PC Power & Cooling include a 3-page Certified Test Report
of their 850 series and 1KW series power supplies. This is much more
accurate than someone taking a $20 multimeter from Radio Shack and
determining the voltages. While it's not necessarily inappropriate to
use an inexpensive meter on an economy PSU, for more professional power
supplies, a much more controlled environment and professional machine
is the better choice. PC Power & Cooling use a $100,000
"Multimeter": the Chroma 8000 ATE. The Chroma 8000 will certainly find
any problems with your products, and I'm not surprised other PSU
manufacturers do not have this feature for their consumers who buy the
"higher-end" PSUs.
The Certified Test Report
The CTR is made
up of 23 steps in 23 sequences of testing. The following is the
breakdown of what exactly is currently tested for the CTR you receive
with either your 850, 1KW, or 1KW Quad Sli:
- TTL & Relay Setup
- Turn On & Sequence Test
- ATX Voltage Setpoint
- ATX Efficiency
- ATX Peak Power
- ATX Ripple Noise
- ATX Power Good
- ATX Power Factor
- ATX Remote Enable
- ATX Line Regulation
- ATX Load Regulation
- ATX Current Limit (5V)
- TTL & Relay Setup
- ATX Current Limit (12V1)
- TTL & Relay Setup
- ATX Current Limit (12V2)
- TTL & Relay Setup
- ATX Current Limit (12V3)
- TTL & Relay Setup
- ATX Current Limit (3.3V)
- TTL & Relay Setup
- Internal Setup
- ATX Hold Up
PC Power &
Cooling doesn't have to provide you with such a descriptive report. But
they do. After all, you've forked out a pretty good sum of money, and
it's nice to know a company acknowledges this and reinforces their
high-end products with evidence to support the justification.
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