Zippy or PC Power & Cooling?

[JEDIYoda]

First of all let me say noise and price are no object...

I am looking at 2 brands of PSU`s...
Zippy and PC Power & Cooling.
Forget about how quiet the PSU it doesn`t matter.
I understand both these companies are top notch.
Do iether of these companies have any bad CAP issues?

[tiresias]

Re: PSU question..

Welcome, Watcher

PC-Power and Cooling, which I have learned are made by Win-Tact, use almost exclusively Teapo-brand caps - you will doubtless have noticed this in the various 'reviews' out there of their Turbocool 510 and 850/1kw series. While not absolute trash like Chhsi and the like, Teapo's record as far as reliability is concerned falls generally short of stellar.

While if you search through this forum you'll find a number of documented Teapo failures, admittedly none specifically involve Turbocool PSUs - then again, this may be more a consequence of the relative rarity of PCP+C's products rather than a manifestation of Teapo's reliability.

On the other hand, Zippy's PSUs do generally use particularly good quality electrolytics (by power supply standards), usually Rubycon.

Choosing between the two, my vote goes to Zippy.

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Re: Zippy or PC Power & Cooling?

I too vote Zippy... I've seen them using Chemicon as well, and the odd Capxon for smaller caps. However, the PC P&C Turbocool units are still very, very good - I hardly ever see complaints of them failing. The Silencers are all Seasonic for the moment.

Win-Tact's website is here for the curious: http://www.win-tact.com.tw

[JEDIYoda]

Re: PSU question..

ok...so why do we hear almost nothing concerning CAP failures from PC Power & Cooling Products?
What you said makes some sense but who is PC Power & Cooling known for having no CAP problems?

Seems to me again you have to go with the reliability of the product --ie--PC Power & Cooling....and not worry about what you would call teapo brand caps..

I have also been told that even though the PSU is made by a different company they have there own set of standards by which they improve upon to meet there very high standards of quality.

I understand Zippy is the same way. In fact I was under the impression the company that made zippy PSU`s also made PC Power & Cooling PSU`s..

Thank You Oklahoma for the website!!

Personally I would go with PC Power & Cooling.
Zippy is also a real good company!!

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Re: PSU question..

In fact I was under the impression the company that made zippy PSU`s also made PC Power & Cooling PSU`s..

Zippy/Emacs makes their own PSU's - I've never seen any proof connecting them to PC P&C. There's a lot of proof for Win-Tact however... the Turbocools often have Win-Tact's logo on the PCB's or heatsinks.

Sparkle also used to supply PC P&C both before and after Sparkle was bought by Fortron-Source. Not sure which models specifically.

I have a theory about Teapo - I believe they hold up somewhat better in a PC power supply than when they are used to filter vcore in a mainboard. My Fortron FSP530-60GNA is all Teapo - never had a single problem with it, and it's almost two years old.

Makes sense though PC P&C is not using Zippy... Zippy is already quite expensive (due in part to not cutting corners on the caps), and PC P&C wouldn't make as much $$$ using them as they do Win-Tact, which uses "good enough" caps