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I believe that FSP PSUs are generally reasonable, and I've put them in some builds that are still going strong over a year later. Recently, however, I saw a stray remark about the SAGA models on jonnyguru.com that I thought might be disparaging, so I thought I'd ask about a particular one.
Yes, I know the "400" is the peak; this is actually a 350W PSU, but should be sufficient.

I'm going to power the following with it:
GA-G33M-DS2R
2GB DDR2-800
e2180 at stock
3450 GPU
1 SATA HDD
1 IDE optical

I'm building this machine from leftover parts plus a few new ones to donate to the group from which my wife and I just adopted a most excellent kitten. They will use it for business apps only, no gaming, and it won't be overclocked. I want to be sure what they get will be reliable.
Google was not my friend, offering up only one possible review of a SAGA-400, on a site that is blocked at work. So, I would appreciate any insight you could provide on this unit, particularly its longevity. Thanks.


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I would agree that FSP makes decent PSU's. For a low power requirement, I would not be too concerned.

Since the motherboard already has integrated graphics, is there a real need for the 3450 and it's attendant increase in power needs?


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They may want to take it to events and do presentations; I figured for a mere $30 the better card can't hurt. It doesn't even need a power connection, so I'm not concerned about the power usage of it.


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Agreed, FSP makes decent, if not top quality PSUs. I know that Silverstone uses them for their 400w builds. I'd have no hesitations on using that in that build for a reliable power supply.

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Thanks. I won't bother to order something else then.


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I replaced 4 faulty FSP 300W PSUs within the space of 9 months at my work. All power supplys were attached to filtered UPS so no spikes.

I replaced them with bog standard Akasa PaxPower 400W units around a year ago and haven't had an issue with these industrial PCs ever since.

The previous engineering manager had the same problems at his last place with the same types of PC with FSP PSUs on the same type of setup.

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Well, if similar they were probably actually only good for 250W Continuous, and allowing for capacitor aging I could see how they might not be too reliable in the long term.

...although I am still checking out potential reviews of this particular model. Nothing so far, but I'm at home now, without the inconvenience of WebSense filtering.


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Sorry wasn't particularly specific in my previous post.

These were brand new.

Loading on the PSUs wouldn't have been much as PC setup is

P4
1Gb DDR2 533
1 X IDE HDD
1 X IDE CD/DVD R/W
1 X FDD
On board vga and
2 80mm Case fans

No overclock or anything fancy as they act as operator interfaces on Cat 5/6/7 wire extrusion lines.

It's been my only encounter so far with FSP power supplies so unfortunately I can't give you any good reviews.

Apart from my experiences I hear FSP have a good name.


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