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HuntKey HK500-13BP 500W Power Supply Review

Cases & PSU/Power Supplies by Berry @ 2007-01-18

And they came from the East, a thousand strong. Like a storm, they ravaged the lands. Unknown, exotic, different than ever been seen. One sat down at my table, and ate, drank and laughed. We´re all so different, yet all the same. HuntKey, a Chinese company let us test drive their 500W Power Supply.

Test Setup & Performance Results

Test Setup.

The first setup used, is the same as used in the Silverstone ST40-EF. It’s a fairly heavy system, able to generate some serious loads. All energy efficiency options in the bios, and in Windows are turned OFF.

The hardware and their rated power consumption:

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AMD X2-4800 @2600 (260X10@1,42V) rated near ~125W

DFI RDX200-CF ~65W

ATI X800XTPe ~100W

2x 1gb Team Special CE5 260-2,5-3-2-7@2,85V ~30W

2x Maxtor Max9 160GB SATA ~15W each

2x Maxtor Max10 250GB ATA Raid0 ~15W each

1x Opti ~20W

3x 12cm Silverstone FM121 ~15W

The total maximum power consumption is slightly over 400W, with a total of 415W. Keep in mind though these are Peak-loads, so real-life loads are lower for sure. After initial and rigorous testing 24/7 I couldn’t find any real-life weaknesses and it was time to go on to the testing-trails. I benchmarks and measurements are the same as used previously.

Performance Results

First run: Power-off.
Second run: Peak during boot.
Third run: Desktop mode 0% load.
Fourth run: S&M 1.5.2 100% load on both cores.
Fifth run: 3Dmark05
Sixth run: Disk to raid0 copy. 4Gb.
Final run: A combined run of 4, 5, and 6.

The exhaust temperatures varied from 35°C at Idle to 44°C at run 7. All measured amps, and calculated power ratings are measured on the power cord, and thus represent the actual consumed power.

Looking at these figures, it’s fair to say, the Huntkey HK500-13BP goes up to par with the OCZ Powerstream 520, when looking at efficiency. Looking at the Volt-lines, there isn’t much deviation notable, though the 5V line is a little low for my taste, at 4,93V avg. it’s clearly within specs.

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Comment from EsaT @ 2007/01/19

They surely know how to give good first impression:

Quote:

MTBF 50,000 hours at 25°C

"Standard" is ~100 000 hours at 50°C...

Design is old, uselessly overpowered 5V with 12V being seriously underpowered and efficiency is low.

Quote:

upper mainstream gaming rig. It generates a fair amount of load, 445W max...

resulted in a consumed power (Peak) of 2,21Amps, giving almost 500W out of the wall.

You forgot that this PSU converts some serious amount of electricity into kinetic energy of particles aka heat.
Real load on PSU is more inline with 350W because of low efficiency. (500W *0.7)

You must have overclocked those NoiseBlocker fans seriously to get that much overshooting consumption!
http://img.clubic.com/photo/00069702.jpg

PS. Next time take photo of PSUs spec sticker from slightly oblique angle to avoid washing of highlights because of reflecting light of flash. (remember law of reflection)

Comment from Berry @ 2007/01/21

First off all, read the review on the silverstone ST40EF,
http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=524
and the stated ratings, and measurements there.
I clearly admit, this isn`t the most reliable way off measuring, but I`m working on that.

As for the fan`s, I`ve taken the liberty of verifying the stated power-consumption, by separately measuring all four fan`s using a single connector.
Free flow(free on desk): 2,3A combined(12,12V)=27,88W
Build in system: 2,71A combined(12,11V)=32,81W
Power-on peak:3,41A using peak-measurement.
As for the fan`s used, they are the SX2-Pro(Black)
http://www.noiseblocker.de/en/produk...fan-sx2pro.php
and of a slightly different build than the ones on their site.

Comment from jort @ 2007/01/28

Nice review berry

Typo? "
CON
No power card included"

Cord?

Comment from jmke @ 2007/01/28

Fixed, thanks

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