Introduction
1STPLAYER is an interesting brand in that it is essentially a house brand for Helly Technology that was launched in 2010. Helly Technology (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd is a manufacturer of various power supply types and components mostly focused on LED power supplies and peripherals. Having been founded in 2008 they are also one of the newer OEMs providing products to the enthusiast sector.
To date, we have only rarely seen their products in very low-end products that are not what we would normally look at for higher-end systems with serious power demands. In fact, very few of their products have made it into the North American market, and those that have, typically, do not warrant much attention other than to avoid. Today though, it seems that Helly may be trying to provide a more robust set of power supply products for the North American market. So, we are looking forward to seeing what the STEAMPUNK 850W (PS-850SP) can do today.
At Least This Name Isn’t As Bad As The Last 1STPLAYER
The 1STPLAYER STEAMPUNK 850W is the second power supply we have seen from 1STPLAYER as well as one of the few they have ever produced that has been available in North America. This is in spite of the fact that 1STPLAYER has a large presence in the Asian market. Previously, the 1STPLAYER unit we reviewed was a 750W SFX unit and, today, the STEAMPUNK is an ATX12v/EPS 850W unit.
So, we are moving into a much more competitive market as there are just so many options in this realm. Given the large number of products on the market that are in the 850W range and 80 Plus Gold efficiency levels 1STPLAYER is going to have to do a lot of things right and at a great price to dislodge better-known and respected brands. So, with this being a very tough road to hoe, let’s see what 1STPLAYER has to say about this unit:
Behold the 80+ Gold Certified, the latest STEAMPUNK 850W deliver over 92.4% efficiency at typical Loading, even higher than the platinum standard. Copper bars joint mainboard and daughter board to increase conversion efficiency Logically speaking, due to the interval between the daughter board and main PCB, the performance of 80+ full modular psu is not as good as ordinary 80+ psu. To achieve great performance and surpass the opponents, the latest STEAMPUNK 80+ full modular 650W/750W /850W are armed with advanced technology and premium components with competitive price.
Let’s move on now and see what we can expect when a user purchases the 1STPLAYER STEAMPUNK 850W power supply in retail in terms of documentation, accessories, cable count, rail layout, output characteristics, and general build quality.
Discussion (10 replies)
Join Discussion →That conclusion will likely go into the record books as one of the most severe beatdowns ever.
Thanks for the review Paul!
When I first saw the Overall Score box at zero, I figured maybe he didn't enter any scores in. Then I read the WHOLE article, and "Holy Hell" only puts it mildly. There were moments where I flat out laughed (Probably louder than needed but my lord).
I'm surprised there wasn't a graphic at the end with Mortal Kombat's "Fatality".
Ouch.
So, you are saying you probably wouldn't recommend this unit?
Also, for full affect sub Sh*t for crap in the review....some editing was needed for SEO reasons.
Depends on how much I hate the person I am recommending a product to.
I saw the zero and was hoping there was a photo of the unit on FIRE!!!!!!
I laughed a bunch of times reading this review. Made my day. "the Fail ship" is classic stuff.
Awesome review.
Wow! I wonder if it could be used to make popcorn.
I know I am 2 years late to this party, but is it possible the unit was defective? TPU awarded it "great value" and cultist gave it a B.
So, TPU, Cybernetics and Cultist all use the same test data set* and the incubator is set to 30c if I remember right whereas we set ours at 45c. ATX spec says the units should deliver their rated power up to 50c.
The Lian Li 850w SFX unit we reviewed before this, using the same Helly platform, with the main difference being a 92mm fan instead of 80mm ran, did very well on our tests, this unit popped. I think the fan spec made the difference in the result.
*In practice there are very very very few sites that have load testers and test methodology can vary between being different and being plain wrong. If you look hard enough, you'll realize most of the data out there is from Cybernetics and repacked/published for a number of publications (Anand, Tom's, Cultist, TPU, etc.).