Excerpt from Uncle Tom's - PSUs 101: A Detailed Look Into Power Supplies:
"First-Tier Caps
Even the Japanese manufacturers include some mainstream lines in their portfolios, which aren't as good as their top-of-the-line products. So, in addition to the brand, we always take a closer look at the product family and its specifications to better judge capacitor quality and to make a rough estimation of their lifetime.
All Japanese caps are considered of high quality, and we like to see the following cap brands:
Besides Japanese manufacturers there are also several US and European vendors that make high-quality capacitors. Probably we won't meet any of the below cap brands inside a consumer grade PSU, at least their electrolytic offerings, but we decided that it still worth mentioning them.
Do you agree with all of the above, gentlemen?
"First-Tier Caps
Even the Japanese manufacturers include some mainstream lines in their portfolios, which aren't as good as their top-of-the-line products. So, in addition to the brand, we always take a closer look at the product family and its specifications to better judge capacitor quality and to make a rough estimation of their lifetime.
All Japanese caps are considered of high quality, and we like to see the following cap brands:
- Rubycon
- United Chemi-Con (or Nippon Chemi-Con)
- Nichicon
- Sanyo/Suncon
- Panasonic
- Hitachi
- FPCAP or Functional Polymer Capacitor (ex-Fujitsu caps segment, which was bought by Nichicon)
- ELNA
Besides Japanese manufacturers there are also several US and European vendors that make high-quality capacitors. Probably we won't meet any of the below cap brands inside a consumer grade PSU, at least their electrolytic offerings, but we decided that it still worth mentioning them.
- Cornell Dubilier (USA)
- Illinois Capacitor (Currently owned my Cornell Dubilier)
- Kemet Corporation (USA)
- Vishay (USA)
- EPCOS (TDK company, Germany)
- Würth Elektronik (Germany)"
Do you agree with all of the above, gentlemen?
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