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Gigabyte PoweRock 400W Review

Postby c_hegge » July 14th, 2013, 10:02 pm

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Re: Gigabyte PoweRock 400W Review

Postby Wester547 » July 14th, 2013, 11:34 pm

I noticed the intake temperature was rather lower than that of the other reviews (I doubt it would have performed as well had it been higher), perhaps because this PSU is in the $40 range?
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Re: Gigabyte PoweRock 400W Review

Postby c_hegge » July 15th, 2013, 1:18 am

I can't do much about that. It's winter here, I have no heating near the workbench (yet), and the load tester doesn't start to get very hot until you hit 700W+.
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Re: Gigabyte PoweRock 400W Review

Postby Pentium » July 27th, 2013, 5:14 pm

Nice PSU...it did better than I expected! If I came across one I would definitely recap it
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Re: Gigabyte PoweRock 400W Review

Postby LongRunner » August 26th, 2013, 4:33 am

c_hegge wrote:It's winter here, I have no heating near the workbench (yet), and the load tester doesn't start to get very hot until you hit 700W+.

What about a secondary spot-heater, with a separate power source (from the PSU under test)???
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Re: Gigabyte PoweRock 400W Review

Postby c_hegge » August 26th, 2013, 3:43 pm

I might consider that once I get a better lab in a month or two. At the moment, the load tester lives on a table outdoors (under cover, though)
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