Akasa 500W Paxpower - any good?

[benskia]

Hi.

Are these PSU's any good?
I'm looking to replace the 360w PSU that came with my chieftec dragon case a few years back. I'll be wanting to go Dual Core soon and think I must be right at the edge of the PSU's limitations at the moment.

If not the Akasa, anything else for around £60?

I dont really understand about PSU and rails and stuff.
I've checked on my asus probe & currently getting 11.094 on my 12v rail.
Is that any good? Can you tell how much juice capacity I have left based on that?

[jonnyGURU]

Am I wrong or aren't these Enhance units just like the Silverstones?

[taemun]

Sure looks like it jonny :thumbsup:
http://www.akasa.com.tw/akasa_english/spec_page/psu/spec_ak_p050fg8_bk.htm
"80 Plus"
+3.3V 30.0A
+5V 30.0A
+12V1 18.0A
+12V2 18.0A
-12V 0.5A
+5Vsb 3.0A

Silverstone ST50EF:
"80 Plus"
+3.3V 25.0A
+5V 25.0A
+12V1 18.0A (19 peak)
+12V2 18.0A (19 peak)
-12V 0.3A
+5Vsb 3.0A

Looks suspiciously similar too:
Akasa:
http://www.akasa.com.tw/images/product_photos/psu/water_mark_ak_P050FG8_(80+).jpg
Silverstone:
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/st50ef/34-view/50ef.jpg

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[jimwah]

I've got a 460w PaxPower running in a single core opteron on an A8N, can't fault it - quiet & cool & sensible voltages. It's 24-pin & has an 8pin EPS on there too iirc, it was cheap too :)

[ea6gka]

400W in my server running 8 months now cool and quiet , excellent for its price

[xenolith]

Sure looks like it jonny :thumbsup:
http://www.akasa.com.tw/akasa_english/spec_page/psu/spec_ak_p050fg8_bk.htm
"80 Plus"
+3.3V 30.0A
+5V 30.0A
+12V1 18.0A
+12V2 18.0A
-12V 0.5A
+5Vsb 3.0A

Silverstone ST50EF:
"80 Plus"
+3.3V 25.0A
+5V 25.0A
+12V1 18.0A (19 peak)
+12V2 18.0A (19 peak)
-12V 0.3A
+5Vsb 3.0A


I'd take the 500w Paxpower's 3.3v and 5v rails being rated higher as a warning though. I'd try to find out what the 12v combined peak power is before calling it equal to the ST50EF.

[NickS]

Hi.

Are these PSU's any good?
I'm looking to replace the 360w PSU that came with my chieftec dragon case a few years back. I'll be wanting to go Dual Core soon and think I must be right at the edge of the PSU's limitations at the moment.

If not the Akasa, anything else for around £60?

I dont really understand about PSU and rails and stuff.
I've checked on my asus probe & currently getting 11.094 on my 12v rail.
Is that any good? Can you tell how much juice capacity I have left based on that?

Did you somehow skip right over this thread? http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108088 :rolleyes:

[perkam]

Did you somehow skip right over this thread? http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108088 :rolleyes:Good point...akasa models are now added to the guide.

Perkam

[LukeManity]

Does anybody know the combined watts on the 12V rails then?

I've tried Google and still can't find anything on it. :(

(That thread link doesn't work)

This is the model I have: http://www.akasa.com.tw/akasa_english/spec_page/psu/spec_ak_p050fg7_bk.htm