The PSU Debate

[fineupgrades]

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from Hard OCP website:

The PSU Label Debate

Here is an interesting one for you. Last month, CoolerMaster put out this video showing how some companies may be "hyping their PSU's actual abilities." The CM team used the chart below to explain "peak" power and "continuous" power and how their power supply differed from the generic unit in the video.

In response to the video above, Tony Ou from SilverStone Technology had this to say:

Sad to see they were uninformed about power supply label and sadder still that they were trying to teach their users with this. To add further insult to injury, the Cooler Master Xtreme Power Plus 500 model they used in the video as an example happens to be a typical over-labeling PSUs with clear tell-tale signs:

To obtain safety certificates, the specification table and associate rating numbers on the power supply label must be accurate. The manufacturers are free to name the power supply any way they like however, so in this case, Cooler Master placed "500" next to the model name to suggest it as a 500W PSU (and sold as a 500W) as opposed to it being a 450W.

It’s a tough business competing in lower wattage range (500W & below) as every dollar counts so there are other types of over-labeling practices too. This is pretty bad for honest manufacturers that do not over-label on wattage and still have to compete on price. And to see Cooler Master trying to educate people with the wrong information, I just couldn’t stand it anymore.

Please share your thoughts on this subject with us in the forums. Discussion

[rejiel]

ana baya jud ng mga company sir, they tend to take advantage sa ilang customers especially those who have less know - how... E.mislead nila through sa ilang mga labeling...

[fineupgrades]

sayang gi pullout ang video sa you tube...

[tsunade]

thats how engineering works mego...to tell you in our field sa mechanical ang shaft nga 3/4" dia.. dili na kaabot ug 19.05mm naa rana sa mga 18mm pero 3/4" ang standard size ana... but it varies upon increasing the dia.. thats how real world works.. it is not about taking advantage to end users.

[Sempron Guy]

PSUs are not Coolermaster's thing. They should stick to making cases where they are good at.

[balipseyev]

Mao ni lisud, mag cost cutting man... Arun mudako ang ginansya...

[naborbong]

nawala na jud ang video....katong naay coolermaster check ninyo na basin lahi sad inyoha diha...

[KH0UJ]

The way I see it, manufacturers should critize each other cause they are the ones capable of testing each competitor`s product line and spread to the public the true value of thier product, and so on and so forth, pero in the end, mugawas gyud ang mga nindut nga produkto para sa end users, kita ra gihapon maka benepisyo ana ilang lalis hehehe

ex. acura vs. honda
cooper vs. suzuki swift
intel vs. AMD
nvidia vs. ATI
PC vs. MAC

in-ana pa lang ta diri sa pilipinas sa? brand X brand Y lang gihapon ta hantud karon, mention gyud unta sa commercial pati picture murder gyud hehehe in the end, higher quality products for the ends users or consumers because of manufacturer`s battle, di ba nindut?

for me I love seeing them murdering each other`s product, kay mas nindut ang epekto ana ilang away natong mga end users

WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE INFORMED ABOUT THE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE WHOLE TRUTH hehehe

[regilsolon]

psu mfg. label indicated as combined load and max load..

[bim27142]

mao ako ni palit nalang jud kog kasaligan nga brand nga PSU...