Topic:
Power Supplies
Product:
Aerocool Turbine Power 550 watt Power Supply
Provided by:
AeroCool.US
Reviewer: K. Elliott
Price: $109.00TESTING
To see how well the
Aerocool Turbine Power 550 watt Power Supply would work under a
severe load condition we used three of our favorite programs to stress
test any computer with. The first program is Super Pi, a very common
program used by the overclocking community to help determine whether or
not the memory they are testing is stable. Memory that is the
least bit marginal will always fail this test. The second program
is
BurnInTest V4.0 from
Passmark Software, this is another piece of software that will
bring a computer to its knees if the setting are turned up to the max.
The last program we use is
Winstress from Ultra-X,
a pure stress testing program which allows you to configure each
area of the computer being tested to specify how much utilization the
system uses - for our tests all setting were set to 100% utilization.
We have found the best way to record the voltage
highs and lows is to use these exact features found in Motherboard
Monitor. The way we ran our test was to first start
Super Pi and set it to determine Pi
to 64 millions digits, next we started
BurnInTest V4.0
followed by Winstress and both of the last two programs were
configured to run for 60 minutes.
So after one hour of testing here are the number we came up with.
|
Voltage
Points |
Vcore |
LDT |
+3.3 |
+5.00 |
+12.00 |
Chipset |
DRAM |
|
High |
1.47 |
1.18 |
3.36 |
5.13 |
12.34 |
1.49 |
2.62 |
|
Low |
1.46 |
1.17 |
3.34 |
5.10 |
12.14 |
1.49 |
2.62 |
|
Delta |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
0.20 |
0.00 |
2.62 |
Looking at the test results you can clearly see that the Turbine
Power has no problem keep within the 5% tolerance expected of a good
power supply, as a matter of fact it is closer to 2% than 5%. I
think you will have to agree that it performs quite admirably and would
be an ideal choice for anyone looking for a new power supply for their
system.
CONCLUSION
From its stunning UV cables right up to the
exceptional voltages is able to produce the
Aerocool Turbine Power 550 watt Power Supply proves that it is
not some run of the mill cheap off the shelf power supply. The
fact that each cable is protected from EMI emission by insertion of
a ferrite core tells me that the engineers at Aerocool wanted to
produce the cleanest power supply available on the market today.
The perfect fit of the connectors means you won't
have to worry about voltages changing over time the possibility of
them coming loose from their connection point. And finally the 120mm
Twin-Turbine fan is nearly silent when used and by placing my hand
behind the rear opening I could feel how much warm air it removed
and it is considerable.
Simply put if you want a powerful
power supply that has everything you need for the most modern of
motherboards and has the ability to make your case look so much
better thanks to the ability to only use the cables you need then do
the smart think and buy the
Aerocool Turbine Power 550 watt Power Supply.
Aerocool has now shown that
they are not just a company that makes computer accessories anymore
with the release of the
Aerocool Turbine Power 550 watt Power Supply they have become a
major player in the power supply market place and if this is model
is any indication of their future plans a few companies better keep
their eyes open!
We want to thank
AeroCool.US
who provided us with this sample and also
a big thank you to Alex who without his help the review would not
have been possible.
You can find this product and other fine products
from Aerocool at these dealers.
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