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600 Watt budget PSUs Battle
Corsair VS650 - vs - Cooler Master MasterWatt 600 - vs - Antec VP650
*www.pctekreviews.com/Reviews/PSU_600/PSU_600.jpg
I have reviewed few PSUs in past two years or so mostly all were higher end expensive computer PSUs and I am constantly asked by many to suggest a budget gaming PSU or review one. I have few budget PSUs with me and was for long willing to test them but didn’t have a good idea or inspiration for an article.
But recently I got news about Cooler Master’s new PSU lineup the “MasterWatt” and “MasterWatt Lite” series of PSU, offering new design and features with improved performance and reliability. I was more interested in MasterWatt Lite series as they would be having lower price spectrum. I contacted guys at Cooler Master India to confirm and was surprised to know that MasterWatt Lite 600 is indeed a under Rs.5K price tag product.
600 + watts and with a under Rs.5K of price tag, is the PSU every budget gamer or pc builder looking for. This gave me an idea to do a comparison between PSUs with 600 + watts of power and are under Rs.5K. I already have Corsair VS650 and Antek VP650 with me, and when shared the idea with Cooler Master India, I also got a sample of Cooler Master’s MasterWatt Lite 600 PSU.
So now about this article. This comparison is not about the marketing features of these three PSUs (For that you can find respected product links at the end of this article), but rather about the features, product performance and reliability which is more important for a budget buyer.
I will be doing a detailed inside-out run on these PSUs and will be giving each a point (at a scale of 1 to 5, i.e. BAD to GOOD, not EXCELLENT as these are budget PSUs) at every segment of this article. In the end we can club these points together to find which PSU is best among these… Simple.
Now let’s begin the comparison.
*www.pctekreviews.com/Reviews/PSU_600/01.jpg
Product looks and details
What you get out of the box.
All PSUs comes in a cardboard box with PSU, manual and decent AC power cable. PSUs are build with requisite quality and thickness of iron sheet for rigidness and minimization of interference.
*www.pctekreviews.com/Reviews/PSU_600/02.jpg
All three PSU are having a 120mm fan for cooling and a power ON/OFF switch along with Main IEC power connector.
*www.pctekreviews.com/Reviews/PSU_600/03.jpg
SCORE
Corsair VS650 = 5
Antec VP650 = 5
Master Watt 600 = 5
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Cables and Connectors
*www.pctekreviews.com/Reviews/PSU_600/04.jpg
All PSUs have decent 18AWG cables. Among all three, Antec cables was little stiff and Corsair is having full single braided cables. As per connectors, beside 24pin ATX, 8pin CPU and (1 by 2) 8pin PCIe connectors Corsair is having 4 Molex and 3 SATA connectors, Antec is having 3 Molex and 6 SATA connectors. Finally Cooler Master is having 4 Molex and 6 SATA connectors
SCORE
Corsair VS650 = 5
Antec VP650 = 4
Master Watt 600 = 4
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Corsair VS650 - vs - Cooler Master MasterWatt 600 - vs - Antec VP650
*www.pctekreviews.com/Reviews/PSU_600/PSU_600.jpg
I have reviewed few PSUs in past two years or so mostly all were higher end expensive computer PSUs and I am constantly asked by many to suggest a budget gaming PSU or review one. I have few budget PSUs with me and was for long willing to test them but didn’t have a good idea or inspiration for an article.
But recently I got news about Cooler Master’s new PSU lineup the “MasterWatt” and “MasterWatt Lite” series of PSU, offering new design and features with improved performance and reliability. I was more interested in MasterWatt Lite series as they would be having lower price spectrum. I contacted guys at Cooler Master India to confirm and was surprised to know that MasterWatt Lite 600 is indeed a under Rs.5K price tag product.
600 + watts and with a under Rs.5K of price tag, is the PSU every budget gamer or pc builder looking for. This gave me an idea to do a comparison between PSUs with 600 + watts of power and are under Rs.5K. I already have Corsair VS650 and Antek VP650 with me, and when shared the idea with Cooler Master India, I also got a sample of Cooler Master’s MasterWatt Lite 600 PSU.
So now about this article. This comparison is not about the marketing features of these three PSUs (For that you can find respected product links at the end of this article), but rather about the features, product performance and reliability which is more important for a budget buyer.
I will be doing a detailed inside-out run on these PSUs and will be giving each a point (at a scale of 1 to 5, i.e. BAD to GOOD, not EXCELLENT as these are budget PSUs) at every segment of this article. In the end we can club these points together to find which PSU is best among these… Simple.
Now let’s begin the comparison.
*www.pctekreviews.com/Reviews/PSU_600/01.jpg
Product looks and details
What you get out of the box.
All PSUs comes in a cardboard box with PSU, manual and decent AC power cable. PSUs are build with requisite quality and thickness of iron sheet for rigidness and minimization of interference.
*www.pctekreviews.com/Reviews/PSU_600/02.jpg
All three PSU are having a 120mm fan for cooling and a power ON/OFF switch along with Main IEC power connector.
*www.pctekreviews.com/Reviews/PSU_600/03.jpg
SCORE
Corsair VS650 = 5
Antec VP650 = 5
Master Watt 600 = 5
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cables and Connectors
*www.pctekreviews.com/Reviews/PSU_600/04.jpg
All PSUs have decent 18AWG cables. Among all three, Antec cables was little stiff and Corsair is having full single braided cables. As per connectors, beside 24pin ATX, 8pin CPU and (1 by 2) 8pin PCIe connectors Corsair is having 4 Molex and 3 SATA connectors, Antec is having 3 Molex and 6 SATA connectors. Finally Cooler Master is having 4 Molex and 6 SATA connectors
SCORE
Corsair VS650 = 5
Antec VP650 = 4
Master Watt 600 = 4
*********** Since forum Image limitations, I am not able to post full article here. Please following link for full article.
Continue READING...
Thanks