Conclusion

With the CTG-500-80P Chieftec released a product mainly for the European market. As a fact this unit is only compatible with 230V outlets, which is also the reason why there is no 80Plus rating for this power supply so far. According to the manufacturer the efficiency of this unit is up to >85%. Checking our test results we found this value was surpassed at 50 percent load and overall the CTG-500-80P would comply with the 80Plus Bronze guidelines.
A closer look on the inside of this unit quickly show what Chieftec only charges 47 Euro for this power supply. There is a very sparsely populated PCB and the capacitors used for example are all from China. Therefore this PSU is definitely an entry level product and its not meant to be put into powerful builds. The CTG-500-80P makes for example sense in cost optimized systems and especially assemblers might want to have a look at this unit. Something we've been mentioning in every review on Chieftec power supplies is the fact that the company only provides two years warranty. We would love to see a bolder reliability statement from Chieftec and therefore providing longer warranty.

The Chieftec A80 CTG-500-80P receives 3.5 out of 5 stars.

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