Review on 💪 Efficient and Reliable Chieftec GPS-550A8 550W Power Supply for Enhanced Performance by Yusri Yafiq ᠌

Name: 💪 Efficient and Reliable Chieftec GPS-550A8 550W Power Supply for Enhanced Performance
Item: 💪 Efficient and Reliable Chieftec GPS-550A8 550W Power Supply for Enhanced Performance
Rating: 5

April 13, 2023

I really like the product, it fully meets my expectations.

For budget and office assemblies, it is the most. This power supply is currently running on a Ryzen 5 5600g processor-based system without a graphics card. The system consumes a little over a hundred watts, so a heavy load on the power supply is not tested. I plan to install a RX6600 or GTX1660super video card later - let's see how the power supply copes. However, I think it's better to save some more money and take BeQuiet! System Power 9, but if the budget is very tight, then you can take this power supply or Cooler master MWE.

Pros

Cheap. The case is painted black and the motherboard power cable is in black braid. I can’t say anything about the element base, since I didn’t open it and I don’t really understand electronic elements, however, one of the main advantages is the presence of an active input power factor corrector. I didn’t measure the output current through the power supply tester, but I didn’t find any drawdowns along the lines during the load during the AIDA64 stress test, I monitored the current readings through the same AIDA64 and through HWInfo. The noise from the power supply is almost zero.

Cons

Most likely, there are a lot of cheap Chinese elements in the filling (in one of the reviews of the filling of this power supply, “Teapo” capacitors were called). No wonder the power supply is so cheap.