PSU Good/Bad List

First off I'll say that I'm a little sceptical about the whole idea of a good/bad list, but I've been asked for something like this on many occasions. This is not intended to be exhaustive by any stretch of the imagination, I am not trying to assign each company to a category, nor to say that people should restrict their choices to a PSU in the Good list, nor to imply that all PSUs in the Good list are of equal quality.

What I am saying is that if you purchase and use a PSU from the good list, you'll probably be getting a high quality, long lasting, realistically rated unit. If you purchase and use a PSU from the Bad list you'll probably be headed for trouble.

As always, any additions are welcome.

So, by popular request:
Good:
Acbel Polytec
Akasa
Antec
Astec
Asus
Channelwell
Corsair
Delta
Enermax
Enhance
Etasis
FSP
Gigabyte
Impervio
Lite-On
Masscool
OCZ
PC Power and Cooling
Seasonic
Seventeam
Silverstone
Sparkle
Thermaltake Toughpowers
Ultra
Wintact
Wintec
XClio
Zalman
Zippy

Bad:
Achieve
Allied
Apevia/Aspire
Austin
Can Power
Chiefmax
Codegen
Colors It
Deer
Diablotek
Dynapower
Hairong
Hyena
JPAC
L&C
Leadman
Linkworld
Logisys
MSI
PowerTek
PowerUp (Not to be confused with Power Up)
Powmax
Powork
Raidmax units included with cases
Real Power Enterprise
Rhycom
Sunbeam
Turbolink
YE
Youngyear

The PSU rebranding guide may also be a helpful resource here - if the company that sells the PSU isn't on this list, maybe the OEM is.

Finally someone made this list.

Thanks for this, should save alot of people trouble which is always a good thing

Wheres Lead Power?



Chiefmax - ?!?!?! I thought those were terrific! I had an 450W @ 28 amps! has worked perfectly for 2+ year!

Some (but not all)Lead Power are (were?) Channelwell.



Current Chiefmax=Powmax.

How bout 1 year ago? Was Chiefmax a good PSU back then?

Thats completely untrue, are you trying to tell me that the 350W Powmax PSU that came with my $15 case isnt top of the line????

HAHA

I am partial to Thermaltakes for some reason. I cannot really explain myself.

Is Topower a good brand?

I have an Orion PSU I bought off tigerdirect and I run my computer weeks at a time because I go back forth between houses. I think that deserves a spot on the good list (for now at least)