Kolink PSU's? Any good?

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First thing I learned many many years ago. Never cheap out on your PSU. Don't buy Chinese no name cr*p off flea bay etc etc.

However I am seeing these Kolink PSU's sold by OCUK and the price is very good. I assume these are decent? I can't imagine OCUK would sell dangerous junk? Anyone any experience of them? ideally >2/3 years experience?
 
beany_bot said:
First thing I learned many many years ago. Never cheap out on your PSU. Don't buy Chinese no name cr*p off flea bay etc etc.

However I am seeing these Kolink PSU's sold by OCUK and the price is very good. I assume these are decent? I can't imagine OCUK would sell dangerous junk? Anyone any experience of them? ideally >2/3 years experience?
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They do what they say on the tin, we've been pushing Rep on here to have some sent off for reviews but still waiting on time frame. Yes they wouldn't be ground breaking but might kurb some of the rep of being 'god aweful cheap psu's and better then this model or this etc etc'.

their flagship ones are prob one of the best you can buy to be honest , also mining ones do their job well .

normally cheapest tier 2 unit we quote of here is the Formula Model but starts at around £60 with 5 year warranty i think

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bitfenix-formula-series-450w-80-plus-gold-power-supply-ca-22x-bx.html
 
beany_bot said:
Anyone any experience of them? ideally >2/3 years experience?
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Bought two last year, one was fine (so far) the second was faulty from the factory and blew two HDDs up. Wouldn't touch them again but that's mostly due to the lack of faith and knowing they have no quality control. Overall I would rate them as better than CiT but still the worst PSU brand OCUK sell by a fair margin.
 
ubersonic said:
Bought two last year, one was fine (so far) the second was faulty from the factory and blew two HDDs up. Wouldn't touch them again but that's mostly due to the lack of faith and knowing they have no quality control. Overall I would rate them as better than CiT but still the worst PSU brand OCUK sell by a fair margin.
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Thanks. That is real world and useful info! Im going to go with this I think... https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...lar-power-supply-cp-9020130-uk-ca-236-cs.html
 
Either of these would be better and they are both slightly cheaper too. Both are fully modular, the Seasonic has a 10 year warranty and the Phanteks (Seasonic built) has a 12 year warranty.

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My opinion of Kolink psu's is well known on here and I wouldn't touch one with somebody elses bargepole. Someone on here opened up a KL series some time ago and posted pictures up. The components inside were all from the bottom of a bargain parts bin (cheapest of the cheap). The Core series are below the KL series so I dread to think what junk is inside of them. They have weak 12v rails and have disclaimers on them stating max continous power not to exceed ***W, usually well below the total power that they are supposed to be able to deliver. On top of that just to prove that they have no confidence in their own products they only offer a miserable 2 year warranty on the Core and KL series. The only models that have been properly reviewed are the more expensive Continuum units and while they have proved to be capable I would say they are mediocre at best when compared to quality psu's from other manufacturers. Even the Continuum series only get a 5 year warranty.

I only recommend psu's that I would be 100% happy to use myself and I would not use a Kolink psu at all. Until the KL and Core series are thoroughly reviewed by a well known review site such as Jonnyguru or Tom'sHardware my opinion of them will not change. The psu is argueably the most important component in a pc and a psu that has very little information available about it and no reviews, especially at this price point, is crap until proven otherwise. It's just not worth taking the risk.
 
Been using them on and off for last few years in builds and not had any issues with any of the PC's we've put them in.
 
I bought two of them to use with old retro builds I have put together. A 450w and 550W if I remember, no problems at all and nice flexible cables. I personally wouldn't use one in my only PC and as always I take the wattage outputs with a big of a grain of salt but if you would be comfortably under it I wouldn't be too worried.

I think the 450W one is running an old Slot A machine with all the PCI slots and AGP card filled. Older power supplies are not so great on the 5 volt line I understand but I have had no issues. The 550 one is running a retro core 2 duo 6600 overclocked to 3GHz and 2 X Nvidia 8800GT cards without issue. Overall I am sure the quality is not the highest in the world but compared to that Q-Tec tat we had in the old days these are brilliant.
 
I use the 300W one for priming and leak testing my loops.

Not sure I’d trust one to run a high end system tbh. People often seem to want to skimp on power supplies. Never a good idea imo.
 
will depend what you are powering.

cant imagine they be any worse than CiT 80 plus bronze or FSP 80 plus bronze units as ive had those before which actually did fine, but obviously they dont have a big rep for overall quality.
 
They are actually pretty good for the money. I have the 850w continuum and also a 500w KL500m, now don't get me wrong they aren't as nice or as good (design and subjectively build) as the couple of Seasonic supplies that are in other rigs I have (860 Platinum Series & 750w Focus Platinum) but they are perfectly stable and the continuum is actually very solid. One point is that the molex on the Core and KL series has a thinner gauge wire so don't push the specs and run risers and stuff as you will melt the supply (i melted the KL-500M) molex connections as I ran the supply at like 470w load for way too long (@Kolink PSU PM - Phil ) sorted me out some new cables for it for free (great support and very nice honest guy) and it is still going strong today in a lesser build.
 
Threepwood said:
Got one running my nephews computer for a year now, no problems and pretty power hungery system 7950 with bulldozer.
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7950 draws ~150-170W max in games depending on particular card model. (reference/custom)
And neither are most games good at loading multiple cores/threads.
So that's really rather average power draw PC.
 
EsaT said:
7950 draws ~150-170W max in games depending on particular card model. (reference/custom)
And neither are most games good at loading multiple cores/threads.
So that's really rather average power draw PC.
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depends what output version they have and also what model bulldozer, the kolink units dont have near their rated outputs like better brands.
 
EsaT said:
7950 draws ~150-170W max in games depending on particular card model. (reference/custom)
And neither are most games good at loading multiple cores/threads.
So that's really rather average power draw PC.
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Both are overclocked to within an inch of their lives, lol, and it is 1st gen bulldozer. Dunno if that is average considering what stuff is like nowadays tbh its not an i5 none K with a 1050 xD
 
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