Silverstone HELA 2050 W

[qubit]

Yes, I got lazy, after thousands of tear-downs and reviews. Comments like yours make me wonder why I still bother writing PSU reviews.
Also you clearly have NO IDEA how hard is to remove/desolder heatsinks from Enhance.

Lack of detailed DATA!!! SERIOUSLY!!!!

No matter what you do, there's always a naysayer somewhere nitpicking on nothing. I appreciated your review and hope you still want to make more of them.

Your reviews are the goto place for when I choose a PSU as I know I can trust your knowledge of the subject.

 

[crmaris]

I have been repairing and replacing individual Mosfets and IGBTS in industrial data center power supplies and the network distribution nodes for 40 years that most technicians would never even attempt to repair so obviously you and I have a totally different understanding what is complicated or difficult.

So you boasted yourself and finally came to the point, to feel important. Let's move now please, shall we? Or you do want me to tell you also who I am and what I do for a living, besides reviewing PSUs.

 

[caroline!]

Nice. My power bill would be shaking and crying tho.
I think the reason it doesn't has a switch is that breaking a circuit drawing so much amps creates arcing that burns the contacts and eventually wears them down, seen it on switches for high power appliances, I have a hotplate that eats around 2500W and there's a huge spark every time I turn it off, seen the same happen with light switches for old chandeliers drawing lots of power (1000W+) w/ incandescent bulbs and those to control motors.

2KW output is insane. It's also beginning to approach the limits of a what a consumer grade PSU can deliver. Why? Because 230V mains can deliver about 3KW max and you wouldn't want to be pulling that much power continuously for safety reasons, either. And your electricity bill. AFAIK there's no standard mains supply in the world that can deliver more than 3KW from a standard wall socket, therefore, the max PSU output is likely to be around 2.8KW if it's really efficient. I wouldn't wanna be anywhere near that if there's a short circuit... A partial short circuit would be even worse, since it would just keep pouring power into it, quite likely starting a fire.

*laughs in glorious type C master race* as long as everything is wired correctly you can continuously pull 16A from a single socket, safety though... ungrounded, you can pretty much short the pins with your fingers while plugging anything, and more.
Old appliances were not very efficient, then the green days came, and now we're going back again... why?

 

[qubit]

*laughs in glorious type C master race* as long as everything is wired correctly you can continuously pull 16A from a single socket, safety though... ungrounded, you can pretty much short the pins with your fingers while plugging anything, and more.
Old appliances were not very efficient, then the green days came, and now we're going back again... why?

Either the American 120V or other countries' 230V sockets shouldn't be run at maximum capacity for extended periods of time, because of the stress it puts on the sockets and the wiring. It's true for any system really, not just electrical sockets.

Any slight imperfections will show up as resistance and hence heat (possibly quite significant heat) which will degrade the system further and eventually into a runaway cycle until something burns out or catches fire. This isn't a maybe either, but just a matter of time, as every system degrades with time. It may be quite a long time for something new and well put together, but it will happen, that's the point.

Think of an older house, perhaps 50 years old, with less than perfect wiring for example, is quite likely to show problems here. I wouldn't do it.

Oh and I approve of the PC Master Race. (Maniacal laugh)

 

[caroline!]

Either the American 120V or other countries' 230V sockets shouldn't be run at maximum capacity for extended periods of time, because of the stress it puts on the sockets and the wiring. It's true for any system really, not just electrical sockets.

Any slight imperfections will show up as resistance and hence heat (possibly quite significant heat) which will degrade the system further and eventually into a runaway cycle until something burns out or catches fire. This isn't a maybe either, but just a matter of time, as every system degrades with time. It may be quite a long time for something new and well put together, but it will happen, that's the point.

Think of an older house, perhaps 50 years old, with less than perfect wiring for example, is quite likely to show problems here. I wouldn't do it.

Oh and I approve of the PC Master Race. (Maniacal laugh)

My rule of thumb when it comes to sockets is to set 80% of what's rated for as the limit and leave the rest as headroom, not like I'm gonna be plugging a lot of high consumption appliances into one socket tho, but people do, hiding plugs & sockets behind furniture and plugging a lot of things into a power strip is common, and that's how most fires start. Sketchy strips with thin wiring would be another.
I live in an old house so I know a bit about ancient wiring, most of it was original up until I started replacing it with modern stuff, the sockets are high quality, even better than the new ones so I've kept them after doing some cleaning on them. There are still two old E26 sockets that aren't in use anymore but still rewired, they're... nice.

This PSU is a nice piece of tech but it shouldn't be consumer grade tbh, a graphics card that draws 500W is kinda stupid at this point, instead of polishing the software they just keep pumping more into the hardware, it's the same with phones and other electronics (more cores, more RAM, instead of fixing bugs and making things stable) and so on.

 

[AsRock]

The price versus current PSUs on the market is not outrageous though. Example my 1200W Seasonic was $349.

My PSU 1200W Platinum = 0.29$ / WATT
Silverstone 2050W Platinum = 0.29$ / WATT

Kinda is as you can get in the US at least a 1200w plat for $288 + a 12 year warranty.

 

[ThatOncleSam]

This new standarts are going the wrong way! Instead of less power usage they want us to use more power.

Take a look @igorsLAB for more Information.