How Much Power Can a Generic 500 W Power Supply Really Deliver?

**Hardware Secrets Team** · 03-15-2008, 05:34 PM

There has been a new article posted.

Title: How Much Power Can a Generic 500 W Power Supply Really Deliver?
URL: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/534

Here is a snippet:
"We decided to take a generic 500 W power supply and test it using the same methodology we use for "branded" units. The idea behind this review is to be as much educational as possible and answer a few..."

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reidy- · 03-17-2008, 03:01 PM

very nice article,

one improvement I'd like to see is when illustrating the differnces between a high quality and a low quality PSU, It might be an idea to provide an image to compair the two such as when measuring the noise have the low quality image next to a high quality PSU's graph

**Gabriel Torres** · 03-17-2008, 04:15 PM

Hi Reidy,

Excellent suggestion! I've updated the review to do what you suggested. Take a look on page 5 from the review.

Cheers,
Gabriel.

Bart · 03-17-2008, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Generic power supplies use wires thinner than necessary, usually 20 AWG. The minimum required for today’s standards is 18 AWG. Also generic power supplies come with fewer cables than “branded” units.

Thinner and fewer cables. Shorter too.

Bill Tayson · 04-11-2008, 04:31 PM

I knew.
With Gabriel Torres I have sure.
I'll never buy this P.S

03-15-2008, 05:34 PM	#1
Hardware Secrets Team Administrator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,952	How Much Power Can a Generic 500 W Power Supply Really Deliver? There has been a new article posted. Title: How Much Power Can a Generic 500 W Power Supply Really Deliver? URL: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/534 Here is a snippet: "We decided to take a generic 500 W power supply and test it using the same methodology we use for "branded" units. The idea behind this review is to be as much educational as possible and answer a few..." Comments on this article are welcome. Best regards, Hardware Secrets Team http://www.hardwaresecrets.com

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03-17-2008, 03:01 PM	#2
reidy- Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 367	very nice article, one improvement I'd like to see is when illustrating the differnces between a high quality and a low quality PSU, It might be an idea to provide an image to compair the two such as when measuring the noise have the low quality image next to a high quality PSU's graph

03-17-2008, 04:15 PM	#3
Gabriel Torres Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 USA Posts: 2,553	Hi Reidy, Excellent suggestion! I've updated the review to do what you suggested. Take a look on page 5 from the review. Cheers, Gabriel.

04-11-2008, 04:31 PM	#5
Bill Tayson Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5	I knew. With Gabriel Torres I have sure. I'll never buy this P.S