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Reviews for Global Marketing Partners Coolmax ATX Black 400 Watt Power Supply with Silent 120mm FanMPN: CX400B 
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MidKnight
- Mar 1, 2007
CX-400B, You better have a good A/C in room!Strengths: Worked like a champ for a few months. Weakness: FAN !!! Then the Heat it generates! The 120mm Fan in the PSU gave out after a couple of months. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top 
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Colmax Taurus CX-400B, stay clear
Strengths: Relatively quiet, has the basic stuff a normal user needs
Weakness: Cannot handle the load, broke down just after a year.
Was really satisfied with this powersupply when I initially got it. It was a lot more quiet than my other Codegen 350X (350W) powersully (with noisekiller/fancontrol) it replaced, which was a lot less noisy than most other previous PSUs Ive had. At that time I thought replacing a 350W with a 400W PSU should be a good way to get less heat and lower powerconsumption.
In the beginning it was also cooler, but as time passed, it would just get hotter and hotter, and I had to mount a ceiling fan in the room in order to be able to bear staying in the same room as the computer, until it finally died on me 1 year and 3 months after purchase.
If you are a standard user with one HD, one DVD-burner and no extreme GPU-card, this is probably an OK PSU for the money (it is relatively quiet), but if you like me, have 4 HDs, 2 DVD-burners, and leave the machine on 24/7, stay clear of this one.
I can just tell you that it was replaced with an Antec Neo HE 500 (500W), and after using it for a couple of days, I can now tell you that the heat in my room is almost back to normal, and this Antec PSU is way more quiet than the Coolmax (18dB according to specs).
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