Reply 380 of 472, by PcBytes
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wrote:L&C and Allied are in the category of gutless wonders. Gutless Wonder = PSU that doesn't even come close to living up to it's ad […]
wrote:PCBONEZ - one of the (quite) beefy L&Cs I've seen happen to be the LC-B350ATX models,and generally half of the Allieds use the 2003 design. Newer ones I've seen (such as the 8400BTX) use the 2005 and 2006 designs.
L&C and Allied are in the category of gutless wonders.
Gutless Wonder = PSU that doesn't even come close to living up to it's advertised ratings.
Calling any of them "High End" is hilarious IMO.I occasionally get L&C or Allied in new cases.
I choose to not spend time fiddling with or rebuilding Gutless Wonders. (Or Yugos.)
I sell them on ebay for $20 shipped just to get them out of my way.
The last one was a LC-B400ATX IIRC. Maybe a 450.If they are good for you and you like them then more power to ya. Enjoy.
A rebuilt one is probably okay if you overkill the watts ratings by enough margin.
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Considering I get them cheap as chips and that most of the parts (except main transformers,I'm not going to replace any because I never had success) are available for me from other broken hardware (PI coils - motherboards have them (some,not all),good caps - also motherboards) then why shouldn't I rebuild Deers? 🤣
Not really a Deer,but the latest PSU I'm rebuilding cost me next to nothing (it was just the guts sans fan,AC wires (L and N)) and I reuse one of my old Deers (which I migrated into a fancier case 😁 )case - a Premier LC-B450E case to be exact. The guts that I'm using though,aren't Deer,but they're from some KME PSU probably,considering it has a SG6105 PWM and Everpower transformers.
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