It is not a junk PSU but it is not great either just mediocre. Tier list has it in tier B
No, that's a different model. The ARESGame PSU listed on the PSU cultists tier list on tier B is an AGT series unit. The AGS and AGK series units are of a similar quality level, and the AGS units that Aris looked at were very poor quality and said
"To put it mildly, this is a mediocre product. With a similar amount of money (or just a bit more_, you can find much better PSUs, like the Corsair CX850M)"
And when THAT's a "much better" unit, it means this is not very good at all. He also indicated they had:
-Bottom low overall performance
- Low efficiency
- Not efficient 5VSB rail
- Loose load regulation
- Mediocre transient response
- Increased EMI emissions
- Sky-high inrush currents
- High vampire power
- Noisy
- No MOV in the transient filter
- Low build quality
- Sleeve bearing fan
- Two EPS connectors on the same cable
- Not ASM compatible
PSU cultists put the AGK series on "low priority tier 3" which is not very good, and I find it hard to even agree with THAT. These are more like tier 4 units. Probably not even as good as the old Corsair CX series or the EVGA N1/W1.
The OEM for ARESGame units is Shenzhenshi Jiumeng, which, looking around, I don't see anything made by them that appears to be of any substantial quality. Pretty sure they ARE ARESGame, and ARESGame is just their retail name. When an OEM can't justify itself to any other companies and has to sell it's own units under a different brand, it's gonna raise my eyebrows and it SHOULD raise yours as well.