Andyson Platinum R1200 Power Supply Review

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Cross-Load Tests And Infrared Images

Our cross-load tests are described in detail here.

To generate the following charts, we set our loaders to Auto mode through our custom-made software before trying over a thousand possible load combinations with the +12V, 5V and 3.3V rails. The load regulation deviations in each of the charts below are calculated by taking the nominal values of the rails (12V, 5V and 3.3V) as point zero.

Load Regulation Charts

Efficiency Chart

Ripple Charts

Infrared Images

During the end of the cross-load tests, we took some photos of the PSU as it was being tested with our modified FLIR E4 camera that delivers 320x240 IR resolution (76,800 pixels).

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Aris Mpitziopoulos
Contributing Editor

Aris Mpitziopoulos is a Contributing Editor at Tom's Hardware US, covering PSUs.

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43 Comments Comment from the forums
  • blackmagnum
    Thank you for the read. Did you know that the power feeding this PSU can instead be fed into 3 normal sized machines? The power of choice is yours to make, but electricity will not be infinite.
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  • ykki
    Now THAT is a detailed review!
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  • iam2thecrowe
    Teapo capacitors are a hit and miss. I'd say if your running it 24/7 as a coin mining machine with high load it would not last 10 years. For normal use with a few hours gaming per day it might be ok, but 10 years is a long shot for even the best capacitors not to have some degradation.
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  • daglesj
    Can we have some reviews of really high quality 300-600W PSUs? You know the ones that 90% of us here would actually use/need.
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  • vrumor
    Thank you for the read. Did you know that the power feeding this PSU can instead be fed into 3 normal sized machines? The power of choice is yours to make, but electricity will not be infinite.

    Did you know that anyone who cares about this PSU, isnt going to be thinking about the 3 400w HTPCs that it could run. Keep your politics out of a PSU review lol.
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  • Aris_Mp
    I will review mid-level and mainstream PSUs as well, no worries about this.
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  • rolli59
    Always nice to see reviews of the high end stuff but really the 300-850watt range will cover the needs of 99% of readers of the side.
    Now lets see if Andyson can follow up and start putting out decent lower power units.
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  • damric
    Andyson, the notorious RAIDMAX OEM. Not sure any sane person would pick you for a high end PSU, but thanks for trying.

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  • iam2thecrowe
    Can we have some reviews of really high quality 300-600W PSUs? You know the ones that 90% of us here would actually use/need.
    i disagree, can we get a roundup of complete rubbish generic psu's like low end radimax and the like and watch them burn! i think it needs to be done to show people what not to buy.
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  • damric
    15588307 said:
    15588123 said:
    Andyson, the notorious RAIDMAX OEM. Not sure any sane person would pick you for a high end PSU, but thanks for trying.

    is it andyson's fault that raidmax wants them to supply cheap PSU?

    Yes, absolutely. Same with other OEMs like Channel Well that know how to make good PSUs but instead churn out cost-cutting junk because that's the best contracts that they can win. I am not forgiving when it comes to PSUs.
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