• CPU: Q6600
• Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
• Memory: 2 x 2GB Kingston
• Video Card: ATI Radeon EAH 4550
• Power Supply: Thermaltake Litepower 450W
• Hard Drive: Seagate 500GB SATA
• Optical Drive: LG DVD-RW With Lightscribe
• OS: Windows XP Home SP3

Testing:

For testing I will be doing a few standard tests. First I will connect a LCD power supply tester before I connect it to my PC. Next I will record the voltages while it runs idle and then under load, which will be achieved by running the Prime 95 burn-in test. The idle and load numbers will be regulated by the on board motherboard sensors. I will be putting the Thermaltake Litepower 450W Power Supply against my Seasonic 550W Power Supply.

LCD Test:

Idle Speed Fan Test:

Load Speed Fan Test:

So from these numbers we can see that sometimes efficiency is all it takes to make a good PSU. With the Thermaltake Litepower 450W Power Supply I actually received better output because of said efficiency. For some unknown reason we received an error code during the LCD test for the +3.3, but once connected to my PC everything appeared to run just fine so we are unsure of what to say about that. While under load the voltages for the Thermaltake Litepower 450W Power Supply didn’t even flinch which I was shocked to see.

Let’s move on to my final thoughts: