Hi, Yep. That and the fact if you ended using a lot of USB devices, you know you'll have the power for tham as well. coastie

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"Don't go to Newegg--find sites that run PSUs through a rigorous testing environment."

the article is good, other this part that the author for some reason targeting newegg, in a bad way.
I have been a newegg customer for years, never have a problem with it, not even on returned products (all returns ran smoothly). The products reviews there are good, and are pretty accurate. These reviews is the first stop I check which brand and model is the best, since they are very accurate.

If the product, like PSU, indeed has problem, many user will report the same problem. Fake review situation is virtual non-existence. Like some said, some people are not crazy about the benchmark, they care more about the real usage of the parts, which mostly only time can tell.
I am not trying to sell ad for newegg here, but I can't understand why the author would tell people not to go to the reviews in newegg.
Anyway, I never thought coolmax is generic. They are cheaper, yes, but their performance are not bad.
And I do agree not to buy a cheap PSU unless you are on a budget. I had a PSU situation before, and it was indeed troubling, not to mention it has a high chance to damage other hardware when it runs to problem (experienced it also, had to return the motherboard and memory).