EU regulation. Now stores can sell only Power Supplies with 80+ bronze as minimum

[WereCat]

EU is going to regulate market for Power Supplies requiring at least 80+ Bronze PSU as bare minimum. Power supply must have at least 85% efficiency at 50% of load and 82% efficiency at 20% and 100% load. They are also talking about how much power should computer components take and dividing them into divisions and making lists about power consumptions and so on... There is really a lot of things in there so if you are interested definitely check it out. I think this was the most important information from it. 

 

I dont think regulations are good even though this one is. Getting bad PSUs from market reducing risk of home fire or PC fire because people always buy cheap one and dont know that they should never skimp on PSU.

 

Source: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:175:0013:0033:EN:PDF

[Liam-McShane]

Good, should stop them from selling the cheap crap that explode after a couple of weeks.

[scaryjam823]

Good, should stop them from selling the cheap crap that explode after a couple of weeks.

But fireworks are fun.

[wtfxmitchell]

this was a thing in the netherlands for a long time

[WereCat]

But fireworks are fun.

Fireworks are fun but when PCwontwork it is not fun.. at least for me

[Izaya Orihara]

Good. 

[Rorgash]

i like most regulations and this will be one of them, as long as those component power things are in any way limiting power

[SirRoderick]

this was a thing in the netherlands for a long time

Takes a lot longer to get things pushed through the EU legislation of course.

 

I have to say it sounds like SOMEone on that damn government is actually competent and I like it.

[Misanthrope]

Good, it will take a lot of the guess work out of building for new comers so that's always a good thing. The downside is that it will definitely be a price increase. Don't get me wrong I'm not suggesting people should be looking to save money on custom gaming rigs or anything but cheap psus do have their uses for low power systems and such keeping the costs down.

[techswede]

An eu regulation that doesn't f**k car guys sideways!? 

This i like 

[Guest]

An eu regulation that doesn't f**k car guys sideways!?

This i like

it kinda does because lots of car guys use cheap power supplies to power car amps

[techswede]

it kinda does because lots of car guys use cheap power supplies to power car amps

The guys at car meets around here have power supplies that are worth more than my car  :huh: 

But there are probably someone that uses a cheap one somewhere

[Nick Paviour]

Good, so people can stop buying the Rubbish cheap ones and buy the decent reliable brands. 

[CreativeTHC]

aw gooooooooooood.. here in EU there are tons of ghosts psu like 920w 1200w .. and obviously cheap as f**k.. under 70euros.. but the thing is that they ran out in few months + u get no waranty lol.. happened to me u.u

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

Good, should stop them from selling the cheap crap that explode after a couple of weeks.

In the EU all electronics have to come with a minimum of a 1 year warranty where you can return it to the retailer for replacement or repair.

 

This will just raise the price for consumers who dont care about the efficiency of their computers or any other electronic products. I hate this sort of needless interference.

[Liam-McShane]

In the EU all electronics have to come with a minimum of a 1 year warranty where you can return it to the retailer for replacement or repair.

 

This will just raise the price for consumers who dont care about the efficiency of their computers or any other electronic products. I hate this sort of needless interference.

I personally don't care about higher prices. It beats having to return a piece of shit PSU to a store or send it back in the post.

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

I personally don't care about higher prices. It beats having to return a piece of shit PSU to a store or send it back in the post.

You are a fool if you think it will just effect the price of PC power supplies.

[SirRoderick]

In the EU all electronics have to come with a minimum of a 1 year warranty where you can return it to the retailer for replacement or repair.

 

This will just raise the price for consumers who dont care about the efficiency of their computers or any other electronic products. I hate this sort of needless interference.

Bronze efficiency still isn't good efficiency. All this does is guarantee a bottom level of quality that is acceptable. It won't raise prices of jack crap, it just keep the worst stuff off the market. If you seriously call that sort of base-level regulation unwarranted interference you might be related to a banker.

[Askew]

Good, death to shoddy PSUs.

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

Bronze efficiency still isn't good efficiency. All this does is guarantee a bottom level of quality that is acceptable. It won't raise prices of jack crap, it just keep the worst stuff off the market. If you seriously call that sort of base-level regulation unwarranted interference you might be related to a banker.

A manufacturer being forced to buy components that meet the EUs specifications for them to sell their product in Europe?

 

It doesnt protect the consumer, or benefit the manfacturer so what is the point? There are already directives that control the quality and reliability of electronic goods with in the EU.

[Bsmith]

this was a thing in the netherlands for a long time

 

really? hmm i saw some without that info on alternate a while back, altough they lack more info wich is could be usefull.

[deathjester]

Wish this was law everywhere. I wonder how many people build a computer and give up due to PSU's.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817822008

 

^ "500 watts". 12V rail has 17A.  Diablotek... I can't tell you how many of these POS things I have seen in the U.S. 

 

The wattage rating should be at least Bronze so people building their first PC know wtf they are getting and so the GPU makers can give accurate wattage.

 

I see people with ridiculously expensive PSU's and a GTX 760, and it is probably because they bought a non rated PSU the first time around. It is dumb as hell. 

[thebennyboy]

A manufacturer being forced to buy components that meet the EUs specifications for them to sell their product in Europe?

 

It doesnt protect the consumer, or benefit the manfacturer so what is the point? There are already directives that control the quality and reliability of electronic goods with in the EU.

 

I think you're wrong. Considering most of the well regarded manufacturers such as Corsair, Cooler Master etc are going to already be using components that will meet the requirements anyway. Also you say it doesn't protect the consumer when actually it does, it stops the cheap nasty power supplies from being used. The cheap nasty power supplies are capable of taking your entire system with it which is potentially going to cost you a lot of money if it decides to blow. Also when you say it is going to affect manufacturers your not completely wrong but it will only affect the manufacturers that use the cheap crappy components, most of the well regarded manufacturers will already be using high-quality components that meet the regulations.

[Legion]

This is the kind of regulation I like from the EU.

 

The horror stories I've seen from people who buy barebones or cheap psu's is unreal.

[samcool55]

I like this, 

 

Wish this was law everywhere. I wonder how many people build a computer and give up due to PSU's.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817822008

 

^ "500 watts". 12V rail has 17A.  Diablotek... I can't tell you how many of these POS things I have seen in the U.S. 

 

The wattage rating should be at least Bronze so people building their first PC know wtf they are getting and so the GPU makers can give accurate wattage.

 

I see people with ridiculously expensive PSU's and a GTX 760, and it is probably because they bought a non rated PSU the first time around. It is dumb as hell. 

Lol look at the shopping insight, only 7% of the ppl that watched that psu were smart enough to see it was bad There are more idiots out there than i was thinking...