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I read it in that voice as well. Totally thought of "Will it blend" when I read that.
I read it in that voice as well. Totally thought of "Will it blend" when I read that.
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FRONTPAGE Logisys PS480X2 PSU Review
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is anything by logisys not total crap? I've had lots of LEDS and fans from them and every single one was short lived garbage. I would never trust them with a critical component like a PSU.
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After reading this I'm kind of worried since some of the power supplies in the systems where I work are Logisys-branded.
I laughed out loud reading it though, it's hilarious that it is such a total epic failure of a product.
Did it fry anything when you were testing though?
I laughed out loud reading it though, it's hilarious that it is such a total epic failure of a product.
Did it fry anything when you were testing though?
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I'd give them the eyeball, personally.
Brand new this unit is functional, if excessively rippleish, at iGPU/stockCPU type loads. I seriously doubt the BH caps would have aged well though, so the ripple would almost certainly get worse over time.
Before the soldering iron came out it was very good about shutting itself down before it exploded, impressively so really.
I could see it powering a super low end system for some time without noticeable issues, but I certainly wouldn't recommend trying it!
200mV on the 3.3 V rail runs the risk of frying things or causing problems, my testing equipment doesn't care in the slightest, but a computer might.
I'm going to try to get some "higher end" logisys units at some point. This was a fun review to do, too.
Brand new this unit is functional, if excessively rippleish, at iGPU/stockCPU type loads. I seriously doubt the BH caps would have aged well though, so the ripple would almost certainly get worse over time.
Before the soldering iron came out it was very good about shutting itself down before it exploded, impressively so really.
I could see it powering a super low end system for some time without noticeable issues, but I certainly wouldn't recommend trying it!
200mV on the 3.3 V rail runs the risk of frying things or causing problems, my testing equipment doesn't care in the slightest, but a computer might.
I'm going to try to get some "higher end" logisys units at some point. This was a fun review to do, too.
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Love it! It's nice to see what "low budget" parts really provide. I think the review is great and really shows what passes for specs on some of the budget gear out there. Excellent review. 
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You should test how well it works as a doorstop. I imagine it would work better on carpet than a wood or tile floor.
What's sad is if they honestly rated these for the 250w they'd handle, and maybe have them be $12 shipped it'd be way less damaging to their (admittedly already bad) reputation and might actually sell more with people looking for just a completely bare bones OEM replacement supply.
Sadly, this is at least better built than the "ChiefMax 650W" power supply, which is a fun one to look up on johnnyguru
Sadly, this is at least better built than the "ChiefMax 650W" power supply, which is a fun one to look up on johnnyguru
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Not well, it weighs roughly nothing.
Your average paperback book (ok my average sci-fi paperback book, ~400 pages) weighs more.
If they rated it at 200w or so and beefed the output caps up by a buck or so and the output filter inductors by maybe $1.50 it'd be a serviceable unit. Not good persay, but serviceable.
I was amazed at how close to functional it really was.
Logisys if you're listening, beef it up a bit and send me another one! If it's good we can work on that reputation
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I think this is the first Overclockers Fail I remember seeing. This is impressive.
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The next time you test a psu this dodgy, i think you should live stream it!
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I second that. Live Bobnova reviews should be fun and drag a lot of traffic to OCF!
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I'm pretty sure Ed here has equipment to prevent that from happening.
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