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    Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

    Been thinking about this for some time now... whats the best brand of non-jap caps?

    Even though I have seen a ton of WB series failures, I am putting my money on Samwha, followed by Lelon and L-tec.

    Thoughts?
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    Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

    GSC/Sacon, followed by Fuhjyyu
    Last edited by c_hegge; 10-31-2011, 09:22 PM.
    I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

    No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

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      #3
      Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

      Originally posted by c_hegge View Post
      GSC/Sacon, followed by Fuhjyyu
      I'm looking for the best of the rest, not the worst.

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        #4
        Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

        oh whoops. I thought you said worst. The best is samxon
        I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

        No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

        Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

        Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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          #5
          Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

          Mine would be Jamicon.
          My first choice in quality Japanese electrolytics is Nippon Chemi-Con, which has been in business since 1931... the quality of electronics is dependent on the quality of the electrolytics.

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            #6
            Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

            Originally posted by c_hegge View Post
            oh whoops. I thought you said worst. The best is samxon
            Of course, excluding the problem series like GF and GL. The better ones like Samxon GD (GOOD) series are actually more reliable than some japanese caps, namely Chemi-con KZG and KZJ and that TK brand (short for Terrible Kapacitor IIRC)

            I suppose some other taiwanese companies that don't make Low ESR caps, such as jamicon like japlytic suggested, are probably reliable as well, but are not suited to use in PC hardware. Lelon does not belong on this list at all. They are right down there with fuhjyyu.
            Last edited by c_hegge; 11-01-2011, 05:05 AM.
            I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

            No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

            Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

            Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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              #7
              Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

              Ill have to agree with c_hegge on this one i think, Samxon minus the crap series like GF. Seen busted Samwha in many products. Lelon and L-tec i still haven't come across so cant comment on those.

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                #8
                Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

                Originally posted by c_hegge View Post
                Of course, excluding the problem series like GF and GL. The better ones like Samxon GD (GOOD) series are actually more reliable than some japanese caps, namely Chemi-con KZG and KZJ and that TK brand (short for Terrible Kapacitor IIRC)

                I suppose some other taiwanese companies that don't make Low ESR caps, such as jamicon like japlytic suggested, are probably reliable as well, but are not suited to use in PC hardware. Lelon does not belong on this list at all. They are right down there with fuhjyyu.
                I thought TK was somehow related to OST?

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                  #9
                  Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

                  They are distributed by OST, but are made in japan
                  I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

                  No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

                  Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

                  Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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                    #10
                    Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

                    Illinois Capacitor?
                    For that matter I haven't seen a failed Hitano yet in person.
                    The ever-amazing (and ever-affordable) KY, Chemi-con's best kept secret.

                    I'll probably be the only person going to SteamOS once it gets out of beta (ha ha.)

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                      #11
                      Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

                      They are distributed by OST, but are made in japan
                      No, they're distributed by TK in Japan, but made in Taiwan by OST. Unreliable caps.
                      "We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."

                      -Leonid Brezhnev (On the Yom Kippur War)

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                        #12
                        Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

                        ^^I'm pretty sure it's the other way
                        I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

                        No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

                        Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

                        Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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                          #13
                          Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

                          My theory makes more sense... Otherwise they'd be reliable. Everyone knows TK is not a reliable brand...
                          "We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."

                          -Leonid Brezhnev (On the Yom Kippur War)

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                            #14
                            Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

                            Not necessarily. KZG are japanese, but are they reliable? What about the pre-2005 Nichicon HMs? Coming from Japan does NOT in any way mean that a capacitor will be reliable.
                            I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

                            No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

                            Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

                            Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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                              #15
                              Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

                              But UCC makes very reliable series, except for KZG/KZJ/TMZ/TMV....

                              TK doesn't make ANY reliable series.
                              "We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."

                              -Leonid Brezhnev (On the Yom Kippur War)

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                                #16
                                Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

                                Originally posted by japlytic View Post
                                Mine would be Jamicon.
                                For general purpose, i agree. A step up would be Epcos and Kendeil. For SMPS stuff, Samxon gets my vote.
                                Originally posted by PeteS in CA
                                Remember that by the time consequences of a short-sighted decision are experienced, the idiot who made the bad decision may have already been promoted or moved on to a better job at another company.
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                                  #17
                                  Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

                                  Originally posted by mockingbird View Post
                                  My theory makes more sense... Otherwise they'd be reliable. Everyone knows TK is not a reliable brand...
                                  Not really. Making something in china, and distributing it to Japan to Taiwanese and Chinese motherboard and video card manufacturers doesn't make sense.

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                                    #18
                                    Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

                                    Not really. Making something in china, and distributing it to Japan to Taiwanese and Chinese motherboard and video card manufacturers doesn't make sense.
                                    It makes sense if a Taiwanese company is trying to pass off some of their products as Japanese...
                                    "We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."

                                    -Leonid Brezhnev (On the Yom Kippur War)

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                                      #19
                                      Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

                                      Why I don't trust Chinese anything: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...11-08-13-41-48

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                                        #20
                                        Re: Whats the best brand of non-japanese capacitors?

                                        That's just another press release/template text pushed to promote e-parasite and that other pro copyright bill.

                                        Most of those fake things were actually contracted by the government after international bids and all that.

                                        it's like the story of the firemen doing press release supporting e-parasite because apparently smoke detectors were fake but...

                                        http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201...nse.shtml#c431

                                        it turns out it's all bullshit.
                                        Last edited by mariushm; 11-08-2011, 01:29 PM.

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