Is the Acbel 500W iPower 80+ Psu any good?

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lordmemus

May 17, 2018
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I am just building a small budget system so I won't push it too hard but I was just wondering if it is okay for this? The 80+ rating is good also right? Thanks in advance :)
 
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I'll never forget what I find to be one of the most entertaining garbage PSU discoveries I've seen someone make.

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How do you save money on that power factor correction you brag about? For those that don't remember (I know some here would) Hantol's idea was to use a block of cement.

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And a fun one from the unfortunately named "Carbon" PSU. With the aptly named "Iscon" capacitors.

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The "let's make this garbage feel weighty by throwing in some scrap metal with duct tape and pretending it's a component" game is a popular one.
 
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I've NEVER seen anything about a PSU platform change unless the model number also changed. So if there is a difference in a model number, even as little as an added .1 or -2 to the model, then there is potentially a difference of some kind. Otherwise, whether the unit was reviewed 50 years ago or yesterday, chances are 99.9% likely that if you tore town one tomorrow you'd find exactly the same thing as you'd have found in one ten or fifteen years ago.

The bottom line, as regards your original question (Rather than all the information between that and now), is that I can't find, and have never seen, ANY review showing that an Acbel unit was of acceptable quality, much less being suitable for use with anything more than a bare bones, entry level business machine. That alone speaks volumes and should be all the proof anybody would ever need to know that it was not a unit they wanted to use in any machine they even remotely intended to be around a while. And that's not factoring in ANY of the potential for catastrophes we know exist with cheap, low quality units.

For example:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/26/exploding_computer_vs_reg_reader/

And that 80plus certification you indicated that unit had, most likely, on a unit like that, is fake.

https://www.hardwaresecrets.com/power-supplies-with-fake-80-plus-badges/

 
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"https://pokde.net/tech/acbel-ipower-90m-600w-80-gold-overview/
https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/720/acbel_450_watt_intelligent_power_series_psu_review/index.html"

Neither did any true load testing. Neither even opened up the PSU to look at the components. Those aren't reviews, they're text unboxings. Your cardiologist does not test your heart by giving you a pound of bacon, make you run half-a-mile and then give you a thumbs-up if you're not dead.
 
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When I first opened the thread, it was right after it was posted. I had planned on writing an answer on how this is a horrible unit of a PSU (internship place where I was used this EXACT PSU that did not last even 2 weeks) but got sidetracked with some other work and forgot to check back on the page.

Just refreshed and clearly, I missed the train lol. As others said, steer clear regardless the use of PC.
 
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You didn't open it up by any chance, did you? I love checking on these types of PSUs.
 
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Looking back on it, I wish I did, but unfortunately did not. There was quite a bit of smoke pouring out of the PC if I recall correctly.
 
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I'm sad that Oklahoma Wolf doesn't do the Gutless Wonder reviews any more. Those were always fun.

I have some "Rulycon" capacitors I kept from a friend's PC about a decade ago hanging around here somewhere.

 
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I'll see if I can find the webpage again and pm you the link (if I remember - bad memory issues from meds I have been on).
 
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They were definitely "Rulycon" capacitors. I'll have to dig them up and take a picture of them. I still laugh when I think about them.

Other people on the internet have encountered them too, now that I look.

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While looking for other people that found Rulycon, I came across someone finding Rudoycon.

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Definitely a knock-off. Designed to trick/scam ppl into thinking they got something decent. There's multi cheapo Chinese knock-off psus that use the word 'Gold' in the title, just because it sounds good and the manufacturer is playing/counting on the ignorance of the public in general, just to make a sale.


EzCool PS-1000 Gold (700w psu). Please!
 
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"We didn't say *we* were cool and silent, only that you should be."
 
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Lol. Why call it a PS-1000 Gold, when its only a 700w psu? Be Cool n Quiet. What a ripoff. And there's 100's more just like it.

Caveat Emptor. Do the homework, know what you are getting before you get it. Impulse buys based on advertising cause more issues, such as Op having a junk psu, than any other when it comes to electronics, more so in pc components as they are so varied, eBay has multiple scams currently selling 10 series nvidia gpus with vga outputs etc.
 
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This is my experience with Acbel:
I bought a Acbel 510 E2 plus from 2013. I don’t really want to buy it, but the shop only have that psu in that days.
1/ In the beginning, I used that PSU with the case: H61m-DS2, G2020, 2 x DDR3 2gb, GTX 750 1gb, 4 hdd.
Everything is good. Don’t have any trouble.

2/ From 2016, I bought a new case for that old psu: B75m-d3v, i5-3570 ( non-K), 2 x DDR3 8gb, GTX 750 1gb, 5 hdd, 1 ssd.
Acbel still play good.

3/ But several week ago, I bought a 2nd case: P5Q-Pro, E8400, 4 x DDR2 2gb, GT420, 5 hdd, 1 ssd.
In this time, one of my hdd be fried in the first time I run the case.

= > so, this is my conclusion:
Acbel is not bad, but not good, too.
- It is accepted with the standard PC. But don’t try use it with the high-end PC ( overclock, expensive mainboard,…).
- As same as other PSU, you should replace the new one in every 5-6 years.
 
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