IN-WIN Commander 1500W Power Supply Unit
In order to test the Commander 1500W we hooked it upto one of our gaming rigs and pimped it up a notch to ensure we’re drawing the maximum power out of the PSU.
| Processor | Core 2 Duo E6600 processor @ 3.5GHz |
| Motherboard | ASUS P5W DH Deluxe Motherboard |
| Memory | 4GB OCZ DDR2 PC8000 |
| Graphics Card | 2 x ATI X1900 Crossfire |
| Hard Drives |
· 4 x 250GB Seagate SATA drives in RAID 0 · 2x 250GB Maxtor SATA Drive |
| Optical Drive | Sony 16X DL DVD +/-R/RW |
| O/S | Windows XP Professional |
| Cooling Fans | 3 x 120mm case fans and 2 x 80mm fans |
We are quite confidant the above rig will certainly test the capabilities of the Commander 1500W PSU.
Our testing procedure consisted of first getting voltage readings at system idle and then while on full load using a multimeter. Getting readings off software that often come with motherboards will not give you accurate results, so if you plan to test your PSU you’ll need to use a multimeter.
A thing to note is that most high powered power supplies become more efficient as more power is drained off them. Of course you’ll never really reach the full power output this PSU provides in real life unless you put it on some electronic load simulator; nevertheless we believe the above rig should be adequate to produce a real life scenario which everyone can relate to.
Max load was obtained by overclocking the system slightly and using benchmark tools such as 3D mark, PRIME and a few games for a couple of hours. The current ATX standard allows for the following voltage outputs for each rail in concern:
* 3.3 Volt Rail: 3.135 – 3.465V
* 5 Volt Rail: 4.75V – 5,25V
* 12 Volt Rail: 11.4V – 12.6V
Lets take a look at the results.
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IN-WIN Commander 1500W |
OCZ MOD XSTREAM 780W |
Tagan 2 Force II 900W |
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Idle |
Load |
Idle |
Load |
Idle |
Load |
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3.3v |
3.32 |
3.34 |
3.34 |
3.36 |
3.34 |
3.36 |
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5v |
5.03 |
5.00 |
5.00 |
5.03 |
5.00 |
5.03 |
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12v1 |
12.06 |
12.02 |
12.45 |
12.38 |
12.12 |
12.08 |
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12v2 |
12.04 |
12.01 |
12.38 |
12.37 |
12.11 |
12.07 |
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12v3 |
12.00 |
12.00 |
12.24 |
12.21 |
12.11 |
12.13 |
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12v4 |
12.09 |
12.02 |
12.21 |
12.17 |
12.17 |
12.07 |
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As the results show the IN-WIN Commander 1500W PSU is rock solid even during the most demanding situations. The saying that PSU’s become more efficient as their output grows is clearly evident in this instance. There’s hardly any fluctuation noticed during full load of the PSU and the results were taken after around 2 hours of testing. And the best part is the Commander 1500W has more juice to provide and we have merely scratched the surface of it.
