TOPOWER PSU

[PatrickMartin]

Have anyone tried Topower 800w 80+ bronze psu? TOP-800WB is the model code. Any thoughts about it? Here in my country I found a very good deal for it for only 20$ 

[Oalei]

not enough protection so that i can approve of. But if its only for a CPU only PC with no GPU i would not care anyway

[GoldenLag]

Couldnt find any review of it, but judging by their own meager claims, id avoid it for any use. 

[PatrickMartin]

20 minutes ago, Oalei said:

not enough protection so that i can approve of. But if its only for a CPU only PC with no GPU i would not care anyway

I'm a bit worried also to buy it or not. Tried finding reviews and I found one on newegg which is they are seem to be okay with it and their only complaint is the loud fan noise. Wanted to try it out with i3 4170 and an rx 470 

[Oalei]

2 minutes ago, PatrickMartin said:

I'm a bit worried also to buy it or not. Tried finding reviews and I found one on newegg which is they are seem to be okay with it and their only complaint is the loud fan noise. Wanted to try it out with i3 4170 and an rx 470 

the thing is, it can actually pull out 768W from the wall but there is only Over Voltage Protection and Short Circuit Protection with no like intel certification etc so i wouldnt trust it that much

[Guest]

7 hours ago, PatrickMartin said:

Have anyone tried Topower 800w 80+ bronze psu? TOP-800WB is the model code. Any thoughts about it? Here in my country I found a very good deal for it for only 20$ 

The only thing worse than a Topower power supply is a used Topower power supply.

 

[Deekzie]

800w power supply for 20$ even with a deal seems kinda sketchy, don't u guys remember the videos of linus getting scammed on ali express and deal extreme?

[PatrickMartin]

I guess i'll give it a try since i'm planning to build with a really tight budget and my plan is my i3 4170 paired with rx 470. I think it won't pull near 400w full load and here's the photo of the psu btw and the manufacturing date is 2017 (it says it has active pfc)

[Guest]

9 hours ago, PatrickMartin said:

I guess i'll give it a try since i'm planning to build with a really tight budget and my plan is my i3 4170 paired with rx 470.

Press F to pay respects to the shortened life of your components.

9 hours ago, PatrickMartin said:

(it says it has active pfc)

It also says it's for 220VAC input only.  So good luck if your mains power drops.  The money you saved will need to be invested into an AVR.

 

 

[Streetguru]

10 hours ago, PatrickMartin said:

 

You are far better off buying a 400W unit with decent components if one is available around the same price.

[PatrickMartin]

3 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

Press F to pay respects to the shortened life of your components.

It also says it's for 220VAC input only.  So good luck if your mains power drops.  The money you saved will need to be invested into an AVR.

 

 

we use 220 in ph :D

[Guest]

12 hours ago, PatrickMartin said:

we use 220 in ph

Right.  You use 220V... until you don't.

 

One of the biggest complaints Corsair got about the old VS Series (which was 220V only) was from South East Asia.  The mains voltage would drop to around 160V or 180V or so and this would cause the PSU to just shut down or reboot.  It's fine for Europe where the mains are very stable, but in most regions around the world, the "220V" is a suggestion and not the rule.

 

If you have a quality PSU, the mains can drop all the way down to 100V and the PSU will still operate.  If your mains dropped that low on that Topower, it would just blow up.