new Sparkle cap brand

[jarobi]

I was at the local shop today shooting the breeze when UPS showed up to drop off a dozen Sparkle ATX-300GT (lowest model 'cept for the Power Q). We popped one open, ALL OST caps, including the beer cans. An Arclight shone through the grills of a couple others showed us the same thing. I guess the folks at FSP are rolling the dice with OST on this run instead of Fuhjyyu.

[Newbie2]

Re: new Sparkle cap brand

OST is I'd say a tiny bit better than Fuhjyyu.

[dood]

Re: new Sparkle cap brand

Same thing I found in my Sparkle FSP300

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Re: new Sparkle cap brand

My 600W came with Capxon and OST - tried to find some replacements already for the 3 OST caps, but struck out at Digikey. I'm a little worried as one is jammed up against a heatsink, but since this PSU is supposed to be 80% efficient or better I guess I'll run it as is for as long as I can and just inspect it for cap problems every few months.

[kc8adu]

Re: new Sparkle cap brand

I was at the local shop today shooting the breeze when UPS showed up to drop off a dozen Sparkle ATX-300GT (lowest model 'cept for the Power Q). We popped one open, ALL OST caps, including the beer cans. An Arclight shone through the grills of a couple others showed us the same thing. I guess the folks at FSP are rolling the dice with OST on this run instead of Fuhjyyu.

i always get that odd look when someone sees me shine an arc-ls into a psu.did that today and declared a rosewill as ssdc
same shit different case.ala powmax,a-power,echostar.

[dood]

Re: new Sparkle cap brand

I don't get the significance of an arclight? I use a mini-maglight :p

[jarobi]

Re: new Sparkle cap brand

I didn't know the difference either until I started buying Surefire and Streamlight flashlights. I picked up an Arc last year to carry in my pocket. Big difference in brightness.