3BTech.net Viotek "Black Titanium" Power Supply Ripoff
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Posted by Kent_Diego on May 17, 2008, 12:48 pm
Please log in for more thread options I just ordered this Viotek 550W24 Black Titanium 600 watt "High Quality" power supply from 3btech.net http://3btech.net/vi600wahiqu2.html In the past I have gotten good prices with free shipping from 3btech. I did a internet search for this power supply and it seems to be something specially branded for 3btech and a few drop ship re-sellers of 3BTech equipment. The picture shows a modern looking black power supply with open grill back. You would assume it had a bottom mounted 120 mm fan or some other fan mounted in front (not visible). What arrived was some old grey steel standard looking power supply with a 80 mm fan in back and 120V/240V switch. Nothing like the picture. It had Viotek model VIO60 listed on label. It has 20 pin ATX connector and no SATA connector. There was a 20 to 24 pin adapter but no SATA adapter. This would have been very nice supply in 2003. I plugged it in and was dead. There was no 5V standby or voltage on power-on line. As an internet search for this comes up mostly empty, I am posting for future reference. I will send this POS back to 3B Tech. | ||||
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Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Claude_Hopper_= on May 17, 2008, 3:58 pm
Please log in for more thread options from 3Btech. -- Claude Hopper :) ? ? ¥ | ||||
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Posted by kony on May 17, 2008, 10:12 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Sat, 17 May 2008 09:48:02 -0700, "Kent_Diego"
>Hi All,
> I just ordered this Viotek 550W24 Black Titanium 600 watt "High >Quality" power supply from 3btech.net >http://3btech.net/vi600wahiqu2.html >In the past I have gotten good prices with free shipping from 3btech. I did >a internet search for this power supply and it seems to be something >specially branded for 3btech and a few drop ship re-sellers of 3BTech >equipment. The picture shows a modern looking black power supply with open >grill back. You would assume it had a bottom mounted 120 mm fan or some >other fan mounted in front (not visible). What arrived was some old grey >steel standard looking power supply with a 80 mm fan in back and 120V/240V >switch. Nothing like the picture. It had Viotek model VIO60 listed on label. >It has 20 pin ATX connector and no SATA connector. There was a 20 to 24 pin >adapter but no SATA adapter. This would have been very nice supply in 2003. >I plugged it in and was dead. There was no 5V standby or voltage on power-on >line. As an internet search for this comes up mostly empty, I am posting for >future reference. I will send this POS back to 3B Tech. Thanks for the info. Some further info- You will get get a decent house brand "600W" PSU for $30, nor 500W, and 400W is unlikely as well. For the best savings on PSU you'd left looking for name brands that have significant rebates or coupon code discounts. Rarely you can find some surplus from the OEM market marked down to be a great deal but I haven't seen nearly as many values on these types as I did earlier in the Pentium 4 era and then it could be explained in that many OEMs had shifted to using motherboards with Intel's 4 pin power connector for CPU power while the surplus were very high quality PSU without that connector and more 5V current - perfect at the time for the coming generation of Athlon XP boards that hadn't transitioned as quickly to 12V power for CPU (subcircuit). | ||||
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Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Claude_Hopper_= on May 18, 2008, 8:10 am
Please log in for more thread options kony wrote:
> On Sat, 17 May 2008 09:48:02 -0700, "Kent_Diego"
> >> Hi All,
>> I just ordered this Viotek 550W24 Black Titanium 600 watt "High >> Quality" power supply from 3btech.net >> http://3btech.net/vi600wahiqu2.html >> In the past I have gotten good prices with free shipping from 3btech. I did >> a internet search for this power supply and it seems to be something >> specially branded for 3btech and a few drop ship re-sellers of 3BTech >> equipment. The picture shows a modern looking black power supply with open >> grill back. You would assume it had a bottom mounted 120 mm fan or some >> other fan mounted in front (not visible). What arrived was some old grey >> steel standard looking power supply with a 80 mm fan in back and 120V/240V >> switch. Nothing like the picture. It had Viotek model VIO60 listed on label. >> It has 20 pin ATX connector and no SATA connector. There was a 20 to 24 pin >> adapter but no SATA adapter. This would have been very nice supply in 2003. >> I plugged it in and was dead. There was no 5V standby or voltage on power-on >> line. As an internet search for this comes up mostly empty, I am posting for >> future reference. I will send this POS back to 3B Tech. >
> Thanks for the info. Some further info- You will get get a > decent house brand "600W" PSU for $30, nor 500W, and 400W is > unlikely as well. For the best savings on PSU you'd left > looking for name brands that have significant rebates or > coupon code discounts. Rarely you can find some surplus > from the OEM market marked down to be a great deal but I > haven't seen nearly as many values on these types as I did > earlier in the Pentium 4 era and then it could be explained > in that many OEMs had shifted to using motherboards with > Intel's 4 pin power connector for CPU power while the > surplus were very high quality PSU without that connector > and more 5V current - perfect at the time for the coming > generation of Athlon XP boards that hadn't transitioned as > quickly to 12V power for CPU (subcircuit). I got a good power supply for $15.00 It has 24 pin mobo connector and SATA connector. Works great. -- Claude Hopper :) ? ? ¥ | ||||
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Posted by SteveH on May 18, 2008, 11:10 am
Please log in for more thread options Claude Hopper (11) 5. ? wrote:
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> I got a good power supply for $15.00 It has 24 pin mobo connector and > SATA connector. Works great. Does it come with a fire extingtuisher? Hold on, is that /all/ its got, a 24 pin connector and a SATA connector? Not gonna be much use, is it? -- SteveH | ||||
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> I just ordered this Viotek 550W24 Black Titanium 600 watt "High
> Quality" power supply from 3btech.net
> http://3btech.net/vi600wahiqu2.html
> In the past I have gotten good prices with free shipping from 3btech. I
> did a internet search for this power supply and it seems to be something
> specially branded for 3btech and a few drop ship re-sellers of 3BTech
> equipment. The picture shows a modern looking black power supply with
> open grill back. You would assume it had a bottom mounted 120 mm fan or
> some other fan mounted in front (not visible). What arrived was some old
> grey steel standard looking power supply with a 80 mm fan in back and
> 120V/240V switch. Nothing like the picture. It had Viotek model VIO60
> listed on label. It has 20 pin ATX connector and no SATA connector.
> There was a 20 to 24 pin adapter but no SATA adapter. This would have
> been very nice supply in 2003. I plugged it in and was dead. There was
> no 5V standby or voltage on power-on line. As an internet search for
> this comes up mostly empty, I am posting for future reference. I will
> send this POS back to 3B Tech.