Conclusion: Dragon Force and Silverstone Win
The clear “performance for your money” winner in our power supply test is the Dragon Force. The DF-530GT is a solid device that delivers its performance without any issues, running on stable voltages that never deviate much from the nominal values. But you don’t get everything for this low price, of course. There’s no cable management, no accessories, and few cables are included. More problematic for North American customers is availability. Unfortunately, this unit will likely only be an option for our overseas readers.
Thus, our overall recommendation for this round (and Best of Tom’s award) goes to Silverstone’s Strider SST-ST70F. Priced at about $139, this power supply is unbeatable given its performance. It also comes with many long connection cables, which simplify configuration in component-laden PCs and eliminate the need for add-on adapters. Although the Silverstone’s efficiency drops under full load, it remains very high under half-load and low-load conditions.
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Personal preference here but a shame no Enermax products were in the review
nice article though.
I'm to old to buy a product named "Dragon Force"!
The name makes my ears ring and it simply sounds to much like the names of crap Chinese electronics. It makes me question the long term quality.
Give me Antec, Enermax or another brand name.
The name makes my ears ring and it simply sounds to much like the names of crap Chinese electronics. It makes me question the long term quality.
Give me Antec, Enermax or another brand name.
It’s called that way because after two years it will blow up in your face and spit fire.