Power Supply Build Quality Pictorial/Discussion

[shovenose]

LOL chris!

[c_hegge]

You beat me to it. $10 Power supplies should never be purchased or used. Read the El-cheapo power supply round up

[duckula]

Corsair AX1200i 80plus platinum certified PSU. OEM is Flextronics.

[c_hegge]

Looks a little better than the CWT ones with the finless heat sinks

[duckula]

Like those heat sinks in the new Corsair GS series units?

[c_hegge]

Nope. I think I see Samxon GF series caps in there too.

[shovenose]

It's odd they use a high quality panasonic capacitor in the primary where it really doesn't matter quite as much

[c_hegge]

With APFC, yes it does. It stresses the big cap more than the normal voltage doubler function. In fact, if a PFC Circuit is badly designed, it will kill a Panny.