Well I showed the PSU to my friend Tim who has worked on computers for about 25 years, he believes that the unit is good quality. And Quantex_rox, it sounds like you were judging the PSU by what was posted on Newegg... you have to see this unit in person to get a better judgment of it. The heatsink inside this unit is not just a piece of aluminum. It is half a cm thick and rises off of regulators or MOSFETs and curves and runs horizontally under the intake fan. The heatsink has big holes drilled in it for air to pass through coming from the intake fan. And the unit runs very cool, nothing gets hot in it. And the 60A is a typo, it should say 6A. IDK if my computer would put a very huge load on it,
but my system has this PSU,
2 optical drives,
2 SATA HDDs in RAID-1,
floppy,
card reader,
ECS NFORCE9M-A mobo,
Athlon X2 4200+ Brisbane CPU,
4GB of DDR2-800 GeIL RAM,
ATI Radeon HD 3450 graphics 256MB,
Hauppauge WinTV HVR1250 MC Digital HDTV tuner,
secondary ethernet PCI card,
dual Cold Cathode lights,
5 cooling fans,
Heatpipe CPU cooler,
and that's about it.
I have heard things about bogus UL numbers on these, but When I buy a PSU, which I usually get units from Newegg, I go by what customers who had bought the unit in the past say about the unit. I know this particular unit doesn't have that many customer reviews on it... yet I had bought another one of Dynapower's 500w units in the past... and by what customers that had owned the unit for 2+ years say about it... (when they list their specs, how they use their computer (e.g. runs 24-7-365), and I hardly see any reviews about it blowing up, frying systems, catching fire like the Logisys 575w units do... that tells you that the unit has had a good reputation. And when I get good experience from one of their units, and they release something new... sure i'm going to give their new unit a try. I highly agree with you guys on what you say though, but I cannot afford to empty my wallet on name brand PSUs, so I have to buy generics. These links that I post aren't necessarily for the ones who can afford high-end units... if you have the money, don't buy this unit, go for the Enermax, Thermaltake, etc.!!! Those links that I post are for the ones on a tight budget who are looking for a decent PSU for a very low price. And this PSU is probably one of the best $25 units available. Look at other PSUs in the same price range from other brands... like Logisys or Coolmax, you'll see what I mean.
LOGISYS Computer PS575XBK 575W ATX12V SLI Ready Power Supply - Retail (costs the exact same as the Dynapower ADW-500 unit, but is much cheaper made, look at the reviews!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817170017
TOPOWER ZU-400W 400W ATX12V V2.0 Power Supply - OEM another $25 fire hazard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817101035
The units above are only 2 examples - there are plenty more on Newegg!