well well well....when coolermaster started venturing into PSU, I did sort of suspected their product. As I know there are a lot of PSU brands that sell overrated PSU. At that time, I wasn't really convinced that CM is on par with brands like Enermax and Antec. Then this thing happened. People actually can proof that they are selling overrated PSU.

Despite saying that, their product is still better than chap ayam like i-cute and v-tec that sell 250W as 450W.

you guys do know that most of the Voltage Regulators and UPS also overrated in the market, right?

They are really not that bad. Just practicing the normal things that most PSU supplier does. It has been a known fact for YEARS that cheap PSU supplier sell overrated power supply. Those 450W being sold with cheap casing are actually only 250W. That goes for I-cute as well.

So, in order to rise above the norm, people come up with true power PSU that really is producing they power that they claim, eg. 450W is really 450W. So the term true power starts. Then as more and more player go into this sector, which proves to be highly successful (as consumers become more intelligent), they started using all sort of different name to call their true powers....like extreme or real or whatever.

Then there are also the not so true power PSU who are trying to sell their PSU at lower cost. So, they make their PSU to be a better than cheap PSU but lower than true powers. Like 450W is actually 350W. Hence, the reason why these PSU are cheaper than true powers like Antec and Enermax. Brands like coolermaster and powerlogic are good example of these midrange players.

The problem is, a lot of people assume coolermaster to be top range players not knowing that they actually are mid range player. Even coolermaster itself try to promote like it's a top range product.

But seriously, what you get is what you pay. If Enermax is selling at RM300, how can coolermaster sell at RM230 for same spec products?

Anyway, this exposure of coolermaster is only a wakeup call to everyone that such thing exist and never take things for granted.

best way is to go for brands that are well known like Antec and Enermax or Silverstone.

Even brand like acbel or enlight, I don't really trust. Also another way to look at it is to see the price of the item. If selling expensive then most probably it's true power. Of course don't turn off your brain with the price lah. When you see chap ABC 500W selling for RM350 then don't assume it must be true power.