Interesting PSU Stress Test, Many PSU's Put to the Test.

[Kunaak]

now, normally I dont find PSU reviews too interesting, cause they tend to be alittle too vague and general, and leave out details I am actually interested in, like efficiency, and load readings.

but these guys seemed to go alittle above the call of duty for this test.

using some serious hardware, they put a number of PSU's from cheap to high end to the test, and its quite interesting at what they find.

some notable suprises...

TAGAN, and Seasonic, Enermaxs do great, at both efficiency, and stress testing...

while Antec (a name I previously thought was high quality) did pretty damn bad in just about all areas.

and the Fortron 700 didnt pass either...

but one in particular surprises me the most...
the OCZ GameX 700.

its efficiency rating is not even close, and it fails the Stress test.

only thing is, I wish they had more PSU's to test.
it would have been interesting to see how the HX620 from corsair, the 650 from mushkin, and the 610-750 silences, and the 1000k's from PC Power and Cooling would have done.

http://www.activehome.co.uk/personal...g-power-supply

[vowkilmer]

Geez where is Johnny when u need him.

[perkam]

In the general hw section :p

Perkam

[nn_step]

I'm pretty sure he has some useful data to such ends

[Cooper]

So did they tested each rail individualy or put them at max load at once ?
And imo 3.3V and 5V rails failing at max load usually doesn`t mean much to end-users cos it`s almost impossible to fully load them in regular rig

[irev210]

Geez where is Johnny when u need him.

no kidding!


Check out www.jonnyguru.com

best PS reviewer out there!

[filmbot]

Makes me proud to have an Enermax in my rig.

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

they screwed up the antec true control testing. i dont think they plugged the front panel in.

if you dont plug the front panel of the true control in, it automatically sets all of its rails to the lowest possible values.

it has the same internals as the independently regulated antec tested here, except the true control lets you adjust the values above and below spec, and from johnnys testing, it held up very well.

so id have to assume they did not properly test the antec.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=33


not to mention no other reviews of the true control have encountered such problems, nor has their been reports of this.

so kinda makes me wonder about their testing if they cant even properly set the psu's up... hmmmmmm

[LordofDoom]

I think my PSU is a rebranded and souped up Enermax

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

I think my PSU is a rebranded and souped up Enermax

too bad enermax doesnt build psu's

[Dr_at_Home]

46% efficiency measured on that RaptoxX? I've never even heard of them, but damn
I would of liked to see the Mushkin in the tests though.

[Kunaak]

haha, just be glad you dont have one of them Mercury PSU's....
that thing blew up, haha....

[syne_24]

46% efficiency measured on that RaptoxX? I've never even heard of them, but damn
I would of liked to see the Mushkin in the tests though.

i never even heard of that brand either but damn that thing draws nearly double for what it outputs. That's like the worst efficiency ever..

[breakfromyou]

i have an antec neopower 480w...according to Antec's customer support, i need to RMA this POS. i dont think i can...

Antec has already been added to the "Brands to never buy again" list. any psu that gets hot enough to burn you has to be a joke.

[Dr_at_Home]

haha, just be glad you dont have one of them Mercury PSU's....
that thing blew up, haha....

Yeah. I looked on google for more info on the thing, and its probably the cheapest power supply ever.

[Eastcoasthandle]

silencer 750 review

[Helmore]

too bad enermax doesnt build psu's

Uhm, that's not true, Enermax does have thier own fabs and thus designs and builds thier own PSUs.

@LordofDoom: Your Corsair HX620 is build by Seasonic, not by Enermax.

[XSAlliN]

Wish they had "Fortron BlueStorm II" on that test.

[Eastcoasthandle]

Uhm, that's not true, Enermax does have thier own fabs and thus designs and builds thier own PSUs.

you gotta check the UL number here. Yes, there is some level of politics with how a company reports it but they are suppose to be honest by law.
See if you can find it here
http://www.phoronix.net/image.php?id...erty_label_lrg

[dinos22]

doesn't surprise me that Enermax is the way to go

[damnnit]

dam ocz 700w, it failed the atx test.

[gundamit]

After two RMAs on Antec True(ly No)Control 550 a long time ago, I'm not at all surprised to see it fail miserably. OCZ is surprising, but considering its price after rebate it might be worth it if its just a random QC issue. Critical 12v lines are strong.

Maybe yet another lesson on paying for quaility on the PSU.

[kiwi]

Not sure how they tested but my FSP Epsilon 700 (same as OCZ 700) 5V line never dropped below 4.90V powering conroe rig with 5 hard drives.

[jonnyGURU]

Geez where is Johnny when u need him.

Flying off the handle at half ass PSU reviews:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/show...73&postcount=6

Yes I'm a pompous arrogant ass, but I have my name plastered across the top of my website. Would you expect anything less?!

That and I'm sick as fsck and really just want to slam some Jagermeister and go back to sleep.

And Enermax does make their own PSU's. They even have relabeled Enermaxes in some parts of Asia.

[Revv23]

So did they tested each rail individualy or put them at max load at once ?
And imo 3.3V and 5V rails failing at max load usually doesn`t mean much to end-users cos it`s almost impossible to fully load them in regular rig

I agree, though it would be nice to know that it can meet specs.