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Isn't Panasonic FR overkill to replace SamXon GF with??? Or was it just the only thing you could get with the required case sizes???

As far as I know, the closest Japanese equivalent to SamXon GF is Chemi-con KYA, but I realise that it may be hard to find.

I remember reading of problems with SamXon GK (equivalent to Chemi-con KZE, Rubycon ZL and Nichicon HD) and also of quite a few SamXon GD (equivalent to Nichicon HM, Rubycon MBZ, and Panasonic FJ) failures, so I'm wondering if they're really as good as they were claimed to be...

LongRunner wrote:Isn't Panasonic FR overkill to replace SamXon GF with??? Or was it just the only thing you could get with the required case sizes???

Yup. I can't find anything else with 1500uF 6.3V in 8mm diameter. Besides, it's the 5vsb. It doesn't matter there.

LongRunner wrote:I remember reading of problems with SamXon GK (equivalent to Chemi-con KZE, Rubycon ZL and Nichicon HD) and also of quite a few SamXon GD (equivalent to Nichicon HM, Rubycon MBZ, and Panasonic FJ) failures, so I'm wondering if they're really as good as they were claimed to be...

Hard to say. They're a Chinese brand, so I've never had as much confidence in them as I have with the Jap brands. I've used the 3300uF 10mm diameter RS series when nothing else fits, but that's about the only time I use them

That fan only spins up to 2500RPM and only moves up to ~26CFM, so you can't blame it for being loud under load given the responsive fan controller, especially with how hot the exhaust temperature was.

Wester547 wrote:That fan only spins up to 2500RPM and only moves up to ~26CFM, so you can't blame it for being loud under load given the responsive fan controller, especially with how hot the exhaust temperature was.

That and there's a grille right in front of it.

Not a bad unit for a TFX PSU.
Edit: Gonna look at these errors.

fixed by Adding & ~E_STRICT to the error_reporting() line (~22) in /includes/startup.php
I guess PhpBB doesn't like PHP5.4...