Werdykt: The Chieftec Polaris 1050 W is sold for €106 without VAT in the EU. This product is not available in the US, unfortunately.
- Low price
- Powerful
- Delivered full power at 47°C
- Efficient
- Highly efficient 5VSB rail
- Good ripple suppression on all rails but 3.3 V
- Properly tuned OPP and OCP at +12 V
- High PF readings
- Short warranty compared to the competition
- Electrolytic caps on the secondary side not of very high quality
- Mediocre transient response, especially at 3.3 V
- High inrush currents with 230 V input
- Hold-up time doesn't exceed 17 ms
- Ripple at 3.3 V shoul