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trents

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Those of you who are on a budget but looking for a good PSU, check this out: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817339025

I ordered one last night for my wife's computer since the one in her system is beginning to show some sag in the 12v specs.

I recently installed the 585W version for <$30 made by this same company in a friend's computer and I was really impressed at how heavy it was and at the 12v rail specs which seemed to be about right for a PSU rated for that total wattage, contrary to what you usually see with inexpensive PSUs.

Referring to the one in the link above, look at the specs. Two 12v rails, one with 22 watts and one with 30 watts! And what's more, the efficiency is rated at greater than 80% at 40C continuous load!
 
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It certainly make some lovely claims, Any idea who actually makes it?
 
I'm sorry, but that's just not a quality PSU. The PSU is perhaps the most important component in the computer and is often overlooked.
 
Shenanigans. There is a reason quality PSUs cost more and it's not just because of the name brand.
 
Notice the target audience I was addressing, those on a budget. Sure, it's not going to be of the quality of a $100+ corsair or Antec but all I'm saying is it looks to be a good value, if it holds up. And like I said, its 585W cousin was sure heavy so it must have had some sinks in it. And even if it isn't truely two rails it still has a total 12v amperage of 52. Split rails is more hype than anything.
 
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As far as who the manufacturer is, the Egg description header says Hec but the 585W version I got recently did not have Hec anywhere on it that I could see. Everything on it said Orion. Egg's description says its Hec but they cataglog it under Compucase in the "Power Search" side bar.
 
Sounds like the epower 550 i had, heavy as all hell and makes nice claims, while being cheap.
I want to send one to OW and have him review it, but i don't have a spare $25+shipping to canuckia.
 
Sounds like the epower 550 i had, heavy as all hell and makes nice claims, while being cheap.
I want to send one to OW and have him review it, but i don't have a spare $25+shipping to canuckia.

Maybe we could put together a pool?:p How much does it cost to ship a PSU to canuckistan anyway? There is always newegg.ca.
 
If someone wants to send me one, I'd happily try to break it for you. This PSU tester isn't finished, but there is one +12v section that works great and has already pulled >50A at +12v. Monitoring equipment isn't set up yet, so it wouldn't be a good review. Just a test to see if we could kill it.
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If someone wants to send me one, I'd happily try to break it for you. This PSU tester isn't finished, but there is one +12v section that works great and has already pulled >50A at +12v. Monitoring equipment isn't set up yet, so it wouldn't be a good review. Just a test to see if we could kill it.
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I was hoping for a test to see what it could actually do before it's death. Who knows, it may actually be on ok PSU for those that don't OC.:shrug:
 
I'd like to see a test on my 350w rosewill PSU too. I did a short circuit test on the 3.3v. It did quite well, shut itself down without any burning smells beyond my finger's flesh.
It managed a 114w(measured) P4 as well.
 
I'd like to see a test on my 350w rosewill PSU too. I did a short circuit test on the 3.3v. It did quite well, shut itself down without any burning smells beyond my finger's flesh.
It managed a 114w(measured) P4 as well.

I also had thought about picking up an A-Power similar to one I had posted about a couple days ago just to send to him. The thing was ridiculous, with a 22A 12V rail, claiming it was a 680 watt PSU. Maybe we should start seeing if he will review PSU's we send him.
 
It came this week and I installed it in my wife's computer this morning. Here are my inital impressions.

Overall quality of build: Very good. Noticeably heavier than the 500W Apevia that it is replacing but not super heavy. Case is well-machined and fits together tightly. Dual 80MM double ball bearing fans that are almost opposite each other front to back and very quiet. The heat sinks seemed to be arranged in a partial semi-cirucular, tunnel pattern between the two fans. All cabling is sleeved.

Connectors: Plenty of variety, including 4 and 8 pin ATX 12 volt connectors and 6 and 8 pin PCIE connectors.

Cables: Full mesh sleeving on all leads. Wire gauge a little on the light side, however. People using this PSU in a full tower, PSU at the bottom configuration may find, however that the 20+4 pin 12v main power connector and the 8 pin 12v auxiliary power connector (which is unfortunately positioned about 6 in. in front of the P4 12v connector on the same lead) may not reach their destinations on the motherboard as those cables are not overly long.

Performance: Good but not great. 12v rail reads 11.9 at idle but does hold steady at 11.84 under Prime95 load. Certainly within generally accepted specs of + or - 5%. The 5v and 3v rails are within specs as well. The NewEgg description of >84% efficiency at 40C constant loading is incorrect, however. According to the box it came in the efficiency is >74%. Still not bad.

Overall impression: Plenty good for the average user who does some gaming. Won't satisfy the perfectionist, hard core gamer. We'll see how it holds up over time. If it lasts, it certainly will have been worth $34.99!
 
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I still would like to see OW get ahold of this one, that way we would know just how good it really could be for those of us system builders that do a few budget builds.
 
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