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Cooler Master eXtreme Power 600W Power Supply PSU 29.99 AR shipped Newegg

There 2 other rebates on PG for $30 and $20 - The $20 specifically for the so named Newegg item. I doubt it'll go through but worth a try.
 
For $30 I'm tempted....

I don't need more than 500 watts anyways, plus I like black.

Edit, when you add in the price of a 120mm fan to replace the sleeve-bearing one on the unit, it becomes less of a bargain.
 
probably because they have 18A 12v rails. While it does have DUAL 12v rails, some high power video cards just wont run on 18A in some system configurations, even if its got most of that to itself. Guess it depends how the rails are split between the cabling. Third guy down said it wouldnt run high end video cards. eh, but who knows...
 
Definitely a good deal after rebate. I recently received one from ZZF, and the P3 connector, called a PCI-E connector in the manual, didn't fit a PCI-E video card (it was keyed differently) so I had to use the included two molex to PCI-E adapter.
 
Review of PSU, got 4.5/10
Then I look closely at the PCB and find that this power supply is actually an ST-500BKP. Hmm? Specs seem to match. It seems that this eXtreme Power is a Seventeam ST-500BKV (Just like a BKP, but with a 115/230 VAC switch.) But this power supply is a ?600W.? 600W peak, maybe? I don?t know how they managed that.
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We can see that this power supply has great efficiency and probably the best power factor you're going to see for a power supply without active PFC. For a 500W power supply, the power provided is ok. You have just been witness to a typical Seventeam quality power supply. Good, stable power with good efficiency. It's the fact that this is a Cooler Master labeled unit that's going to screw it up for this model.
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I was expecting something around the neighborhood of 570W. Unfortunately, the 12V rail crashed so hard that with this load I was only getting 536W. This is because the 12V rails dropped like the panties on a $2 whore. If this power supply was hooked up to an actual PC and not an ATE, it would have locked up like the chastity belt on a baptist minister's daughter. In other words: It failed to produce more power than what Seventeam claimed it could do as a 500W unit.
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So let?s get the rating process over with?. We have a power supply that would have been a contender if it were a $60 500W unit. But instead, we have a catastrophe with a $100 600W unit.
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The good:
Fairly efficient
Good power up to 500W
Passed crossload tests (even though both tests were supposedly performed out of spec)

The bad:
Overpriced
Labeled as a 600W when it ?s only a 500W
No PFC
Ugly cables. At least sleeve them
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$30 for a decent 500W PSU looks like a great deal. Too bad about the rebate. I'm trying to force myself to avoid them since I suddenly had a number of problematic ones.
 
Originally posted by: IBUYCHEAP
Correct me if im wrong but I thought cooler master psus were crappy. Why put your hardware at risk with a cheap psu.
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You're being corrected. 😉

 
By the way, this is NOT a Newegg rebate, it is a COOLERMASTER rebate. It is processed by www.rebatestatus.com and they are generally very good about getting things done. Newegg, however, does stand behind any rebate promotion and will work with you if you run into problems with the rebate (provided you did everything correctly and kept copies).
 
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