every day.

Cons: There has always been a high pitched ringing sound coming from this power supply. I have a high tolerance for ignoring stuff like this, but some people don't.

Pros: Came as order. Fast shipping.

Cons: I bought this for a gaming PC a little over a year ago. I used it fairly regularly for about 8-9 months. About 3-4 months, I did not use it at all. 585w is far more than adequate for the hardware I am running.
Couple of days ago I was on the PC, and it just completely lost power. The power supply hasn't worked since.
I feel like 9 months of use on a power supply is a bit ridiculous.

Other Thoughts: I don't think I will be buying an HEC again.

Pros: None

Cons: Complete junk

Other Thoughts: Do not buy this if you want to run a graphics card.

Pros: Never had some prob with HEC CPu. Buy now it's a good psu.

Cons: none

Pros: It works fine. Older style power supply and very cheap. Great for server project builds.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: I had posted a previous review that this power supply had died after 10 months. However, I had just jumped to conclusions too quickly. It was actually a bad video card preventing the server from starting up. So, the server being headless anyway, I took it out and it worked fine. Unfortunately, I had already bought a new power supply, so this one is now a spare.