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yup i just checked the supplier, and it says Channel Well. so its not made by huntkey anymore.
And what does this mean ?
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yup i just checked the supplier, and it says Channel Well. so its not made by huntkey anymore.
http://www.cwt.com.tw/english/2_product/1_detail.php?ID=1112
HEY WTF ?? Is this not false advertising ? They say this is a 700W PSU and here it is saying 550W What the hell did I buy ???
Sure I will try .Best Buy probably put somewhere buried in the manual or in fine print on the box '700w peak output' which could mean it will output 700 watts when struck by lightning or for .0001 seconds.. Same thing shady car amp makers do
Can ya throw up a picture of the label on the PSU? The one with the little chart?
You're looking at two different units AFAICT. The one listed on the Rocketfish site is RF-700WPS. The one you linked to is RF-700WPS2. 700W in the model name of a 550W unit is odd, though. Also note that non-OEM power supply "makers" (ex. Corsair) can have things changed from the stock model. The stock models that Corsair power supplies are based on don't have solid caps, but Corsair's versions do. Just because your power supply shares a model number with an OEM (Channel Well) part does not necessarily mean it has the same internal components.
The stock models that Corsair power supplies are based on don't have solid caps, but Corsair's versions do.
Solid caps do next to nothing for a computer SMPS, and only the HX1000 uses them in any large numbers. The capacitor difference between a VX550 and a CWT 550W PSH often amounts to Nippon Chemi-Con instead of Samxon... that's it.
OK here is a way better pic and you can even see the DATE on it too .
Channel Well is the OEM. There are companies (A) that make PSUs, and there are companies (B) that have (A) make PSUs for them. Channel Well is (A). Rocketfish, Corsair, Thermalright, etc. are (B). AFAIK Channel Well stuff usually isn't bad. Every company has a range of products, and there's always a low end of any range. Whether that low end is crappy poor quality stuff, or high quality, just with low power output, depends on the OEM. And now I'll stop trying to explain things that Oklahoma Wolf can explain far better than I can
The PDF manual from the RocketFish website doesn't give anything more specific than "Max 41A across 12V rails" and "max 170W for +3.3V and +5V". It also lists the unit as having 4 12V rails.