road-runner Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Conclusions The Ultra X2 750w Extreme Edition is now the 6th Ultra power supply we have reviewed with 3 of the previous 5 being award winners. Two units however have fallen short of being truly great power supplies, and were knocked out in the final round of testing by the 100v AC input. This was unfortunate as Ultra has made a lot of strides in improving its power supply lines with the introduction of new OEM's Andyson and Seventeam. Today, however, we are reviewing a power supply from one of Ultra's older OEM partners, Wintech, that Ultra has for some reason gone back to (or continued) sourcing power supplies from. Is this 750w is an amazing performer or a warmed up Wintech leftover being pushed out the door on Ultra Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Ya I heard about that...... Not to good to say its certified when its not I know ccokeman has run into an issue with his PSU as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Threaded Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 My verdict: Rubbish - Avoid at all costs. If you see one, run away from it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 I much prefer the "flaming piece of crap" quote in the [H] review. Looks like the same issue Ultra had with their original PSUs. Their claiming SLI certification is pretty sleazy, even if the seal doesn't mean all that much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Pretty sad I'd like to see one on JonnyGuru's test bench, to see the type of ripple that this sort of PSU has Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2t Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Pretty sad one a company can have one brand that is pretty good (X3's) but then another that is crappy (X2's). Just goes to show that brand loyalty is a bad thing...mmkay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
werty316 Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 X2 is their crap lineup while their X3 is great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Pretty sad one a company can have one brand that is pretty good (X3's) but then another that is crappy (X2's). Just goes to show that brand loyalty is a bad thing...mmkay. From what I read on another forum Ultra was actually trying to get there act together when Johnny Guru worked there, however he went to work for BFG so I guess things are going back to the dogs.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeo55 Posted February 9, 2008 Posted February 9, 2008 Ultra's PSUs have always been iffy. Some are AWESOME, others are crap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hqcan Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 hey guys I dont understand. This website did a review of this product and said it was great. So after that review I went out and purchased it. Now im really worried!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 That is the case yes. When we tested it the PSU it tested fine. Not every PSU can be the same and there tends to be bad ones here and there. We have started to find over the last little while that some of their units are not fairing to well. It does not take away from our review we had a good experience with it and did not run into the issues that Hardocp did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hqcan Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 (edited) thanks bosko, thats some consolation. I spoke to Ultra on the Phone and they told me that if anything goes wrong with the psu I will immediatly be sent a replacement of a different model if I am worried about the model accross the board. My question to you would be whether or not I should risk using this psu for the simple worry of it frying somthing other than my computer parts. Thanks again p.s Also just wondering as to how intense your test was. I didn't see your system having dual gpu's so I would imagine that it wasn't as demanding of a system? Edited February 23, 2008 by hqcan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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