Super Flower Golden King

Despite Taiwan's Super Flower exists since 1991, was entirely unknown to our consumer market until the announcement of the first power consumer certificate plus 80 platinum .

It is the Golden King 550W, code-named SF-550P14PE, the same one we tried last month and a half, putting him at once to test the heat of summer.

As you know, we already have our not very technical and even less in the case of a power supply, we are launching an adventurous improvising data would be recorded with equipment costing a few thousand euro (100-mica with toys ). We limit ourselves to stressing them with human means and constants, stress less than those which would arise in your homes. We are interested in how it's done and if holds.

The design of the packaging is well kept, with the butterfly, symbol of the company to dominate a box of multicolored hues. A "patch" in the upper right tells us that the power in question can be "overclocked" (?) To 650 W and that this measure has been certified 80 + gold. Taking apart on 'overclock a power supply (650W would be the peak, and supports them with high efficiency), we go to open the package and we note that the savings offset the care of the exterior of the package. So once the mount is hoping that arrived whole.

The news that will surely please the lovers of silence is that the fan (14cm) remains permanently at rest. At some point, as the air conditioning was turned off and the workload is not indifferent, we thought it was faulty. So we have "caused" out of the case and has turned. Really quiet, almost inaudible even in a case just as discreet. A fan of quality, as well as other internal components, all little masterpieces - arranged in order, for a perfect air recycling - no doubt capable of resisting for years.

During the test period there was never any problem. The Golden King is compliant with the latest standards and this means that all the protections, even if neither the site nor the materials provided with the product define it. The question remains on UVP (Under Voltage Protection) is not indicated in the standard and usually the power of the medium / high and high possess.

The manufacturer's recommended price is € 121, 00 and here we need to open one last parenthesis.

Buy a 800W 80 + silver, or "worse" at that price would not be a bargain compared to a 550W 80 + platinum. First of 800W does not touch it ever, if not in QUAD GPU, and in this case should not be well none of the two models. Then consumption is reduced, not because of the difference numeretti on the box and for the less waste of energy. And less waste of energy supply also means less noise because the fan runs less often.

That said, the Super Flower, though still little known, provides for years their power supplies to most popular brands that you simply place their stickers. So even if low visibility, is a company that over the years has already demonstrated its readiness to enter a market where reliability is everything. Perhaps a more aggressive price would have already secured a wider diffusion of the excellent online Golden King.