Guest Johnny Doe Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Yeah, those junkers are all seem to be built on same basic Athlon XP/P3 era designs with high minor rails. Just getting shittier and shittier overtime with more cost reducing done. It sometimes gets funny on OCN - there're a number of people with crappy PSU's in there. And ironically, they all repeat the same phrases in their posts. It starts like "Now I know there are a lot of threads like this... but is my PSU good or no??". Now they all know their PSU is garbage and that they're in sore need of a new one... but well, voltage, wattage... you know. What does it matter anyway? All the same crap. Why not get the most out of that Apevia... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Not everyone needs 1200W PSUs. Some people are more than fine running something under 700W, so for them, this Antec HCG is perfect. Seconded. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) DC Output Power Specifications: +3.3V, 45A +5V, 50A +12V, 22A -12V, 0.8A +5Vsb, 2A Look at that 12v rail. That design is from the P3 era. Missed this part while posting the first post here. So, this means it is 264Watt PSU, not a 620 Watt one. Or am I mistaken? If yes then enlighten me about the rules behind calculation of power please. Edited January 26, 2012 by d6bmg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 DC Output Power Specifications: +3.3V, 45A +5V, 50A +12V, 22A -12V, 0.8A +5Vsb, 2A Look at that 12v rail. That design is from the P3 era. But but my PSU has a 22A rail Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Missed this part while posting the first post here. So, this means it is 264Watt PSU, not a 620 Watt one. Or am I mistaken? If yes then enlighten me about the rules behind calculation of power please. Nope, that's essentially what it is for a modern machine. They pull the HUGE majority of their power from the 12v rail. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) ^ Thanks for the clarification. So, now my question is, how they got 80 Plus Bronze certification? sorry. I was mistaken by the two opened tabs of the browser. Edited January 26, 2012 by d6bmg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) ^ Thanks for the clarification. So, now my question is, how they got 80 Plus Bronze certification? Perhaps they're lying. EDIT: Note that I'm not talking about the review PSU, just the crappy one linked to a few posts ago. Edited January 26, 2012 by Waco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 ^ Ah! sorry for my stupid mistake. Edited my post with proper reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulktreg Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Many high end power supplies these days are specified to supply close to or equal to 100% of their total DC wattage on the +12V rail alone. It's not something that would ever happen (yet) but one of the many signs of a better quality power supply. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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