Is Jamicon a good brand?

[Shodan486]

One simple question: to be compared with Rubycon, Panasonic etc., is Jamicon a good brand? In terms of reliability and stress mainly, not the lifespan. Feel free to add some hints.

[370forlife]

Re: Is Jamicon a good brand?

Compared to rubycon, panasonic, no. Compared to Fujiyuu, Sacon/GSC/etc..., they are not that bad. I've never seen them used in motherboards, have seen them used in a lot of power supplies especially bestec. They seem to be about like teapo, maybe a bit worse. Do good in power supplies, but expect failures in a power supply that is 2-3 years old or so.

If good caps are available to you, don't bother with them.

[ratdude747]

Re: Is Jamicon a good brand?

hell no. jamicon sucks. between teapo and ost in my opinion. DO NOT RECAP WITH JAMICON! thats why god made rubycon, panasonic, sanyo, nichicon (2006 and later), chimicon, and samxon.

[Shodan486]

Re: Is Jamicon a good brand?

Thanks guys, we may consider this thread closed. My experiences so far are with sanyo and I think samxon ones, sanyo perfrom much better over samxon on the VP6, need to check all of them and share my findings with you.

[ratdude747]

Re: Is Jamicon a good brand?

both samxon and sanyo are fine, both work equally well if specs are identical.

[Shodan486]

Re: Is Jamicon a good brand?

Yes I suppose there is not a huge difference within all these brands, but I guess there might be a slight one that would really be of help to my stability mini-issues. Of course it may be something else..again, need more time to do the research...as for the availability of other brands of caps here in Slovakia, it quite suxx, so I guess Ebay is my friend...

[ratdude747]

Re: Is Jamicon a good brand?

no it is not. BEWARE of fakes! you see them all the time. there are reputable distributors in europe. i don't know any off the top of my head but i know they exist.

[Shodan486]

Re: Is Jamicon a good brand?

hello again...are these good? I mean the series : http://cgi.ebay.com/6-Rubycon-MBZ-6-...item3ca69e7a15

[370forlife]

Re: Is Jamicon a good brand?

MBZ are good series, ultra low ESR for motherboards, a little too low ESR for things like power supplies, but I don't know about telling fakes from non-fakes. Ebay is full of fakes.

What country are you from? I believe mouser has a european branch. Topcat (owner of this site) will also ship internationally. A little more costly though.

[Shodan486]

Re: Is Jamicon a good brand?

Slovakia. Yes, it might be a fake, but it is worth trying I guess...Of course I am awaiting any offers for these specific ones if it is possible, really need that 3300uF capacitance, VP6 really likes it. Of course ultra low ESR is very welcome.

[kc8adu]

Re: Is Jamicon a good brand?

yes the 3300 will do fine on vrm input and output.
but the best overclocker i have had was the one i posted a link to.the poly mod.
https://www.badcaps.net/store/produc...products_id=76
https://www.badcaps.net/store/produc...products_id=79
https://www.badcaps.net/store/produc...products_id=78
use the picture in the poly mod as a guide.

[Shodan486]

Re: Is Jamicon a good brand?

I hope I can pay via paypal, otherwise it would be a problem...anyways, G-luxon ? have never seen them before, got it on some cheapo mercury board. I can sense evil from it

[ratdude747]

Re: Is Jamicon a good brand?

yup, gluxon can burn in hell.

[c_hegge]

Re: Is Jamicon a good brand?

I hope I can pay via paypal, otherwise it would be a problem...anyways, G-luxon ? have never seen them before, got it on some cheapo mercury board. I can sense evil from it

Ratdude is right about G-LUXON. They are one of the worst brands of capacitor in the world. IIRC Topcat (badcaps.net owner) does accept payment through PayPal

[370forlife]

Re: Is Jamicon a good brand?

G-luxon is getting to be a rare brand for me to see. Last I saw them was in a cheap surround sound system. Almost all bulged and the system refused to start up.

[ratdude747]

Re: Is Jamicon a good brand?

topcat=papal