Sharkoon power supplies?

[moritz]

Anybody have any experience with the Sharkoon SilentStorm series of PSUs? Unfortunately the store I'm thinking about buying at doesn't have any decent PSUs. Sharkoon's a rebrander, so maybe somebody knows this under another name?

This is what I had in mind: http://www.mix-computer.de/mix/shop/pro ... tNo=TN3S07&

Thanks for any investigative aid.

[allenlux]

It's a different model, but I recently bought a Sharkoon SHA350-8P (http://www.sharkoon.com/enghtml/powersupply.htm#sha350) and used it to replace the non-working NeoHE 430 in a P150 build.

Good points of the Sharkoon were:
- heavy, solid feel, nice dark grey colour
- price (35 euros)
- quiet (by my standards, very quiet)
- it works (unlike the NeoHE)

I went back to the shop and bought another one to keep in stock.

Sharkoon may not be a prestige brand for PSUs, but this one at least seems a safe purchase.

[moritz]

Thanks! They have that one too, and it's far cheaper (35 euros, same as your price)... so the one I had in mind should be better, right...? Right? Right. Or maybe I'll just get the cheap one, might as well save money when I'm not getting the real thing.

Actually, here's a followup question: Where is the intake of the SHA350? On the back or on the bottom of the PSU? I'd love to have a straight airflow PSU, because I already have sort of an intake duct set up for that.

[allenlux]

Actually, here's a followup question: Where is the intake of the SHA350? On the back or on the bottom of the PSU? I'd love to have a straight airflow PSU, because I already have sort of an intake duct set up for that.

The back of the PSU is mostly grill. There is also a smaller rectangular grill on the bottom of the PSU, about 115mm x 25mm.

[moritz]

That sounds nice. You might just have saved me 30 euros!