Bitfenix PSU review - not very good

cactusweasel · 30 Apr 2014 at 10:01

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Bitfenix/Fury_750G/

Using the Aurum platform, Bitfenix teamed with FSP for their Fury PSUs. We come across this platform in the EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750G, and it simply failed to impress us.

I think they should have picked a better platform for their first PSUs since the Aurum platform clearly can't compete with similar offerings by the competition; it is based on a design that's focused on lowering production cost rather than offering high performance, which inevitably affects voltage stability under heavy loads significantly. The Fury-750G also doesn't meet Intel's Haswell compatibility requirements according to my test results; that is, with its current power specifications, since Bitfenix chose to raise the maximum combined power of the minor rails to 160 W, a lot of power for a modern system as today's 1 kW units only come with 100 W combined on the minors. The Fury-750G would have passed my Haswell test had the company only taken a more conservative approach, by dropping the combined power on the minor rails to 100 W.

The cable sleeving does look good though.

The article says the soldering is sloppy in places and the internal wiring is not sleeved very well either.

I was looking forward to this PSU, but sadly I think I will give it a miss now.

snips86x · 30 Apr 2014 at 10:06

To not even meet the requirements of the current gen technology is pretty poor, if not a product failure. I can see these going into large street retailers but not selling any money changing quantities with the like of OcUK and competitors.

stulid · 30 Apr 2014 at 11:32

The reality is Haswell testing needs to be officially certified by Intel and Fury has passed the test. That’s why we listed on spec it’s Haswell tested. As we’re not sure if this TechPower Up Haswell testing follow Intel certified standard, we’re still talking to the reviewer to see how he tested and why he has different result.

snips86x · 30 Apr 2014 at 11:35

stulid said:
The reality is Haswell testing needs to be officially certified by Intel and Fury has passed the test. That’s why we listed on spec it’s Haswell tested. As we’re not sure if this TechPower Up Haswell testing follow Intel certified standard, we’re still talking to the reviewer to see how he tested and why he has different result.

You can never be too sure with some reviews/reviewers! Take with a pinch of salt!