Packaging

The DQ1250's box looks rather dull because of its basic graphics design, which is fine with us because we don't judge a book by its cover, but its contents. At the front and in relatively small font are the model and series descriptions. In the bottom-right corner are some badges for its Platinum efficiency, double-layer EMI filtering, which is common to 99% of today's PSUs, the PWM fan, usual SLI/Crossfire support, and long MTBF of 120,000 hours.


This side of our box has a small scuff, which was made during shipping, and a scheme of it.


All available connectors are listed on this side. As you can see, the DQ1250 features a ton of connectors, which is enough for an incredible high-end system or that mining rig of yours.


The rear of the box looks empty because it only contains a brief features description inside a black frame. There are also two customer support phone numbers, one for China and another for the rest of the world.

Contents

Packing foam and bubble wrap protect the PSU inside the box, and judging by the excellent condition in which we received our sample, they do so well. Deepcool unfortunately didn't include a manual, but they did provide a warranty card.


The bundle is poor and only includes a set of fixing bolts and a really thin power cord. They should at least provide a pouch for the modular cables and some zip ties.


The AC cord is a joke for a 1.25 kW unit on even a 230 VAC power grid. We've seen PSU's with much less capacity, but thicker AC cords, and we strongly advise you to throw this one away to buy a proper one with at least 16AWG gauges.

Exterior

The finish is dark, matte, and of pretty high quality. A heavy duty on/off switch is installed above the AC power plug at the front, and the golden fan grill looks nice.


Pretty unappealing decals on both sides depict the unit's model number. The power specifications label can be found on one of two side.


The modular panel at the rear has eleven sockets, six of which are painted red. The latter are for PCIe cables. The other five black sockets are for SATA and peripheral cables. The cable-exit hole doesn't have a grommet, which isn't necessary because its edges are rounded.


The PSU is pretty large, so you should first check to see if your case can accommodate it. Even its large 140 mm fan looks small because it is huge. As already mentioned, it should only have two native cables because most users will not use the second EPS cable, but there probably was no more room for an additional connector on the modular board.


The native cables are fully sleeved back into the enclosure; however, their sleeving isn't very nice. They feature colored wires, which is contrary to the modular cables because those use stealthed and ribboned gauges.


In a PSUs with as many connectors, flat cables are definitely the way to go because they make cable management easier and block airflow less.