Gigabyte UD1000GM PG5 1000 W

[HisDivineOrder]

I wouldn't go near a Gigabyte PSU and I don't think anyone should. Just not been long enough. Indeed, I don't know why anyone should have to given all the other options out there.

And that's to say nothing about a new standard, which again I wouldn't go near for a few years to give everyone time to work out all the kinks.

 

[forman313]

Gigabyte = Boeing ... the fact that one, two or even several products are up to spec does not matter. The way they handle problems and their general attitude means they are not worthy of our money, and certainly not our trust in matters of safety.

What was that about egg salad at a picnic.....?

 

[mechtech]

If it didn't die on me, the unit is fine. in this regard.

I usually mention the OEM within the first paragraph of the review. Next, I have it in the part analysis table.

Thanks

Manufacturer (OEM)	MEIC

Never even heard of them..........

 

[Mussels]

Going by brand is generally a pretty bad idea -- all companies will sell lemons at some point. Take the Seasonic Focus SPX-750, which bricked itself upon triggering OTP, for example.

It's how they handled the lemon that matters

Fractal? recall and replacement for anything faulty
NZXT? risers on fire? lets give youtubers a new premium design, and end-users a barely improved still a fire hazard replacement...
Gigabyte? What issues? Its a feature! *continues selling the faulty units*

 

[Assimilator]

The most difficult are the 180% and 160% transient loads because those last considerably longer, 1 ms and 10 ms respectively, and in those tests, the PSU shut down every attempt I made. This renders the UD1000GM PG5 incompatible with the ATX v3.0 specification...

So Gigabyte are just trying to pull a fast one on consumers, again, by claiming that they're ATX 3.0 compliant just because they include the 12VHPWR connector.

To the Americans on this forum, please start a class action against Gigabyte for their misleading advertising - seems like at this point it's the only way to make them be honest.

What a scummy company.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Thanks

Manufacturer (OEM)	MEIC

Never even heard of them..........

Because MEIC normally make power bricks for Laptops and other electrical devices. Kinda like Lite-On, except Lite-On does a looooot of things. They are almost like Foxconn in a sense.

 

[mechtech]

It's how they handled the lemon that matters

Fractal? recall and replacement for anything faulty
NZXT? risers on fire? lets give youtubers a new premium design, and end-users a barely improved still a fire hazard replacement...
Gigabyte? What issues? Its a feature! *continues selling the faulty units*

Maybe I will buy a fractal next. I find your country matters also though, as Australia has pretty good consumer protection laws.

 

[Mussels]

Maybe I will buy a fractal next. I find your country matters also though, as Australia has pretty good consumer protection laws.

True, but fractal HQ in cheeseland never even asked for any proof of purchase or what country i was from when i enquired about my USB-C port catching fire. They asked for shipping details, sent a new IO panel for the case (which was geniunely newer - the cabling and PCB were a new design, possibly from a different case but still physically compatible)

A few months later they checked in, since another user had the same issue and they wanted to find anything we had in common (and the answer was nothing, except the same case with the original IO panel)

 

[mechtech]

True, but fractal HQ in cheeseland never even asked for any proof of purchase or what country i was from when i enquired about my USB-C port catching fire. They asked for shipping details, sent a new IO panel for the case (which was geniunely newer - the cabling and PCB were a new design, possibly from a different case but still physically compatible)

A few months later they checked in, since another user had the same issue and they wanted to find anything we had in common (and the answer was nothing, except the same case with the original IO panel)

lol cheeseland??

 

[Mussels]

lol cheeseland??

arent they from switzerland, the land of holy cheese?

 

[Ruru]

Gigabyte will never learn. By far THE most tone deaf company ever.

If they had learned from their eye watering psu incompetence, they would have dropped power supply production immediately and let their brand heal for 5 or 10 years. No sir, not these knuckleheads. They keep right on reminding us that they are the number 1 laughing stock of the tech world hahaha. Hey guys, lookie lookie another hella good psu from yup you guessed it, MEIC! Yeeeehaa!! Who wants to take their rig for a ride?!

So, Samsung should've stopped manufacturing phones after the exploding Note7 fiasco?

arent they from switzerland, the land of holy cheese?

They're from Sweden

 

[mechtech]

arent they from switzerland, the land of holy cheese?

I was thinking Swiss or France. I think more cuckoo clocks and chocolate when I think of Switzerland. More cheese wine and baguettes when I think of France.

So, Samsung should've stopped manufacturing phones after the exploding Note7 fiasco?


They're from Sweden

So land of fjords and midnight sun?

 

[maxfly]

So, Samsung should've stopped manufacturing phones after the exploding Note7 fiasco?

-shrug-
There's always one.

 

[Nunya Beeswax]

It's how they handled the lemon that matters

Sure, still not a good idea to go by brand. If you tell someone to "get seasonic," there is always a chance that they come back three days later having bought an S12III.
Honestly, though, I really don't see the appeal of spending more just to get a specific brand.

 

[Mussels]

So, Samsung should've stopped manufacturing phones after the exploding Note7 fiasco?


They're from Sweden

dang. i dont even know any swedish stereotypes.

Samsung never made batteries, what they did do was change who they bought them from...

Gigabyte have chosen to use the same manufacturer again, which is fine - IF they enforce better quality control

 

[crmaris]

After the exploding PSU fiasco not so long ago, I will not touch anything Gigabyte, especially their PSU. The main issue to me is not so much the failed product, because every company will at some point make mistakes. The main issue is the way Gigabyte handled (or rather mishandled) the issue. Almost a year before GN picked up the issue, I’ve already seen a couple of reviews where the reviewers mentioned about the PSU exploding during testing. What surprised me was that after 9 months or more, I saw the issue being raised by GN. The worst part is that Gigabyte knew there is a big problem with the PSU, but instead of recalling and fixing them, they forced people to buy the PSU whenever they buy a Gigabyte GPU. I don’t feel there is anything wrong forcing a bundle. But it is very wrong to force a bundle on defective products (that are fire hazards), and doing so knowingly. So no more Gigabyte products for me for now.

Actually, the first review was posted at TPU months before this thing got serious and I informed GBT, and they chose to ignore me. But Steve managed to get more samples and prove that something was wrong, indeed, and pushed GBT to finally fix the PSU through a new revision.

 

[illusion archives]

So Gigabyte are just trying to pull a fast one on consumers, again, by claiming that they're ATX 3.0 compliant just because they include the 12VHPWR connector.

To the Americans on this forum, please start a class action against Gigabyte for their misleading advertising - seems like at this point it's the only way to make them be honest.

What a scummy company.

The thing goes too strange about the ATX v3.0 compatibility of UD1000GM PG5:
In China mainland official website (https://www.gigabyte.cn/Power-Supply/GP-UD1000GM-PG5/sp#sp) , it shows that this PSU is just “Intel ATX 12V 2.31版电源规范”;
But in another official website, it is "Intel Form Factor ATX 12V v3.0".
I asked Gigabyte for this contradiction in May 17th and haven't gotten a reply.

 

[Mussels]

The thing goes too strange about the ATX v3.0 compatibility of UD1000GM PG5:
In China mainland official website (https://www.gigabyte.cn/Power-Supply/GP-UD1000GM-PG5/sp#sp) , it shows that this PSU is just “Intel ATX 12V 2.31版电源规范”;
But in another official website, it is "Intel Form Factor ATX 12V v3.0".
I asked Gigabyte for this contradiction in May 17th and haven't gotten a reply.

Sounds like word games - it's the ATX 3.0 form factor (physical dimensions/connectors) but not the electrical standard

 

[asdkj1740]

msi and asus both got some atx3.0 psu coming out very soon, the common practice is, these new psu all got the logo of atx3.0 printed on the front of the box served as an important note/selling point.

 

[Jermelescu]

MEIC? Never heard of that before.


Nothing to complain after many Gigabyte motherboards and graphics cards here. Actually my favourite AIB what it comes to graphics cards.

After having a few Gigabyte mobos I'm done with them too. Had AsRock back in the day and never had any issues, but nowadays I'm not sure who's the best.

 

[illusion archives]

Sounds like word games - it's the ATX 3.0 form factor (physical dimensions/connectors) but not the electrical standard

Things go beyond word games!
Here below is the reply from Gigabyte for an ask from me:

您好：

这里是技嘉科技技术服务部

对于您日前通过eSupport咨询GP-UD1000GM PG5 电源ATX3.0规格问题，回答如下。

该电源符合Intel ATX3.0标准，。

媒体测试拆箱视频中的产品为样品，由于样品是在Intel公司宣传前做出的，故样品包装写的是2.31

待正式上市后，官网会陆续修正相关信息，且后期上市的正式零售版本，包装盒上均会写ATX3.0



技嘉科技敬上！

So the PSU tested here is just a sample!

And it may not be the same as the really sold one
Maybe the retail model upgrades the performance to match the request in the 160% and 180% load transient.

But giving a premature sample to media to test is never a good idea.

 

[maxfly]

Things go beyond word games!
Here below is the reply from Gigabyte for an ask from me:

So the PSU tested here is just a sample!

And it may not be the same as the really sold one
Maybe the retail model upgrades the performance to match the request in the 160% and 180% load transient.

But giving a premature sample to media to test is never a good idea.

The level of incompetence is dumbfounding. Like I said, they should have simply closed up the psu shop. They look like even bigger buffoons now. They cant even manage to send out retail units for review...what a shame.

 

[Mussels]

Things go beyond word games!
Here below is the reply from Gigabyte for an ask from me:

So the PSU tested here is just a sample!

And it may not be the same as the really sold one
Maybe the retail model upgrades the performance to match the request in the 160% and 180% load transient.

But giving a premature sample to media to test is never a good idea.

Google translated copy for everyone:

 

[Jupit3r]

Thanks for sharing, wonderful article.

 

[Ruru]

Things go beyond word games!
Here below is the reply from Gigabyte for an ask from me:

So the PSU tested here is just a sample!

And it may not be the same as the really sold one
Maybe the retail model upgrades the performance to match the request in the 160% and 180% load transient.

But giving a premature sample to media to test is never a good idea.

What the hell.. Even though I like Gigabyte (with mobos and graphics cards), practice like this is hella suspicious, reviewers should have the same units as retail customers!