Akasa PaxPower - power supply - 500 Watt

Advantages: Will save your PC & Equitment during power problems
Disadvantages: Not easy to connect

...Good device , we get alot of fluctuations in power which might not be noticeable on TVs and Video/DVD other than a hiss. On your PC the Desktop and equitment can freeze or crash. The UPS has Three Battery terminals and 1 surge terminal. Remmember You will need to change Power cables to Kettle leads both ways ( 3 point kettle male to female ), Two leads are suppliedwith APC UPS. I connected Desktop , Monitor & WDSL Decorder. Connect USB cable , other end to UPS rear , abit like a telephone plug.( cable supplied with APC UPS). Connect modem cable if you use one Load the PowerChute Person Edition software for XP. The software should power down PC & Monitor when power problems occur. Check power level indicator , this should tell you if you have overloaded the UPS. Power level is Half way, Cool. .... Read review

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Advantages: Awesomely efficient cooling of your CPU
Disadvantages: means removing your MOBO to install it (But it is well worth it!)

...I installed the cooler and noticed an immediate drop in temp when the comp is under load. I had a bigger than standard cooler already but I have got into tweaking and overclocking my computer to enhance its performance. High temperatures get worse because to overclock you have to sometimes raise the standard voltages in the computers chip. Higher voltages = more power consumption and thus generates much more heat. The price that you have to pay for better performance. Under load before, the temp was getting to 60 degrees C on my AMD 4200+, now tuned to 2.6gig instead of the standard 2.2gig. Now, fully stressed it only just reaches 53 degrees. Better than I expected. To translate that to you more it means that this cooler is 12% more efficient than the better than standard one that I replaced earlier. I would suggest that this cooler... Read review

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Advantages: silent efficient no drop outputs what it says decent number of rails
Disadvantages: a bit expensive but you get what you pay for

...and are looking at something decent, especially for overclocking, gaming or sli then take a look at the s12 500, it won't do you wrong.... Read review

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