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[LTT] "WHY is Everyone Buying This Power Supply??" - first review using the full PSU testing setup. Sub $50 PSUs. (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Die4Ever@programming.dev to c/hardware@lemmy.ml

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"The Thermaltake Smart 600W is the most popular power supply on Amazon... but that doesn't mean it is good."

0:00 - Intro

1:04 - iFixIt!

1:09 - PSU Tester Update

3:46 - What we can learn from the box

5:27 - Efficency Test

5:57 - Short Circuit Test

7:00 - Over Current and Over Power Protections

9:10 - Power Factor Correction

11:55 - What else we can test

13:45 - iFixIt!

14:29 - Outro

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[–] setInner234@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

The idea of a sub $50 PSU would make me worry about my hardware constantly.