Power Supplies Need a New Rating System (80 Plus Misunderstandings & Cheated Results)
19,617The problem with 80 Plus certifications is that they're misunderstood. It doesn't have as much meaning as buyers often think, so we're going through the problems, rigging results, & more.
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We had a lot more to talk about in this video, but tried to cut it down hard for efficiency. All the important stuff is there: We talk about what 80 Plus is good at (and it is good at some things), what it's lacking, and how to interpret this as a buyer. No certification will cover every aspect of a PSU -- at least, not to the depth of a review -- but it may be unrealistic to expect that much. Instead, we tried to explain how to extract meaning from 80 Plus without expecting too much.
If you want to see our PSU efficiency testing in action, check out our Aresgame AGS850 review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmeFRtoiIrQ
We did a PSU explosion speedrun here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JmPUr-BeEM
Here's a video on PSU & GPU power behavior form previously, featuring electrical engineer TiN (formerly EVGA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2dqHqlyWio
Finally, if you want to see what it looks like when a PSU safely trips OPP, we did a speedrun of that as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SleaZ68ZO0
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - The 80 Plus Problem
05:29 - What 80 Plus ISN'T
07:47 - Rigging the Results & Cheating
11:16 - What 80 PLUS Is
13:52 - Applying for Testing
15:37 - 80 Plus Sticker Cost, Certification, & Licensing
19:51 - How You Can Use 80 PLUS Reports
20:17 - Alternatives to 80 Plus Certification
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