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September 2013
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The editors liked
Build Quality
Near Excellent Rail Stability
Good Noise Levels (Even at 112%)
Size
80Plus Bronze Certified
Price (For Some)
Metallic red finish
Great price
Good performance
Good price/performance ratio
Has no problem operating at high ambient
Fine ripple suppression
Good voltage regulation (excellent at 5V)
Compact dimensions
Nice looks
Excellent ripple suppression
Very good voltage regulation
Doesn't mind heavy crossloading in either direction
Very good looking
Shallow depth
The editors didn't like
Availability inside the USA
Paint finish easily scratches
Only one Japanese capacitor
Performance of the 3.3V rail on Advanced Transient Response Tests
Lower than 16 ms hold-up time
Found only one Japanese cap (The box has a reference to lots of them)
Spotted some “intrusive” solder joints on its internals
The colored finish of the cas
Sleeve bearing fan makes me wonder about its potential lifetime
Build Quality, Near Excellent Rail Stability, Good Noise Levels (Even at 112%), Size, 80Plus Bronze Certified, Price (For Some)
Availability inside the USA
The PowerX 550W is certainly not enough to power SLI/CF configurations and I wouldn't recommend it for such use but it does exactly what it's supposed to do and that is to provide up to 550W of power with near excellent rail stability and rather low noise...
Abstract: Those who are interested in pimping their gaming rig will gravitate towards the COUGAR PowerX 550W PSU's clean, elegant design. Its bright red and matte black colour scheme will suit case that are either black in colour or feature either yellow or red....
Abstract: It is natural for an enthusiast to be dazzled by monsters such as the Corsair AX1200i and the Cooler Master Silent Pro M2 1500W ; however, even the majority of the enthusiasts would not actually purchase such a beast. It is (or should be) common knowledge...
Good price/performance ratio, Has no problem operating at high ambient, Fine ripple suppression, Good voltage regulation (excellent at 5V), Compact dimensions, Nice looks
Performance of the 3.3V rail on Advanced Transient Response Tests, Lower than 16 ms hold-up time, Found only one Japanese cap (The box has a reference to lots of them), Spotted some “intrusive” solder joints on its internals, The colored finish of the cas
After a quick look, the MSRP of the PowerX-550 looks rather high for a non-modular Bronze unit with a capacity of 550 W, but I was, after I finished all the tests and had the necessary data to make the performance-per-dollar chart, surprised to see the...
excellent ripple suppression, very good voltage regulation, doesn't mind heavy crossloading in either direction, very good looking, shallow depth,
sleeve bearing fan makes me wonder about its potential lifetime, only one Japanese capacitor,
Though marred by some pretty obvious build quality issues, this here Cougar somehow manages to rise above and deliver some pretty impressive performance numbers. Ripple suppression was outstanding, regulation was well above average for any unit let alo...
The Cougar PowerX 550W power supply obviously is a product designed to entice users into upgrading from a cheap unit of unknown (and, usually, extremely poor) quality to one of acceptable quality and performance standards. Considering that the MSRP of...
I love the color. I really do. When I first saw the box I said “No way…”, then I opened it and said “zomg”, pulled the unit out of the bubblewrap and said “YES!”. Why do I love it? I don't know, deal with it. The performance is solid for the MSRP of $6...
Published: 2013-01-13, Author: George , review by: hitechlegion.com
This is our first look at a Cougar PSU, and I can say that it definitely made an impression. I'm not just referring to the orange color scheme, either…which is actually much more of a reddish copper, and more palatable than one would initially think. Th...
Metallic red finish, great price, good performance
Paint finish easily scratches, only one Japanese capacitor
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Published: 2013-01-08, Author: Tony , review by: proclockers.com
One may say that 550 watts is not enough power to push anything. This can't be far enough from the truth. A good quality PSU like the Cougar PowerX 550 did a great job of handling out Intel 3930k with Nvidia GTX 560 Ti 448 with no problems. It was even te...
