Date: December 8th, 2009, 2009
Article by: Joe Anderson (Hardware Reviewer)
Edited By: Nathan Glentworth (Owner / Head Editor)
Product was submitted by: Kingwin
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PRODUCT INSTALLATION AND TESTING
For this review, Mr. Bones has chosen the following components:
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MSI DKA790GX Platinum motherboard
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AMD Phenom 9950 BLACK EDITION Agena 2.6GHz 140W CPU
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OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) OCZ2F10662GK RAM
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EVGA 8800 GTS 640MB graphics card
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Western Digital WD3200 hard drive
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Samsung SH-S203N DVD writer
Mr. Bones, while being very vain and shallow, has unimpeachable integrity and will be overseeing testing. Let's proceed.
Testing consisted of monitoring voltages from the +3.3V, +5V, and +12V rails while the system was at idle, and during multiple passes of OCCT on both cores while running loops of 3Dmark05. Voltages were monitored with a digital multimeter. Over several days of testing, including overclocks exceeding 22%, rails were rock stable and not one power issue reared its ugly head. The results are as follows:
The results were excellent and unsurprising, given the specifications. The measured voltages were very close to their respective targets and there was very little ripple on any of the rails. The fan was essentially silent throughout the several days of testing and, as one would expect from a PSU with this kind of efficiency, the Kingwin Lazer LZ-850 stayed cool as well.
The LED fan and modular socket lighting looks cool, too. This PSU will look great in a windowed case with virtually any color scheme, or the LEDs can be turned off. Mr. Bones is very impressed by the lighting effects, quiet operation and performance of the Lazer. I'll concur with his thoughts.
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