Why a high-quality PSU is an essential purchase

oli_ramsay · Jul 16, 2008

http://corsair.com/cinema/movie.aspx?id=622747

An interesting video testing generic brand PSUs

kenkickr · Jul 16, 2008

The music goes with it!! That was kinda hilarious!! Wonder if they were Bestec's.

ShadowFold · Jul 16, 2008

Cooler Master LOL

They were so subtle about it too

spud107 · Jul 16, 2008

lol, its only one model though, glad my psu looks nothing like that one,

oli_ramsay · Jul 16, 2008

Glad I dumped my Coolit 650W in favour of a Corsair after watching that

Megasty · Jul 16, 2008

Oi, yall gonna have some workers' comp cases on your hands if you keep that up :roll:

spud107 · Jul 16, 2008

my mate got a coolit 600w, it cost £2 less than mine, you could hear the fan change speed when under load lol, i just dont trust it lol,
no probs with mine though, circuit protection works, no change in fan speed under load an runs cool

probably the only cheap psu id recommend, http://www.microdirect.co.uk/productInfo.aspx?ProductID=12394&AddReview=0#ShowReview

Jarman · Jul 16, 2008

HX1000 from corsair here...no complaints.

wiak · Jul 16, 2008

epic

corsair 620HX in server and a Cooltek/MIST in gaming rig here

Jansku07 · Jul 16, 2008

Fair game FTW? :laugh:

Megasty · Jul 16, 2008

Jansku07 said:
Fair game FTW?

Funny as hell :roll:

ShadowFold · Jul 16, 2008

I saw that and I started laughing so hard. Damn cooler master and there crappy psu's!

Mussels · Jul 16, 2008

ShadowFold said:
I saw that and I started laughing so hard. Damn cooler master and there crappy psu's!

my media PC has a cooler master, its called a "thermal master" its an utter piece of crap. Then again, the PC uses <100W at load, so i feel slightly safe.

*waits for video to buffer*

edit: now that is hilarious. lol.

ShadowFold · Jul 16, 2008

Mussels said:
my media PC has a cooler master, its called a "thermal master" its an utter piece of crap. Then again, the PC uses <100W at load, so i feel slightly safe.

*waits for video to buffer*

It loaded all of it instantly for me.. Maybe cause my dad is at work, freakin bandwidth hog

Mussels · Jul 16, 2008

ShadowFold said:
It loaded all of it instantly for me.. Maybe cause my dad is at work, freakin bandwidth hog

australia, 2am, torrenting.

ShadowFold · Jul 16, 2008

Mussels said:
australia, 2am, torrenting.

ahh ok. Makes sense

Mussels · Jul 16, 2008

brilliant video however. i've always been a 'get a good PSU' fanatic (although christine bags out my PSU, i think its a winner) so i'm all for people advertising that these PSU's are crap.

The reason they died:

1. generic units often state the PEAK load.
450W peak probably was around 320-350W sustained (this is often on the label) they used 375W which seems 'low' in comparison to the 450W figure, but probably overloaded the system.

2. where was the load? the video showed every lead except the main 20/24 pin, so all 375W was off the one connector? thats an unlikely scenario in real world usage, if they had all that wattage on the 12V line of course it would blow - the 450W rating includes 3.3V, 5V and 12V

that said... a good PSU would shut off rather than explode. i'm just saying these tests were rigged in a way that would definately blow those PSU's.

calvary1980 · Jul 16, 2008

it's not a cooler master, looks nothing like it. it's a raidmax there cases come with a similar 450 watt white model with black fans (external).

- Christine

Arctucas · Jul 16, 2008

Mussels said:
brilliant video however. i've always been a 'get a good PSU' fanatic (although christine bags out my PSU, i think its a winner) so i'm all for people advertising that these PSU's are crap.

The reason they died:

1. generic units often state the PEAK load.
450W peak probably was around 320-350W sustained (this is often on the label) they used 375W which seems 'low' in comparison to the 450W figure, but probably overloaded the system.

2. where was the load? the video showed every lead except the main 20/24 pin, so all 375W was off the one connector? thats an unlikely scenario in real world usage, if they had all that wattage on the 12V line of course it would blow - the 450W rating includes 3.3V, 5V and 12V

that said... a good PSU would shut off rather than explode. i'm just saying these tests were rigged in a way that would definately blow those PSU's.

I believe you may be on to something, it appears that only ATX20/24 is connected to the "load".

I would like to see a Corsair tested in the exact same way.

p_o_s_pc · Jul 16, 2008

calvary1980 said:
it's not a cooler master, looks nothing like it. it's a raidmax there cases come with a similar 450 watt white model with black fans (external).

- Christine

good eye. I would have never seen that if you didn't say that

cdawall · Jul 16, 2008

w1z should do it hahaha

p_o_s_pc · Jul 17, 2008

calvary1980 said:
it's not a cooler master, looks nothing like it. it's a raidmax there cases come with a similar 450 watt white model with black fans (external).

- Christine

so your saying it is this PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152032

calvary1980 · Jul 17, 2008

could be yes. but I was refering to the raidmax power supplies they put in there cases like the Sagitta which looks like the same 450 watt model but has 14 amps on the 12 volt rail the one you listed has 21.

- Christine

twicksisted · Jul 17, 2008

yeah i was wondering too why none of the cables appear to be attached to anything.
The unit has multiple rails and each rail is only capable of a portion of the 450W max rating... putting 375W thriough one is obviously going to overload it.

iamajunky · Jul 17, 2008

heh funny video i only use ocz or corsair

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