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Say if one is bad at keeping the cables neat and tidy?

I personally like them.

Some dislike because they say that it's easy for the contacts to corrode and that may hurt the performance.

I'm one of the few who I know who have (and still do) own an ultra x-connect power supply and didn't have an issue with it. I love the thing

i have herd on other forums that the Ultra brand modulars have a higher rate of failures then any other brand out there yet. but i wouldnt mind getting 1 but i would dont have the fund for such thing ATM since i am still short on 1 thing i am working on yet. but 1 thing i do want to get next. is the water block from evga for my 285 since it is still $99 yet. and is cheaper then going air on it and since water it would stay cooler i think over all. but not sure if my 240mm rad would cool both cpu and gpu good or not.

I would not own a modular. Personally I believe they deliver lower than stated amperage due to the extra connection.

The big key really is tho, get a PSU that is of QUALITY and higher than your needs and you should be fine. QUALITY is not an ULTRA or ANTEC or anything that comes with a case already attached.

i own both

i had a ultra go bad on day 32 after i bought it.. and tiger direct tried to bill me 120 bucks for 2 1/2 years after a rma. i did not buy from td but ultra is td. i sent my psu to ultra and they said it was bad and will send me another.. tiger sent it and a bill and had collectors calling my house for over 2 years.. well i will never deal with td ever again..

but.. it is written non modular are better. hard wired psu's have less resistance/impedance. saying. at each connection point a psu loses resistance.. and the whole reason said to buy a modular is you do not have to use wires you do not need and less clutter.. well modular wires are so thick you can not hide them and are all in the way and you have extra clutter.. uv might be ok if you want them to glow under black light etc.. but they are mostly a pain in the butt.. my ocz 520 modstream has been a nice psu.. its modular.. but its hard to make my system look good with big thick gaudy wires.. i will never buy another modular unit. all pro info will say hard wired is better than modular.. taste might like modular but hard wired is the best.. is just the facts..

it is also said a high amp single +12v rail psu is better than multi rails.. but my ocz in my sig is 1 of the best multi railed psu's. it has 4x +12v rails at 18amps each 72amps total.. but if i had the money id buy a corsair tx 750 single 60 amp rail or tx850 single 70amp rail and said some of the best psu's on the market for the price..

see ya

i sent my psu to ultra and they said it was bad and will send me another.. tiger sent it and a bill and had collectors calling my house for over 2 years.. well i will never deal with td ever again

Hmm a psu doesn't cost much.... engaging collector chasing for bill over 2 years, doesn't seem to worth the time and money spend cos they might need to pay the runner as well

cas. i just stated the truth.. and 120 bucks is not cheap. so.

i bought all of my hardware from newegg.. but my psu the 5v rail went bad after 32 days.. i could not send it back to new egg after 30 days so i had to do manufactures warranty.. i went through all ultra put me through and paid to send them my psu. they tested it and said. yes its bad and will send me another.. tiger sent it..

as a fact. i did not hear anything from them for like 1 1/2 years then they started billing me and then bill collectors started calling saying they was going to garnish my ssdi check.. i was on the phone for near a year everyday with tiger.. they said they would fix the problem.. well that took a year.. and collectors call many times a day not just once a day.. i hate them all.. tiger can blow up and burn for all i care.. im just glad i keep copies of all info/emails etc. and sales receipts etc.. and i posted about this at abit site. years ago.

ezeht wrote:cas. i just stated the truth.. and 120 bucks is not cheap. so.

i bought all of my hardware from newegg.. but my psu the 5v rail went bad after 32 days.. i could not send it back to new egg after 30 days so i had to do manufactures warranty.. i went through all ultra put me through and paid to send them my psu. they tested it and said. yes its bad and will send me another.. tiger sent it..

as a fact. i did not hear anything from them for like 1 1/2 years then they started billing me and then bill collectors started calling saying they was going to garnish my ssdi check.. i was on the phone for near a year everyday with tiger.. they said they would fix the problem.. well that took a year.. and collectors call many times a day not just once a day.. i hate them all.. tiger can blow up and burn for all i care.. im just glad i keep copies of all info/emails etc. and sales receipts etc.. and i posted about this at abit site. years ago.

Yup i understand your frustration, all i'm saying is the part on the bill collector, wasting time and effort on chasing the amount.

Here is my Tiger Direct horror story....Stop me if youve heard it before


I sat down back in 2000 or 2001 and put together all the parts for 2 complete systems. My problem was that atleast half the items on my list for order from TD were Out of Stock but due in soon. Total price just over $3000

So I placed the order, but told them not to bill my CC until they sent ALL my items together, as I could not build or use the systems until I had all the parts, as these were COMPLETE system. Their response was OK.

Daily I would check the Online status of my order, days became weeks as I saw items that were In Stock become out of stock and my order still sat there.

So I looked at MWAVE and noticed my same systems were going to be cheapers by almost $400.

I called TD to cancel the order and to discuss me frustration at their inability to send me my items. They told me about their way of doing it was to rob peter to pay paul and hope that the items came in as needed or to continually send out parts for orders as they arrived. Since I had requested that they not send them until all parts were in, they were adding and removing items from my collection to place in other orders.

I told them to cancel the order.

I turned around and placed the order at MWAVE with the same instructions. They also said OK. 12hours later, I recieve an email from TD that my order was shipped. I check my cancelled orders status and low and behold 1 case, all the ram, 1 VC were indeed inroute to me.

The next day I called TD again, this time billing told me that the items were shipped prior to my cancellation. I got very verbal with the, after which I contacted the CC company and told them the whole story.

Over the course of the next 2 weeks, I recieved 7 deliveries from TD, for which each package was promptly RETURNED via UPS. By months end, I had had over $5000 charged to the CC and only been credited less than $1000. Calling the CC company again, they got into a three way call with TD who promptly tried to state that I did not return the items. After I faxed the CC company all the reciepts and weights from each package returned, they put TD on notice and removed all charges fro TD from my account.

In the mean time, I had an issue with MWAVE over my VC. They had them on my slip, but not in the box. Then the ones they rushed to me were an inferior version of the card I order, they promptly rushed me 2 more while I was still in the process of returning the first two. These were also the same cards that I had already recieved and the wrong ones. Upon discussing with them again, they determined that their vender had them mismarked and that the cards I ordered were not in stock or carried by them due to this. The second set that they sent me, they had even given me a refund on as the price had been dropped by $30 per card during all this.

By the time I got all this sorted out, my CC bill had me sitting at a point were I didnt even pay for the VC I recieved and an extra refund credit for the ones I returned.

This took me a 1 hour call with their billing department to get them to understand that they had given me both cards and money. They were not use to people calling to correct a mistake that was in their favor.




Long story short, Stay away for TD and shop at MWAVE.

ha ha thats funny.. well. not really..

i love new egg. but i have bought from other places too. and never any problems. 1 case i got from new egg was dented they let me keep it and sent me another just like it.. good companies want to make it right and make you happy so you buy again and tell your friends.. some will cheat ya every chance they get..

some folks like td.. thats cool to.. and i have seen some nice deals from time to time at td.. but i will never give them my money or any 1 i order for.. i think ive spent maybe 9,000 at new egg in the last 5 years and another 1,000 or so from other places that might have had a few things the egg did not or was a lil less money maybe.. i think i got my buds corsair ddr400 2 gig kit from mwave. same timmings and voltage as his 1 gig kit.. new egg did not have them at the time and the price was good to so.

new egg is my main shopping stop