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Thirty Four PSUs Tested - Is Biggest Best?

Posted by Hemos on from the does-size-matter dept.

SteveK writes "Hexus has been testing some 34 PC power supplies to see which is best. There are some interesting results. An Enermax 535 Watt PSU couldn't deliver much over 450W, while a cheap 250W PSU did exactly what it said on the box. There's also a video of a (very cheap) 650W PSU under 400W of load, requiring over 1kW of input power to sustain the load, before blowing up."

3 of 276 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Hexus = good reviews, shitty servers. by eclectro · · Score: 0, Redundant

    but with a massive article like this one, it's tricky

    Are your power supplies blowing up??

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  2. Re:Truepowe by Mr.+Underbridge · · Score: 1, Redundant

    It electrocuted the installer on first boot under half the rated load.

  3. Two words by Bimo_Dude · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I don't get why they split the articles into three or four pages, when you could easily have one big page to scroll through.

    Ad Revenue.

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