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A power supply unit (PSU) is a device that converts AC power into DC power. In particular, this article wants to discuss the “rating” embedded in this device. We often encounter the number 80+ with various certificates, white, bronze, silver, gold, platinum, titanium, and so on. Does the 80+ certification guarantee the quality of a Power Supply Unit?
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Guide Yourself
I highly recommend you to be more careful on this one computer component. If you are tempted to buy a certified 80+ PSU or even still carelessly, I suggest you stop. “Power Supply Tier List” is one of the keywords that should make us all aware, of how important is the test results, which become information. Experts, to tech enthusiasts who have tried, tested, studied, and researched the 80+ standardization.
If you search further, you might find a Power Supply Unit with 80+ GOLD certification exploded during testing. This is no joke! You entrust your computer equipment, money, and even your life, to an object that has the potential to explode. In essence, certification and colorful labels such as bronze, silver, gold, and others, are a guarantee of quality and quality.
Safety Can be Fun
If you’re willing and ready to build a personal computer, I assume you’re up for the cost. I highly recommend allocating your costs for the Power Supply first. No matter how “powerful” your computer is, it’s not funny to suddenly BOOM! In addition to your safety at stake, your money is also in danger of being wasted.
To be honest, even though I use a lower-middle-class computer, find it difficult with this fact. One question that chooses a power supply very crucial is, “do you dare to trade safety for the performance of your computer?” For those of you who have enough money, this is not a problem, because you can get both(good quality PSU and safety). For those of you who build computers with limited funds, the power supply on the top priority.
What’s Next?
Several factors become a reference for the quality of a power supply unit. Does the power supply unit you buy have a warranty of at least 5 years? If so, congratulations! The first stage is safe. Seeing the completeness of the protection provided by a power supply includes OPP, OVP, UVP, OCP, OTP, SCP, and so on. What is the total continuous power you have, different from the maximum power. Next, try to get a power supply with data/wattage 40-50% greater than the total power of your computer.
If you have started to find a power supply with these criteria, try to dig further. You no longer just come across names and technical terms that may be confusing but see experts and tech enthusiasts experimenting with certain power supplies. Apart from taking references from the PSU Tier List, maximizing cost allocation, and collecting data based on reviews from forums, and Youtube, do you get confused after that? I don’t think so, technical standardization is likely to have high accuracy. For example, in the power supply tier list, there is “Tier E”, a power supply with a very high DOA rate, underrated FETs that can explode when experiencing high stress, even hardware swaps. So the placement of a power supply on a tier is not without reason. I hope this helps!
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