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• Power Supplies Get Smarter*
  Friday 6 May 2005 – 07:00
  Four vendors say their power supplies have a lot more to offer than just serving to juice up PCs. With value-add nomenclatures such as Audio Standby and Realtime Power Meter, do their special features live up to the vendors' claims?
• How THG Tests Power Supplies*
  Monday 11 July 2005 – 07:00
  Power supply performance specs are going through the roof, but you can't tell from looking at a device whether it will actually deliver the 600 watts it claims to. That's why we put them through their paces in the lab - and this is how we do it.
• Really Cool and Quiet Power Supplies?*
  Friday 1 April 2005 – 07:00
  It's impossible to gauge the ill effects noisy power supplies have on your mental health, but needless to say, loud fans are irksome. While vendors' past attempts to deliver low-noise units were met with varying degrees of success, we see how the latest crop measures up.
• 5 Power Supplies Get the Full Juice Treatment*
  Tuesday 7 February 2006 – 01:43
  We give five new power supply units the full juice treatment after our previous stress tests laid many supposedly high-end units to rest in the scrap heap. Did vendors take heed of the hard lessons they learned during our past tests?
• CeBIT 2005: CPUs, Coolers and Power Supplies Worth More Than a Second Look*
  Wednesday 16 March 2005 – 06:00
  Who said the PC was dead? CeBIT had plenty of PC gear to get excited about: a media centers in desktop clothing, 800-watt power supplies and new coolers galore.
• Computex 2007 Day 1: Coolers and Power Supplies*
  Wednesday 6 June 2007 – 10:55
  The first day of Computex held some surprises for us. We saw various useful and useless cases, new cooling solutions, and a plethora of power supplies that output up to 2,000 W.
• Stress Test: Power Supplies Under Full Load*
  Monday 11 July 2005 – 07:00
  We put PC power supplies from 300 to 850 watts under continuous load to see if they can satisfy the power appetite of potent Athlon and P4 systems. Are they efficient and stable? Click into the THG Laboratory to find out!
• Uninterruptible Power Supplies To The Rescue*
  Thursday 16 August 2007 – 03:18 in Hardware
  Most of us spend a lot of time selecting system components. The processor, motherboard, memory, graphics card and the hard drive are scrutinized carefully. Coolers and power supplies have also become almost as important. Users want the best bang for the
• Interview With Be Quiet! The Business of Power Supplies*
  Friday 26 August 2005 – 07:00
  The firm Be quiet! is well-known from live stress tests. The breakdown of the 520-watt power supply unit caused a sensation. Those responsible, Mrs. Renger and Mr. Rex, answer our questions.
• Inadequate and Deceptive Product Labeling: Comparison of 21 Power Supplies*
  Monday 21 October 2002 – 07:00
  Power-hungry CPUs and graphics cards call for powerful PSUs. The latest models promise a delivery of 500 watts. THG uncovers the hard reality: frequent incorrect and improper power specifications, lack of specifications documentation, and the absence of safety overload protection features lead to the destruction of the power supply and other potential hazards.
• High Power For Power Users: 13 Power Supplies In The Spotlight*
  Monday 9 June 2003 – 07:00
  The latest CPUs and graphics cards require robust power supplies. But watch out: the test candidates rarely delivered on their power claims. Efficiency, voltage and noise levels are a few of the important factors you need to consider before you make a purchase.