850 Watt Coolermaster Psu In The Test Bed |
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850 Watt Coolermaster Psu In The Test Bed |
 Apr 17 2008, 09:20 PM
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Apr 17 2008, 11:26 PM
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 Audio Nut Posts: 6,680 Joined: 14-February 04 From: Clemson U. Member No.: 8,484 |
Nice review but I don't think the system used to test the PSU is even close to loading it down (especially considering that it ran fine on the 325 watt PSU in the comparison).
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Apr 18 2008, 06:35 AM
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 lvl Infinite Psychopath  Posts: 4,902 Joined: 14-May 04 From: Mount Prospect Member No.: 10,119 |
Good review, Coolermaster has some really nice products.
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Apr 18 2008, 02:50 PM
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I has this in my new build (got it cheap as CompUSA was going out of business). See sig for setup. APC powerchute shows I'm pulling ~320 watts at idle.
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Apr 18 2008, 03:03 PM
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 Posting Nut  Posts: 9,588 Joined: 5-October 03 From: Texas Member No.: 6,351 |
Without a machine to properly test PSUs I think it is pointless other than advertisement for a company and the reviewer gets a free PSU good or bad....
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Apr 18 2008, 03:24 PM
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 Day of the Testicle Posts: 7,303 Joined: 10-June 04 From: Liverpool, UK Member No.: 10,582 |
QUOTE (road-runner @ Apr 19 2008, 12:03 AM)  Without a machine to properly test PSUs I think it is pointless other than advertisement for a company and the reviewer gets a free PSU good or bad.... I disagree - a poor PSU will still yield poor results when it comes to OC'ing and whatnot, so by ripping one apart, at least consumers get some idea of the components used, as well as build quality and whether it can sustain a reasonable load. But yes - not many review sites have the equipment to test PSUs properly sadly. --------------------  :: X-Fi Xtreme Music [hardnrg Hotrodded] :: 40" Samsung A686 :: Yamaha AX-300 :: :: Little Dot MK III Valve Amp :: Sennheiser HD 595 :: Dell Studio 17 :: Tannoy M3 :: :: For Everything, A Reason :: |
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Apr 18 2008, 03:43 PM
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Posting Nut Posts: 9,588 Joined: 5-October 03 From: Texas Member No.: 6,351 |
QUOTE (Silverfox @ Apr 18 2008, 05:24 PM) I disagree - a poor PSU will still yield poor results when it comes to OC'ing and whatnot, so by ripping one apart, at least consumers get some idea of the components used, as well as build quality and whether it can sustain a reasonable load. But yes - not many review sites have the equipment to test PSUs properly sadly. Ok I will agree that you can see if it will at least run a rig for a few hours and whether or not it uses the better brand capacitors. I guess it will eliminate DOA brands... -------------------- |
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Apr 18 2008, 03:51 PM
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Day of the Testicle Posts: 7,303 Joined: 10-June 04 From: Liverpool, UK Member No.: 10,582 |
QUOTE (road-runner @ Apr 19 2008, 12:43 AM) Ok I will agree that you can see if it will at least run a rig for a few hours and whether or not it uses the better brand capacitors. I guess it will eliminate DOA brands... That, and those POS units that are plain crap out of the box and have high pitched whines when they OC  Still, 850w is a lot of juice really. I'd have to think of some rather hefty bits and bobs to stress that in real-life conditions! -------------------- :: X-Fi Xtreme Music [hardnrg Hotrodded] :: 40" Samsung A686 :: Yamaha AX-300 :: :: Little Dot MK III Valve Amp :: Sennheiser HD 595 :: Dell Studio 17 :: Tannoy M3 :: :: For Everything, A Reason :: |
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Apr 20 2008, 12:07 AM
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 Sub-Zero Posts: 1,805 Joined: 28-February 05 From: Michigan Member No.: 15,428 |
QUOTE (Thewacokid @ Apr 18 2008, 02:26 AM) Nice review but I don't think the system used to test the PSU is even close to loading it down (especially considering that it ran fine on the 325 watt PSU in the comparison). The 325W PSU was not really a power supply, if you care to read it, my bad for not linking it in the review, it is just an auxiliary PSU to add an extra 325W to your system. I was just using the readings of the rails to compare to it. --------------------  #1 (Personal) - Q9450| ASUS Maximus Extreme| 2 x 1GB Geil DDR3| Tuniq MiniPlant 950W| HD4870| WD 500GB HDD| Cooler Master Storm Sniper W/ Custom Watercooling #2 (Benching) - E8400| Foxconn BlackOPS| 2 x 2GB Patriot DDR3| Cooler Master 800W| 2x HD4870| 150GB VelociRaptor| Tech Station W/ DICE/Cooler Master V8 #3 (Review) - i7 920| MSI Eclipse SLI| 3 x 2GB Mushkin HP3 12800| Muskin 800W| NvidiaGTX 260| Seagate 1TB HDD| Thermaltake Armor W/ CM V10 Socket 775 Comp|3DMark Comp| OCC Reviews| C2D OC Guide| OCC F@H Team| OC Basics| OC Software| Water| DICE| OCC Rules| 5226MHz  |
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Apr 20 2008, 01:55 AM
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I thought about getting one recently, sounds like a great PSU and all. But i've decided to wait a bit longer b4 i go hard out on a build (so no buy =[)
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Apr 20 2008, 11:07 PM
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Audio Nut Posts: 6,680 Joined: 14-February 04 From: Clemson U. Member No.: 8,484 |
QUOTE (Silverfox @ Apr 18 2008, 11:24 PM) ...and whether it can sustain a reasonable load. That's the main issue I see with PSU reviews. "Reasonable load" to me is about 90% of the maximum rated continuous output. It'd take one hell of a rig to get even close to 800 watts of real power consumption. I'm a fan of synthetic load tests with bigass resistors. -------------------- Desktop: | Q6600 @ 3.2 GHz | 128 GB GSkill Falcon | 8 GB WinTec AmpX | Sapphire 4870 X2 | DFI P35-T2RL | PCP&C Silencer 610 | W7 x64 | HTPC: | X3 720 BE @ 3.4 GHz | 4.5 TB Storage | 8 GB GeIL Black Dragon | PowerColor 4830 | ECS A-780GM-A | ATI Theater 650 Pro | OCZ Fatal1ty 550 | W7 x64 | Router/VPN/Compiling: | Opteron 175 | 4 GB DDR 500 | S3 Trio PCI VGA | Asus A8N-SLI SE | SinTek 500SLI | XP Pro | Office: | Dell Precision 390 | Core 2 Duo E6320 | 2 GB DDR2 667 | XFX 7800GT | Fedora 10 / Windows 7 RC | NetBook: | Asus EeePC 900A | 1.6 GHz Atom | 32 GB SSD | 2 GB DDR2 667 | Intel Integrated | W7 x86 | |
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