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Unfortunately, the other eBay offer did not offer this vital protection. Five of the seven prizewinners passed the test during the test more or less loudly into the power supply. And all of them did so clearly before reaching the printed maximum performance.


Chinabeller


After all, two noname power supplies announced their early death already by strong odor development. Thus, buyers with a sensitive nose could turn off in good time before the sudden power dissipation also rips other components of the computer.


Lean food


The two brands of the brands Chieftec and Sharkoon are completely different. Both delivered in the test reliably what is promised on the type plate. What proves once again: If the bar is low enough, you are already looking forward to something that should be self-evident. However, the fact that these initial models are not at the level of the noble-current donors of the last test should also be clear.


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That a power supply for 7.99 euros with lush equipment shines, no one will expect. The austerity measures at our bargains from the online auction house sometimes go so far that self-sufficient contemporaries are put to a tough test. Ultracurze cables of just 30 cm in length and a poor supply of connections are the rule.


Except for the 750-watt power supply from MS-Tech, all the eBay bargains lack the PCIe plug needed for powerful graphics cards. On the basis of the experience gained, this is also to be welcomed since none of the low-budget power supplies from the "bay" would be recommended for the operation of a computer with a powerful graphics card. Correspondingly, the use of an adapter that converts two Molex connectors into a PCie connector is also discouraged.


Mager appears, just whether the often lush output at 3.3 and 5 volts, the range of Molex and SATA connectors. Here the offer is usually only for a rudimentary computer configuration.


The Sharkoon power supply is different: it spoils its owner with long cables and a sufficient amount of connections. The Chieftec, on the other hand, can not be sold by the eBay marketers in this discipline.


And in yet another discipline, only Sharkoon's power supply is on its own: it is the only device that offers at least a glimpse of what could be called a manual. In addition, the Sharkoon screws are a luxury that only MS-Tech and Rasbro offer.


Missing information about a power supply may be tainted, false or misleading information is annoying at best, but possibly even dangerous. Whether or not the stickers which are clearly labeled with too high a performance are justifiable or not, let us leave them alone. However, a seized food for prosecution attorneys should in any case be misleading CE signs.


A CE marking must bear any "electrical equipment" operating at a rated voltage of between 50 and 1000 volts alternating current (Directive 2006/95 / EC). PC power supplies do this undoubtedly. Correspondingly, CE markings are also found on all test pieces of our test.


However, if you look closely at the mark, you have to question in some candidates whether this is really the mark of the European Union. Rather, the suspicion is that one or the other provider has copied the almost identical, but completely meaningless, sign for "China Export" to its power supply. The only difference is the much smaller distance between the letters from the EU original.


Only the power supplies from Chieftec, Rasbro and Sharkoon are apparently provided with the correct EU-mark. For all others, the distance between the letters does not match the defaults.


Now it may be that the manufacturers in China have their properly certified product or the wrong logo out of ignorance. However, the high-level representation of some candidates leaves the suspicion that this is the case with the intention.


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