No Name PSU

[ImNotThere]

obviously i would normally avoid this as i cant see any 80+ certification on it and no real brandnames, its the standard looking silver housing.. butttt it has 70 amps on the 12v rail, from what i know this is good right? i got it for £5 and its 850W, is it even worth using?

the build it will be powering is around £500 so nothing really high end

 

[Hayabusa1989]

can you take some pictures of it, especially on the tags and stuff ? 

[ProjectBox153]

If you don’t see any branding on it, and it feels cheap/light, don’t use it. 

[ImNotThere]

9 minutes ago, Hayabusa1989 said:

can you take some pictures of it, especially on the tags and stuff ? 

it just says it has 70 amp on 12 v rail, 25 amp on the 3.3 and 5 v rails (made a mistake, its 850W)

3 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

If you don’t see any branding on it, and it feels cheap/light, don’t use it. 

it feels quite heavy is that a good indication?

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

15 minutes ago, ImNotThere said:

it just says it has 70 amp on 12 v rail, 25 amp on the 3.3 and 5 v rails (made a mistake, its 850W)

it feels quite heavy is that a good indication?

since its no brand u never know if those numbers are even true , maybe its 7amp instead of 70 who knows

[ImNotThere]

Just now, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

since its no brand u never know if those numbers are even true , maybe its 7amp instead of 70 who knows

true!

[Jurrunio]

29 minutes ago, ImNotThere said:

it feels quite heavy is that a good indication?

A brick is also heavy, but I dont see that powering my system

 

Or maybe you can open it up and see what's what. In general I wouldnt use any desktop components without brand or model name.

[Hayabusa1989]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

A brick is also heavy, but I dont see that powering my system

 

Or maybe you can open it up and see what's what. In general I wouldnt use any desktop components without brand or model name.

Sorry but i 100% disagree with this, DO NOT OPEN UP YOUR PSU, Unless you are supremely confident and know what you are doing. @LinusTech has gone HAM at someone in a Scrapyard Wars video for selling opened up PSU's. Touching the wrong thing could KILL YOU. 

[Jurrunio]

2 minutes ago, Hayabusa1989 said:

Sorry but i 100% disagree with this, DO NOT OPEN UP YOUR PSU, Unless you are supremely confident and know what you are doing. @LinusTech has gone HAM at someone in a Scrapyard Wars video for selling opened up PSU's. Touching the wrong thing could KILL YOU. 

I havent expressed clear enough, but what I'm trying to say is that this PSU is best used as a toy rather than a PC component. Even badly built Chinese PCs come with brand logo on their parts. Dont see why this one come clean. Or maybe the brand name and spec sticker got ripped off, but that makes it even more suspicious.

 

And if the PSU is unused and unplugged, it's fine to open the housing. This doesnt mean taking it apart though and do not use this again (unless you want some fireworks)

[Hayabusa1989]

8 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I havent expressed clear enough, but what I'm trying to say is that this PSU is best used as a toy rather than a PC component. Even badly built Chinese PCs come with brand logo on their parts. Dont see why this one come clean. Or maybe the brand name and spec sticker got ripped off, but that makes it even more suspicious.

 

And if the PSU is unused and unplugged, it's fine to open the housing. This doesnt mean taking it apart though and do not use this again (unless you want some fireworks)

still if OP does not have the experience and touches the wrong thing he could die. things inside PSU's keep a lethal charge for years. 

[HKZeroFive]

The 12V being rated at "70A" is meaningless. If it was a half-decent unit, it would telling you the combined power of the +12V rail and the minor rails in watts.

 

And yes, the fact that it has no brand and no certifications means that you should chuck it away. If you thought that a £5 850W PSU would be actually decent, you should think again.

[chilicheeseburger]

Use it under constant supervision and within reach of a fire extinguisher.

 

On a more serious note, where did it come from? I assume some old/cheap prebuilt but then again why would it (claim to) be 850W.

[ImNotThere]

16 hours ago, chilicheeseburger said:

Use it under constant supervision and within reach of a fire extinguisher.

 

On a more serious note, where did it come from? I assume some old/cheap prebuilt but then again why would it (claim to) be 850W.

i found it in a random pc store in my area, they said  it was crap but as far as i knew having 70A on the 12v rail is good

[Stefan Payne]

21 hours ago, ImNotThere said:

obviously i would normally avoid this as i cant see any 80+ certification on it and no real brandnames, its the standard looking silver housing..

Make a couple of pictures of the unit. 

 

Without these we can't say anything about this unit. 

We need to see the PSU to take an educated guess if it can be somewhat usable or if it is total garbage.

 

i found it in a random pc store in my area, they said  it was crap but as far as i knew having 70A on the 12v rail is good

But you can't go by the labe of total crap PSUs.

 

But then again, without at least seeing the label, we can't say anything about it. It can be a relabeld standard device from a named brand, it can be total shit. Without pictures, nobody knows.