PC Power & Cooling 510 ATX-Deluxe PSU Review

Asmoday · Jan 29, 2004, 11:20 PM

"Today we are taking a look that the PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 ATX-Deluxe Power Supply (PSU). PC Power & Cooling may not be a household name to you, but they have been selling power supply units since 1986, one year after the business was launched in a San Diego warehouse. For those familiar with PC Power & Cooling, they know the high quality found in each product, and for those unfamiliar, this review may serve as an introduction"

Source : Big Bruin

BWX · Jan 30, 2004, 01:49 AM

This PDF explains a little more why these PSU's are so good.

http://www.pcpowercooling.com/pdf/Turbo-Cool_510_vs.pdf

And it doesn't need a second fan, it's designed to only need one. These are the absolute best PSU's.

~~craig588~~ · Jan 30, 2004, 02:02 AM

I had the exact same findings with my multimeter on the PCP&P 510 (That is after I threw my old crappy Radio Shack one out the window for reporting the 12V rail to be 16V and replaced it with a Fluke)

It did 12.14, 5.14, and 3.34 under full load and they didnt jump around at all even with 4 HDs, 3 cd drives, a soundcard, 4 Nics (I wanted to really fill up every part of the system that could possibly draw power) a r9800pro 256M, 1G of ram, and a barton drawing 2.2V. My 550 Enermax would drop huge amounts down all the way to 11.61, 4.89, and 3.13 under load with the same system, not only that, they were bouncing all over the place.

PCP&P is on my very short list of good companies: PCP&P and DFI. No one else is good enough to get on that list, but maybe they will be someday. OCZ might soon be added to that list depending on how well they deal with the thermal paste issue and if their ram quailty keeps up for a few more months.

Jan 29, 2004, 11:20 PM	#1
Asmoday Demonic Join Date: May 2002 Location: In the cold, dark north... Posts: 5,198 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	PC Power & Cooling 510 ATX-Deluxe PSU Review "Today we are taking a look that the PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 ATX-Deluxe Power Supply (PSU). PC Power & Cooling may not be a household name to you, but they have been selling power supply units since 1986, one year after the business was launched in a San Diego warehouse. For those familiar with PC Power & Cooling, they know the high quality found in each product, and for those unfamiliar, this review may serve as an introduction" Source : Big Bruin

Jan 30, 2004, 01:49 AM	#2
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,665 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	This PDF explains a little more why these PSU's are so good. http://www.pcpowercooling.com/pdf/Turbo-Cool_510_vs.pdf And it doesn't need a second fan, it's designed to only need one. These are the absolute best PSU's. __________________

Jan 30, 2004, 02:02 AM	#3
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	I had the exact same findings with my multimeter on the PCP&P 510 (That is after I threw my old crappy Radio Shack one out the window for reporting the 12V rail to be 16V and replaced it with a Fluke) It did 12.14, 5.14, and 3.34 under full load and they didnt jump around at all even with 4 HDs, 3 cd drives, a soundcard, 4 Nics (I wanted to really fill up every part of the system that could possibly draw power) a r9800pro 256M, 1G of ram, and a barton drawing 2.2V. My 550 Enermax would drop huge amounts down all the way to 11.61, 4.89, and 3.13 under load with the same system, not only that, they were bouncing all over the place. PCP&P is on my very short list of good companies: PCP&P and DFI. No one else is good enough to get on that list, but maybe they will be someday. OCZ might soon be added to that list depending on how well they deal with the thermal paste issue and if their ram quailty keeps up for a few more months.