bit-tech News: Akasa's PowerMax 1000W Gaming PSU

news · September 8, 2008

Hi all,

We have just published a review of *Akasa's PowerMax 1000W Gaming PSU*.

If you could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

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*/At £115 this is an incredible price for a 1,000W PSU, but we have to

admit that originally alarm bells started ringing whether this was one

of those "1,000W too good to be true" bargains. However, having tested

it we know that it has stable voltages and good efficiency, even to 100

percent load.

Akasa throws in a three year warranty too which matches the likes of

Nanopoint (Tagan, Seasonic etc) and Enermax, but it's lower than many

others five year warranties like Cooler Master, Antec for example. The

saving grace on this front is that Akasa has a UK RMA base should you

need it.

Compared to even the great value ~£140 Corsair HX1000W the Akasa is

impressively inexpensive, but you do get what you pay for. The Akasa

suffers from a cheap, basic look, very few cables, coil whine, hot

running and fan bearing noise, even if the fan itself isn't itself

overly loud, and insufficient 12V rails - certainly not enough for a

true 1,000W PSU.

So good efficiency and solid voltages aren't everything.

This is a clear bandwagon jumper - there's no way this is a true gaming

PSU with only four PCI-Express cables, and unless you've got an

exceedingly tall case like the Lian Li Tyr PC-X2000, then we'd opt to

buy something else.

Akasa will rely on people never hitting anywhere close to 1,000W and

with the amount of cables provided it's unlikely anyone will, so in that

regard it'll probably suffice for many that buy it, but that also makes

it expensive considering you can get an excellent Corsair TX750W for a

fraction of the price. Unfortunately, "750" versus "1000" doesn't

satisfy the e-peen factor though./

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*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net

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