Chieftec PSUs ?

kollapse · Nov 5, 2008

Hi, I just found a nice offer for a Chieftec 650 W PSU (4 x 12 V rails @ 18 A).

I'm just wondering: Is Chieftec a good company? Can I trust their products? Has anyone else tried their PSU/products?
I never heard of Chieftec until recently. I just hope this isn't some cheap company.

PaulieG · Nov 5, 2008

That is a BAD PSU. Do not put it in your system. PSU's are the most important components in a system. Don't skimp here.

kollapse · Nov 5, 2008

Woah, fast reply, why is it that bad ?

malware · Nov 5, 2008

Paulieg said:
That is a BAD PSU. Do not put it in your system. PSU's are the most important components in a system. Don't skimp here.

Wow what an answer. I bet you'd be surprised to know that your Corsair is made by Delta Electronics, the same OEM manufacturer that produces many Chieftec PSUs including the above 650W model, so don't fool many people with this post.
Chieftec PSUs are and will always be quality PSUs with all the certificates. The best models include the Turbo series with 14cm fan and modular design as well as the Super series (850W, 1000W, 1200W) that are exactly the same PSUs as the Enermax Liberty, but without the fancy naming scheme and price premium because of the Enermax stickers.
Chieftec PSUs are well accepted among the computer users in Europe, in USA there're many other manufacturers that rebrand them and sell them, so you won't hear much for their quality in the US.

PaulieG · Nov 5, 2008

Poorly made psu's. Can't recall right now who makes them, but they have a history of blowing up and taking components with them. Stick with a brand that has a good reputation, Corsair, PC Power and Cooling, Silverstone etc.

PaulieG · Nov 5, 2008

malware said:
Wow what an answer. I bet you'd be surprised to know that your Corsair is made by Delta Electronics, the same OEM manufacturer that produces many Chieftec PSUs including the above 650W model, so don't fool many people with this post.
Chieftec PSUs are and will always be quality PSUs with all the certificates. The best models include the Turbo series with 14cm fan and modular design as well as the Super series (850W, 1000W, 1200W) that are the same PSUs as the Enermax Liberty, but without the fancy naming scheme and price premium because of the Enermax stickers.
Chieftec PSUs are well accepted among the computer users in Europe, in USA there're many other manufacturers that rebrand them and sell them, so you won't hear much for their quality in the US.

I've seen various reports of poor quality control with Chieftec.

kollapse · Nov 5, 2008

Damn, I just ordered that PSU ... I'm started too feel sorry about my choice. Don't have any more money for another PSU though...

I'll get a new Thermaltake 550 W TR2 from the RMA in 2 weeks time.
What should I use... This 650 W PSU made from a weak company or the 550 W made from a good company ?

malware · Nov 5, 2008

Chieftec is a 1st class PC and server supplier for the past 17 years ... if you call that a "weak company" let it be.
Paulieg I'll be glad to read these reports if you can find them for me?
For the past 4 years I haven't heard a single Chieftec PSU that is out of order or has taken a whole PC with it.
I have personally sold about 13 cardboard boxes of Chieftec PSUs (each holds 20 PSUs) and none of them returned for any kind of failure. At my work, we're replacing PSUs with Chieftecs and none of them was bad.
Yes there are a lot ot Chieftec models out there, but I don't know for any of them to be so bad as you describe them.

kollapse · Nov 5, 2008

Well there's no turning back now, it's on it's way now ...
I'd be happy if it's Delta, that would take a lot of concert off my back, but not all. I'm still not sure about Chieftec.

I can't find any review about it's power supplies.
By weak company I meant a company that isn't that hyped or known as others such as Thermaltake/Corsair/OCZ.

Btw, here's the producer's page: http://www.chieftec.com/super-power.html it's the 650 model

JrRacinFan · Nov 5, 2008

No offense to you Paulieg, but how would you rate an Antec Earthwatts 500W?

Would you beleive me that they are Delta and Seasonic OEM power supplies? Yes the above is true. It's too bad I didn't see this thread sooner.

@kollapse

How much for the psu?

kollapse · Nov 5, 2008

JrRacinFan said:
How much for the psu?

What do you mean by that ?

malware · Nov 5, 2008

How much $

JrRacinFan · Nov 5, 2008

@ Kollapse

and it doesn't seem too bad either. Here's what is listed as actual readings . . .
http://img.techpowerup.org/081105/Capture001.jpg

kollapse · Nov 5, 2008

Results look good, but I'm still a bit worried about the company and their quality. Can't find any review on their PSUs...

JrRacinFan · Nov 5, 2008

You will be a-ok.

kollapse · Nov 5, 2008

Yeah, well thanks, I just hope I don't have one of those "fry-everythin" shortcircuit moments with this Chieftec.

panchoman · Nov 5, 2008

JrRacinFan said:
You will be a-ok.

really? what oem is it jr?

kenkickr · Nov 5, 2008

There better than Roswell and Nspire by a long shot in my opinion. I've had a couple Chieftec's back in the day and never had a problem with them. Actually still have one sitting in the closet I use for testing people's systems if their PSU is bad.

JrRacinFan · Nov 5, 2008

panchoman said:
really? what oem is it jr?

Most are Deltas.

Joe Public · Nov 14, 2008

Chieftecs are either

1...Channel Well (Chieftec Turbos)
2...Delta (Chieftec GPS-series)
3...Sirtec (Chieftec APS and some others)

I rate them from best to worst in that order. I'd trust the Channel Wells and Deltas. Sirtecs I've only had bad units of, but they were Thermaltake (Purepowers). I have three Delta made Chieftecs (400 and 550W), 2 to 3 years old and they work fine.

Corsair source their PSUs from Seasonic and Channel Well. Antecs Signature series are Delta and have recieved rave reviews. Don't just look at the brand, find out who the OEM is.

kysg · Nov 14, 2008

man isn't there like a dedicated thread to PSU OEM's???

I know my xigmatek is from channel well

PaulieG · Nov 14, 2008

malware said:
Chieftec is a 1st class PC and server supplier for the past 17 years ... if you call that a "weak company" let it be.
Paulieg I'll be glad to read these reports if you can find them for me?
For the past 4 years I haven't heard a single Chieftec PSU that is out of order or has taken a whole PC with it.
I have personally sold about 13 cardboard boxes of Chieftec PSUs (each holds 20 PSUs) and none of them returned for any kind of failure. At my work, we're replacing PSUs with Chieftecs and none of them was bad.
Yes there are a lot ot Chieftec models out there, but I don't know for any of them to be so bad as you describe them.

I have read about quality control issues with some Chieftec PSU's, and I actually had a buddy with a chieftec go bad a couple of years ago. Apparently, from what you are saying here that I may be making too many assumptions. If so, then I stand corrected. I'm certainly not above admitting my mistakes.

cdawall · Nov 14, 2008

Joe Public said:
Chieftecs are either

1...Channel Well (Chieftec Turbos)
2...Delta (Chieftec GPS-series)
3...Sirtec (Chieftec APS and some others)

I rate them from best to worst in that order. I'd trust the Channel Wells and Deltas. Sirtecs I've only had bad units of, but they were Thermaltake (Purepowers). I have three Delta made Chieftecs (400 and 550W), 2 to 3 years old and they work fine.

Corsair source their PSUs from Seasonic and Channel Well. Antecs Signature series are Delta and have recieved rave reviews. Don't just look at the brand, find out who the OEM is.

my Tt purepower is chugging along quite well it ran 3x3850's and a quad not to long ago

Roman.D · Feb 5, 2010

I dont know how it is in states... but in europe, specially in eastern, chieftec is well known company with high quality products... In country where i'm living, electricity is not very good quality. And Chifs here are offering the best stable work here...
About Channel Well (Chieftec Turbos) and Sirtec (Chieftec APS and some others) they have both pluses... Sirtecs are more silent and Energy-Efficient ...
Channel Well are more noisy but more stable at overloads ... Both series are good
Delta... (Chieftec GPS-series) I think its the best in 400-600 w series...

Frick · Feb 5, 2010

I'm sitting on a cheap Chieftech psu right now, it's been running for like 3 years now and it's still quiet and solid. ^^

Processor	5800x(2)/5700g/5600x/5600g/2700x/1700x/1700
Motherboard	MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3)
Cooling	EK AIO 360 (2)/EK AIO 240, Arctic Cooling Freezer II 280/EVGA CLC 280/Noctua D15/Cryorig M9(2)
Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite/32 GB TridentZ/16GB Mushkin Redline Black/16 GB Dominator
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix RTX3060/EVGA 970(2)/Asus 750 ti/Old Quadros
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB/WD Black M.2 NVMe 500GB/Adata 500gb NVMe
Display(s)	Acer 1080p 22"/ (3) Samsung 22" 1080p
Case	(2) Lian Li Lancool II Mesh/Corsair 4000D /Phanteks Eclipse 500a/Be Quiet Pure Base 500/Bones of HAF
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850G(2)/EVGA Supernova GT 650w/Phantek Amps 750w/Seasonic Focus 750w
Mouse	Generic Black wireless (5)
Keyboard	Generic Black wireless (5)
Software	Win 10/Ubuntu

Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 VID: 1.2125
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3P rev.2.0
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme + Noctua NF-S12 Fan
Memory	4x1 GB PQI DDR2 PC2-6400
Video Card(s)	Colorful iGame Radeon HD 4890 1 GB GDDR5
Storage	2x 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 32 MB RAID0
Display(s)	BenQ G2400W 24-inch WideScreen LCD
Case	Cooler Master COSMOS RC-1000 (sold), Cooler Master HAF-932 (delivered)
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic + Logitech Z-5500 Digital THX
Power Supply	Chieftec CFT-1000G-DF 1kW
Software	Laptop: Lenovo 3000 N200 C2DT2310/3GB/120GB/GF7300/15.4"/Razer

Processor	5800x(2)/5700g/5600x/5600g/2700x/1700x/1700
Motherboard	MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3)
Cooling	EK AIO 360 (2)/EK AIO 240, Arctic Cooling Freezer II 280/EVGA CLC 280/Noctua D15/Cryorig M9(2)
Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite/32 GB TridentZ/16GB Mushkin Redline Black/16 GB Dominator
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix RTX3060/EVGA 970(2)/Asus 750 ti/Old Quadros
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB/WD Black M.2 NVMe 500GB/Adata 500gb NVMe
Display(s)	Acer 1080p 22"/ (3) Samsung 22" 1080p
Case	(2) Lian Li Lancool II Mesh/Corsair 4000D /Phanteks Eclipse 500a/Be Quiet Pure Base 500/Bones of HAF
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850G(2)/EVGA Supernova GT 650w/Phantek Amps 750w/Seasonic Focus 750w
Mouse	Generic Black wireless (5)
Keyboard	Generic Black wireless (5)
Software	Win 10/Ubuntu

Processor	5800x(2)/5700g/5600x/5600g/2700x/1700x/1700
Motherboard	MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3)
Cooling	EK AIO 360 (2)/EK AIO 240, Arctic Cooling Freezer II 280/EVGA CLC 280/Noctua D15/Cryorig M9(2)
Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite/32 GB TridentZ/16GB Mushkin Redline Black/16 GB Dominator
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix RTX3060/EVGA 970(2)/Asus 750 ti/Old Quadros
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB/WD Black M.2 NVMe 500GB/Adata 500gb NVMe
Display(s)	Acer 1080p 22"/ (3) Samsung 22" 1080p
Case	(2) Lian Li Lancool II Mesh/Corsair 4000D /Phanteks Eclipse 500a/Be Quiet Pure Base 500/Bones of HAF
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850G(2)/EVGA Supernova GT 650w/Phantek Amps 750w/Seasonic Focus 750w
Mouse	Generic Black wireless (5)
Keyboard	Generic Black wireless (5)
Software	Win 10/Ubuntu

Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 VID: 1.2125
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3P rev.2.0
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme + Noctua NF-S12 Fan
Memory	4x1 GB PQI DDR2 PC2-6400
Video Card(s)	Colorful iGame Radeon HD 4890 1 GB GDDR5
Storage	2x 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 32 MB RAID0
Display(s)	BenQ G2400W 24-inch WideScreen LCD
Case	Cooler Master COSMOS RC-1000 (sold), Cooler Master HAF-932 (delivered)
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic + Logitech Z-5500 Digital THX
Power Supply	Chieftec CFT-1000G-DF 1kW
Software	Laptop: Lenovo 3000 N200 C2DT2310/3GB/120GB/GF7300/15.4"/Razer

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Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas : 16GB Dominator Platinums
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Storage	20+ TB
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Audio Device(s)	Onboard : Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Hyperx Origins 65
Software	Windows 10

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Motherboard	Biostar Tforce [Nvidia] 550
Cooling	Thermaltake Blue Orb-- bunch of other fans here and there....
Memory	2 gigs (2x1gb) of patriot ddr2 800 @ 4-4-4-12-2t
Video Card(s)	Sapphire X1950pro Pci-E x16 @stock@stock on stock
Storage	Seagate 7200.11 250gb Drive, WD raptors (30/40) in Raid 0
Display(s)	ANCIENT 15" sony lcd, bought it when it was like 500 bucks
Case	Apevia X-plorer blue/black
Audio Device(s)	Onboard- Why get an sound card when you can hum??
Power Supply	Antec NeoHe 550-manufactured by seasonic -replacement to the discontinued smart power series
Software	Windows XP pro SP2 -- vista is still crap

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Processor	Ryzen 9 7950x3D delid
Motherboard	Asus X670E Hero
Cooling	Custom Bykski loop CPU, GPU, 2x 360 rads, and 1x 280 rad with Arctic P12 and P14 ARGB fans
Memory	G.Skill DDR5-6000 64GB CL30
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 4090 Aorus Master
Storage	Kingston Fury 2TB and 4TB NVME
Display(s)	Samsung 57"
Case	Lian Li O11 mini
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1000w SFX-L
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RGB SE
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Platnium
Software	Win 11 Pro

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Processor	Intel Core i5 - 12600K
Motherboard	Asus Prime Z690-P WIFI D4
Cooling	Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4
Memory	16GB (2x8) Corsair Vengeance LPX PC3200
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 1070
Storage	Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe 1TB + 2TB Seagate SSHD + 4TB External Seagate HDD
Display(s)	BenQ RL2755HM 27"
Case	Fractal Design Define R5 Black
Audio Device(s)	On board codec
Power Supply	Corsair RM650i
Mouse	SteelSeries Sensei Raw
Keyboard	SteelSeries Apex 350
Software	Windows 10 x64
Benchmark Scores	The scouter says it's over 9000

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Memory	8GB DDR3 1066
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Motherboard	Asrock X399M
Cooling	CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill 3600
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Storage	2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
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Case	Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s)	Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse	Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard	Keychron K8
Software	W10P

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Processor	Ryzen 5 5600
Motherboard	Asrock B450M-HDV
Cooling	Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
Memory	2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319
Storage	Kingston A400 240GB \| WD Black SN750 2TB \|WD Blue 1TB x 2 \| Toshiba P300 2TB \| Seagate Expansion 8TB
Display(s)	Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
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Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown
Software	Windows 10 Pro
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