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Review on πŸ’‘ Cooler Master Silent Pro M 850W 80 PLUS Bronze Modular Power Supply (RS850-AMBAJ3-US) by Chris Graves

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Great PSU with some cable issues

Under normal circumstances I would give it five stars. It works great and is too quiet for other things in my living room to hear. So what's the problem? I bought it together with the Cooler Master HAF 932 case which is perfect for this PSU. at the bottom. Great place for a heavy power supply. Unfortunately, the cables are designed for top mounting. You expect the first slice to be up and the daisy chain power down. Well, these cables don't run through the back panel (where the cabling is located in this case) and then out into the top drive bay. You'll reach the bottom disk, but then you either can't connect the others, or you have to twist the cable so it can be hooked upside down. This dangles the rest of the connectors and is not suitable for powering other drives. What now? Luckily people make extension cords and converters out of standard cords so I was able to get power from a 4 pin Molex (old fashioned connector) and use it to power two of my DVD drives.

Pros
  • Sturdy build
Cons
  • Bad experience