Why Hermei over Sanyo ?

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  • ReelMonza
    New Member
    • Apr 2005
    • 9
    #1

    Why Hermei over Sanyo ?

    Why did Epox chose 6.3v 3300uF Hermei caps on their high-end EP-9NPA+ Ultra (nForce4 Ultra) and 6.3v 3300uF Sanyo caps on EP-9NPAJ (nForce4) ?

    Those Hermei caps are better than Sanyo's ?

    EPoX ran out of Sanyo's and put those Hermei instead ?
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    • kc8adu
      Super Moderator
      • Nov 2003
      • 8832
      • U.S.A!
      #2
      the hermei caps are cheaper.
      bean counters at work.
      btw i have replaced lots of hermei caps.
      a known troublemaker.

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        • ReelMonza
          New Member
          • Apr 2005
          • 9
          #3
          That's what I don't understand...

          Why did Epox preferred these low quality caps on their nForce4 Ultra board ?

          If they were to put some cheap caps that would be on the nForce4 Standard not on the Ultra...

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            • Fatal0E
              Badcaps Veteran
              • Jan 2004
              • 252
              #4
              doenst the one with sanyo only have like 1 row of them, and cheap crap everywhere else?

              haven't seen a nice epox in years

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                • ReelMonza
                  New Member
                  • Apr 2005
                  • 9
                  #5
                  Indeed, it's filled with small Teapo's... but it should be alright.

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                    • yanz
                      Badcaps Veteran
                      • Nov 2004
                      • 910
                      #6
                      their 8rda or 8kxa are good, if only the caps they used weren't GSC crap...
                      days are so short when you actually do something..

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                        • willawake
                          Super Modulator
                          • Nov 2003
                          • 8457
                          • Greece
                          #7
                          zyxel using hermei and supacon on their networking equipment. it is a big shame cos its excellent equipment. since i know how to recap its not a worry anymore.
                          capacitor lab yachtmati techmati

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                            • japlytic
                              Badcaps Legend
                              • Oct 2005
                              • 2086
                              • Australia
                              #8
                              Re: Why Hermei over Sanyo ?

                              I guess they want to make the Ultra version costs $10 or so more than the standard version, to get customers to buy more of it. That $10 or so more for the Ultra version compared to the standard version can make a quesion of reliability.
                              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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                                • Rob
                                  Member
                                  • Oct 2005
                                  • 47
                                  #9
                                  Re: Why Hermei over Sanyo ?

                                  New 9NPA+ Ultra Has Sanyo and Rubycons all around.

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                                    • Per Hansson
                                      Super Moderator
                                      • Jul 2005
                                      • 5895
                                      • Sweden
                                      #10
                                      Re: Why Hermei over Sanyo ?

                                      Yea, look at this picture

                                      Taken from this page

                                      Looks like Sanyo and Rubycons to me too...
                                      Guess Epox finally learned...

                                      ...or do we have any contradicting recent mainboards from Epox still using GSC crap?
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                                      Last edited by willawake; 02-27-2006, 04:17 PM. Reason: offsite pic upload
                                      "The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."

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                                        • Rainbow
                                          Badcaps Legend
                                          • Aug 2005
                                          • 1371
                                          #11
                                          Re: Why Hermei over Sanyo ?

                                          Don't bet on that pictures. They can change brand of the caps anytime.

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                                            • Rob
                                              Member
                                              • Oct 2005
                                              • 47
                                              #12
                                              Re: Why Hermei over Sanyo ?

                                              Well the current one I bought has Rubycon, Sanyo and Panasonic. 3 smaller Teapos

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                                                • Rainbow
                                                  Badcaps Legend
                                                  • Aug 2005
                                                  • 1371
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Why Hermei over Sanyo ?

                                                  No more GSC - nice

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                                                    • Rob
                                                      Member
                                                      • Oct 2005
                                                      • 47
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: Why Hermei over Sanyo ?

                                                      Last 2 Epox Boards I owned had good caps.. I think they are starting to make a change. Thats good because they make one of the most stable boards I have ever used.

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                                                        • Per Hansson
                                                          Super Moderator
                                                          • Jul 2005
                                                          • 5895
                                                          • Sweden
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: Why Hermei over Sanyo ?

                                                          Yea, I've always liked Epox boards... Though after their cap problems I said I would never buy them again...

                                                          Though I said that about Abit and the NF7-S Sata controller RAID corruption problem too

                                                          And Asus with the stupid BIOS layout and automatic memory divider "feature" of their recent Athlon64 boards...

                                                          So now my list of reputable manufacturers to buy from is quite short I might get a DFI though, they appeal to me (never had one before...)
                                                          "The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."

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