In-House Review: Cooler Master Real Power 450W PSU

jmke · 28th July 2004, 01:46

Cooler Master making power supplies? We put their newest 450W creation through a series of tests on our fully equipped torture bench, does the Real Power survive? Read on to find out!

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=207

28th July 2004, 02:01

Impressive, but I don't think it's reasonable to change my TrueControl for that baby...

Btw, can we see the performance of all tested PSU's on one page? So we can compare stability and power of all tested PSU's... Some kind of database...

jmke · 28th July 2004, 02:05

that would require one never changing test platform to be used, and all PSU's need to be tested on that same PC, however not all of those PSU's are in [M]-Europe's possession

Piotke has a 14-way PSU roundup coming up vewwy soon

28th July 2004, 02:09

Well, if you don't have a TrueControl anymore, I've got mine... (But that means I'd be with the tester to look after my baby

)

Sidney · 28th July 2004, 05:59

What a power supply should be; I'm sure the pricing here would be lower. And, I am not surprised to see this PSU to be packaged with CM top chassis in the near future.

Hmmmmm, is Lian-Li coming up with it's own PSU???

jmke · 28th July 2004, 07:44

I still have the TrueControl, but I was wondering how I could test those PSU head 2 head and come up with a "winner".

Both PSU's will have no trouble powering very "loaded" systems, so how do you determine which one is best?

Sidney · 28th July 2004, 08:03

The question remains; long term reliability - for a newcomer in PSU, CM has put together the right stuffs (although I like to see a digial readout wattage meter over the analog).

At the end the customers will be the judge; value/performance ratio.

jmke · 28th July 2004, 09:20

yep a digital readout would have been more accurate for taking read-outs, but less "cool" looking.

this PSU will be put to test on various test configurations, so I can test durability and reliability, but it will take some time

until now a GlobalWin 520W psu has been powering 90% of the test setups without hickups

28th July 2004, 13:45

Quote:

Originally posted by jmke
I still have the TrueControl, but I was wondering how I could test those PSU head 2 head and come up with a "winner".

Both PSU's will have no trouble powering very "loaded" systems, so how do you determine which one is best?

Just see how much you can drain till they become unstable...

jmke · 28th July 2004, 13:48

I'll need more powerhungry hardware to achieve that, I have some SCSI disks I could use, or if I can get my hands on 5 more SATA drives...

28th July 2004, 01:46	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	In-House Review: Cooler Master Real Power 450W PSU Cooler Master making power supplies? We put their newest 450W creation through a series of tests on our fully equipped torture bench, does the Real Power survive? Read on to find out! http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=207 __________________

28th July 2004, 02:05	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	that would require one never changing test platform to be used, and all PSU's need to be tested on that same PC, however not all of those PSU's are in [M]-Europe's possession Piotke has a 14-way PSU roundup coming up vewwy soon __________________

28th July 2004, 05:59	#5
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	What a power supply should be; I'm sure the pricing here would be lower. And, I am not surprised to see this PSU to be packaged with CM top chassis in the near future. Hmmmmm, is Lian-Li coming up with it's own PSU??? __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

28th July 2004, 07:44	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	I still have the TrueControl, but I was wondering how I could test those PSU head 2 head and come up with a "winner". Both PSU's will have no trouble powering very "loaded" systems, so how do you determine which one is best? __________________

28th July 2004, 08:03	#7
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	The question remains; long term reliability - for a newcomer in PSU, CM has put together the right stuffs (although I like to see a digial readout wattage meter over the analog). At the end the customers will be the judge; value/performance ratio. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

28th July 2004, 02:01	#2
Xploited Titan Posts: n/a	Impressive, but I don't think it's reasonable to change my TrueControl for that baby... Btw, can we see the performance of all tested PSU's on one page? So we can compare stability and power of all tested PSU's... Some kind of database...

28th July 2004, 02:09	#4
Xploited Titan Posts: n/a	Well, if you don't have a TrueControl anymore, I've got mine... (But that means I'd be with the tester to look after my baby )

28th July 2004, 09:20	#8
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	yep a digital readout would have been more accurate for taking read-outs, but less "cool" looking. this PSU will be put to test on various test configurations, so I can test durability and reliability, but it will take some time until now a GlobalWin 520W psu has been powering 90% of the test setups without hickups __________________

28th July 2004, 13:48	#10
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	I'll need more powerhungry hardware to achieve that, I have some SCSI disks I could use, or if I can get my hands on 5 more SATA drives... __________________

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