Recapped: PC Power & Cooling, it had Fuhjyyus!

[TahoeEd]

To be fair, this is a Silencer 275ATX which was probably bought in 2000 or 2001 or thereabouts (I really don't remember). However, I pulled it apart to check the status of the caps, and was surprised to find a bulging YEC, as well as several Fuhjyyus. I remember paying a huge premium for it when I bought it. I contacted PCP&C, and they were not able to provide any information to help me with the recap. I think think they make a great power supply, but was disappointed to see these in there.

Here's what I pulled out:
C21 4700 10 Fuhjyyu TMR 13x36
C29 4700 10 Fuhjyyu TMR 13x36
C23 4700 10 Fuhjyyu TMR 13x36
C17 470 16 Teapo SEK 8x11
C13 1000 16 Fuhjyyu TNR 10x21
C24 3300 10 YEC SH 10x23
C22 1650 16 Jamicon TK 10x22

And, here's the replacements:
Replacements
C21 4700 6.3 Nichicon HD 12.5x32
C29 4700 6.3 Nichicon HD 12.5x32
C23 4700 6.3 Nichicon HD 12.5x32
C17 470 16 UCC LXY 8.x20
C13 1000 16 Nichicon PJ
C24 3300 6.3 Nichicon HZ
C22 1800 16 UCC KZH

Anyways, its recapped and (still) working fine. There were no symptoms before I pulled it apart, I was just checking. C17 was under a heatsink, so the 20mm height just BARELY fit in there. I was glad the bigger caps were 12.5mm, that allowed me to get some better replacements without being constrained to a 10mm diameter.

[bgavin]

Re: Recapped: PC Power & Cooling, it had Fuhjyyus!

I'm not suprised. I called PCP&C sometime back to inquire about their caps. I told the guy up front why I was calling, and I was willing to invest in premium PSU if they had premium caps.

He gave me a load of condescending bullshit and evaded my direct questions. so... I took my money elsewhere. As it turns out, they were/are using the same craps found in all the cheap PSUs. This puts them into the same boat with Antec...

[acstech]

Re: Recapped: PC Power & Cooling, it had Fuhjyyus!

This is something I've often wondered about... now I know! Thanks for taking the time to post this Ed!

[Brian C]

Re: Recapped: PC Power & Cooling, it had Fuhjyyus!

You changes C21, C23, C24, C29 to 6.3V rating. I am not sure which supply rail it is connected to... but, usually I use the following capacitor voltage rating for recap:
10v for +5V
6.3v for +3.3V
16v for +12v

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Re: Recapped: PC Power & Cooling, it had Fuhjyyus!

That Silencer is probably one of their old Sparkle sourced units, from before FSP bought Sparkle. PC P&C isn't using them anymore. Right now they're using Win-Tact and Seasonic.

Most of their high end stuff now is Win-Tact, who seems to love Hitachi on the primary and Teapo on the secondary. The Silencer 750W (Seasonic based) is all Nippon Chemi-Con IIRC.

My thoughts on the acceptability of using Teapo aside, I don't want to see those in the Turbocools at the prices they charge. That's why I don't buy them and often don't recommend them. There's better for the price out there. But the Silencer 750W is a good one (not sure about any of the others in that line).

[kc8adu]

Re: Recapped: PC Power & Cooling, it had Fuhjyyus!

its an fsp unit.
decent except for the fuhkyyu caps.