Kinda funny thing about decent power supplies

[Anngela]

For the longest while I was running a super sketchy power supply brand called "ackteck" that I haven't seen anywhere else but mexico and I didn't told any diffrence until it started to die on me recently, Today I bought a new corsair 750e and when I got the old power supply I was absolutely surpriced about the fact that the corsair one weighted about 3x times and had about triple the stuff inside lol, the old one was a 600w with no power rating

[Anngela]

Don't ask about cable managmeant in my case btw since i'm going to change case pretty soon I just couldn't bother to cable manage 

[Skiiwee29]

<-- Moved to Power Supplies --> cuz you know.. Power Supplies.. 

[Anngela]

10 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

<-- Moved to Power Supplies --> cuz you know.. Power Supplies.. 

srry my bad

[Alex Atkin UK]

51 minutes ago, Anngela said:

For the longest while I was running a super sketchy power supply brand called "ackteck" that I haven't seen anywhere else but mexico and I didn't told any diffrence until it started to die on me recently, Today I bought a new corsair 750e and when I got the old power supply I was absolutely surpriced about the fact that the corsair one weighted about 3x times and had about triple the stuff inside lol, the old one was a 600w with no power rating

You're a bit late on this observation, people in tech were judging PSUs based on weight 10-20 years ago.  Of course this didn't last long as the scam PSU manufacturers cottoned on and started to put weights in their PSUs to make them heavier.

 

But otherwise you're correct, a cheap PSU with the absolute minimum components will have a lot less in it, as they usually aren't actually designed to have the current output (less heatsink = less weight) written on the label and they don't bother with the safety features and meeting the ATX specification for ripple, etc.  Basically, all those extra components are necessary to give a clean, reliable, efficient and safe output.

[Anngela]

On 12/15/2023 at 9:22 PM, Alex Atkin UK said:

You're a bit late on this observation, people in tech were judging PSUs based on weight 10-20 years ago.  Of course this didn't last long as the scam PSU manufacturers cottoned on and started to put weights in their PSUs to make them heavier.

 

But otherwise you're correct, a cheap PSU with the absolute minimum components will have a lot less in it, as they usually aren't actually designed to have the current output (less heatsink = less weight) written on the label and they don't bother with the safety features and meeting the ATX specification for ripple, etc.  Basically, all those extra components are necessary to give a clean, reliable, efficient and safe output.

Its mostly because this is the second power supply I have ever owned since i NEVER tought much of them

[Middcore]

On 12/15/2023 at 9:22 PM, Alex Atkin UK said:

You're a bit late on this observation, people in tech were judging PSUs based on weight 10-20 years ago.  Of course this didn't last long as the scam PSU manufacturers cottoned on and started to put weights in their PSUs to make them heavier.

Still being done.

 

https://www.pcgamer.com/this-disaster-of-a-psu-is-a-good-reminder-why-you-never-skimp-on-your-pcs-power-supply/

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 hour ago, Middcore said:

Still being done.

 

https://www.pcgamer.com/this-disaster-of-a-psu-is-a-good-reminder-why-you-never-skimp-on-your-pcs-power-supply/

By "didn't last long" I was referring to being able to judge a PSU quality by its weight.

 

Of course the scammers continue to try to catch out unwary builders.