Today we are going to preview one of those units that usually strike you as being very inexpensively made; the Xilence Performance C XP400R6 (Codename XN041). This unit is currently priced at slightly over 800 CZK, but in Germany it can be purchased for as little as just 25 Euro (that is about 37 AUD or 27 USD). It’s a wannabe unit that’s covered by a 1 year warranty, but as this is sold almost only exclusively in Europe, they are obliged by law to offer a minimum of two years warranty in most EU countries. Well, I want to inform you that we’re in for some bad luck here folks, as this unit is actually manufactured by Huizhou Sinhuiyuan Technology Corporation Limited (lets just refer to them as “HST” from here on out, shall we?), which is an OEM I have never heard of before in my life, but they also seem to have manufactured the older Red Wing series, which looks quite similar design-wise to this unit, and the Red Wing series was covered by a 3 year warranty upon product registration.
But it should be noted that the Red Wing series used a synonymous model naming scheme, that means to say that for example, their “XP350” model meant it was an actual 350 W unit. But not this time! The Xilence Performance C Series XP400R6 (I guess the R6 denotes a sixth revision, and I imagine that each subsequent version is built down to an even lower margin and thus inferior to the last) is actually only 250W according to the datasheet. And you won’t learn this bit of important information from the box, the unit, nor the manual. They all openly advertise it as “400W peak”… perhaps. Atlthough when you sum up the advertised power spec of all the rails, you will only get to something like 280 W. Aside from their advertisments, HST actually admits that this unit is only really rated at about 270 W, so yeah, the rail specs seem about accurate. Additionally, it’s supposed to have over power protection, and I am very curious about that and looking forward to testing that claim.
I don’t really understand this company. Once upon a time they used to offer much higher-rated Platinum certified units. They may not have been among the best, but they were at least passable. My, how they have gone downhill. The manual for this says it does up to 85 % efficiency. Don’t they even realize how many people out there are actually looking for a good 250W power supply with a PCIe connector? Is it so difficult to manufacture a decent unit with quality capacitors that is also covered by at least a 3-year warranty and that performs at Silver efficiency (though not necessarily certified as such)? People would break their hands off trying to obtain such a unit. But nooo, I guess it is easier for them to target the idiots who blow their entire budget on something high-end like a GTX 980 and then settle for something like this misleadingly labeled zillion watt power supply, because all they have left is $35…“Oh, look, it says ‘XP600R6’, that’s perfect for powering my new 1000 dollar rig, after all, it says it does 600W!”
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