Conclusion
With the
APS-850CB Chieftec
released a solid mid-range power supply. The APS-850CB comes with an adequate
delivery as well as a partially modular cable management as well as an 80PLUS
Bronze certificate. Overall one can see that Chieftech has been saving money
every here and there, which is understandable if a manufacturer wants to offer
an 850 Watt PSU for quite a bit less than 100 Euro. There are for example only
taiwanese capacitors and there is only one APFC filtering cap, which is
definitely not too much for an 850 Watt PSU. Apart from that we would have loved
to find a fan, that is a little less noisy. Should you be looking to build a
well priced gaming PC, which you might want to upgrade with a second graphics
card, then this unit is an overall reasonable choice. Chieftec offers two
years warranty on this power supply which is actually below average. A closer look at the price reveals that it's on a competitive
level since we find this unit over at Geizhals with prices starting from 93
Euro.
The Chieftec APS-850CB receives good 4 out of 5 stars.
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