Rosewill PHOTON Series, PHOTON-550, 550W Fully Modular Power Supply, 80 PLUS GOLD Certified, Single +12V Rail, SLI & CrossFire Ready, Black

Pros: Supplies power. Good deal. Great packaging and cables. Many cables.

Cons: Main motherboard cable is a bit stiff- Fits in my build a bit awkward but I don't mind. Not made of gold. Not Optimus Prime.

Overall Review: Had it for a couple of weeks for my AMD 6300 (CPU) and GTX 1060 6gb mini (GPU) and it works great. I don't overclock. I don't really know what overclocking is to be honest.

Pros: Pros- easy to install ...plenty of power...plenty of cables ..fully modular ...nothing wrong with this unit! and I love the fact that the fan stays on after you shut your pc down to cool the psu further before turning off! awesome feature! this psu also came with two cpu 8 pin cable 4+4 ..which is awesome cuz the Asus CVFZ uses a 8 pin and a 4 pin cpu plug

Cons: Cons- I feel the packaging could have been better from the Rosewill factory and from Newegg but I cant take no eggs off for that! I got it with no damage so!

Overall Review: I've read threw some other reviews on this product before I got this. I picked it up on sale on a black Friday deal and I will tell you.. those of you that passed this deal up because of shoddy reviews you truly missed out on this at a great price....I also seen some in depth reviews about the power this psu puts out ..saying it wuz shaky ..and that from my experience could not be farther from the truth ...this psu has operated perfectly in my 5ghz oc'd fx8350 on a Asus Crosshair v Formula z also overclocked motherboard with 24 gigs ram overclocked (8 gig kit and a 16 gig kit) with two overclock R9 390's and 5 hdd 1 ssd and two water pumps .....this psu is smooth...runs every thing smooth my overclocks became more stable after upgrading to this 1200w psu from a 850w psu..now you know what is in my system and a lot of people would say a 850 is plenty. don't let them lie to you 850 is not enough even if you are not overclocking its just not enough ....amd recommends a 1000w psu for crossfiring 2 390's before I got this psu I couldent even get my 8350 stable at 5 ghz .. the psu is BTW clearly marked for what ports are for pcie slots the cables are also clearly marked ....the cpu 8 pin or 4 pin headers are also Cleary marked on the psu its not rocket science folks....I also loved that it came with the 8 pin 4+4 cpu plug and it came with another 4+4 cpu plug ...I needed that extra 4 pin on the Asus CVFZ!...this psu had all the cables needed to connect power to that mother board correctly with out making any adapters ...un like my previous psu....there is a lot more I could say about this psu ...in short don't believe every bad review you read ...some problems come from user created issues .....and not all of these psu are going to be doa or damaged on arrival ... and I did not go into testing the power condition of the out put on this psu ....but I just cant believe the bad reviews I have read about this product ...I have it ..I use it every day ...and it defiantly does its job flawlessly....I am one happy costumer with this product!!! thank you new egg ...and thanks Rosewill ...love it...

Pros: - Flat cables are easy to route - 2x EPS 12v connectors (usually PSUs only have 1)

Cons: - Doesn't actually provide power, only hardware-damaging surges

Overall Review: With this in my system, it does power on, but instantly boot loops and spams the message "Power supply surges detected during the previous power on. Asus Anti-Surge was triggered to protect system from unstable power supply unit! Press f1 to Run SETUP" Reconnected a different unit to my system and everything works again. But now my GPU won't run at higher than 800x600 resolution. Great. Contacted newegg for a refund and was promptly given one, but that's not going to pay for the damage to my hardware. Apparently this happens often with products from this brand. Rosewill? Rosewon't. Do yourself a favor and buy from a real brand instead.

Pros: -fully modular -quiet

Cons: -8 pin CPU cable way too short

Overall Review: Unless your power supply is oriented at the top of your case, the 8 pin cpu cable will be too short for cable management. I had to take the most direct route from the 8pin to the PS; which in turn left my system looking cluttered & ugly. Other than that, it's functional & quiet for a single gpu gaming rig with minimal peripherals.

Pros: 850w Gold rated All/most power over single 12v rail which means power fluctuations etc all handled over one rail which means it was built properly and wont fry out your pc. So far after a week into my upgrade of a HD7990 this psu seems to power my rig correctly with 4 fans connected to a fan controller and my 2500k set to a 4.5 oc on a NH-d14. So far this psu seems to be handling my system well with no problem. This is also why i vouch for external power supplied amps because if my desktop amp was powered by my pc who knows.....

Cons: Stiff cables, wouldnt be enough to drop an egg though cable managing my 650D has become quite the task.....since the replacement 200mm intake fan prompted me to remove my hd cage and put it near the psu....now most of my cables are routed behind the hd cage and all come out of 1-2 lower cable routes vs the 4 i had before. The loss of egg was in the "options" given since my NZXT fan controller needed 2 molex connectors to power it.....This psu provides that many molex connectors via.......the ends of the sata power cables.....which is a step down from my past semi modular psu. I now have to use both of the sata connectors in my psu with the molex connectors at the end because the cables are so stiff and stubborn i can barely get them to connect to my 2 HD that are located <6" from the rear of the psu itself....i have an acute fear of one of those sata power cables popping off from the cord resistance....and my past Thermaltake modular had angled sata power cables as well as "pure" molex only cords which made routing easier since i didnt have 2 complete sata connector cables routed together......

Overall Review: At its price i cant complain beyond docking 1 egg since this product doesn't meet my 5/5 standards of Pure satisfaction. As far as performance it gets 5/5, but the fact that its fully modular yet i have to use a sata power connector with 0 sata devices powered solely to use the molex connector on the end of it ruins the "fully modular" experience now i have 8 unused sata power connectors lodged in the back of my rear panel......a fate that 100% of builders will succumb to if they have a range of controllers/accessories that require molex power...i read the description it sais 4 molex connectors they are all on the end of 5 sata power connectors and come as 1.... I tried to research the "true" capabilities of the power draw on this psu and overall build quality etc, but since it was a newer model my search for a good review was inconclusive so i figured id just go for it. Im glad i did you get the performance of 150$ psus and near half the price, still defined as "fully modular" so you even have that. My 8pin connector also fit behind my rear panel, something my thermal take modular cable was too short to do so i had to do the ole 8pin(bottom mounted psu) trick and place it under my pci slots and right under my gpu....something i saw from a guy named tjharlow.

Pros: plenty of power, modular

Cons: ive had it for 1.5 years now and the fan started spinning slower and making a loud squeaking noise,

Overall Review: i replaced the fan with a Delta 135mm fan on newegg the connector was a little different but was easy to get it to work, see my review there, Delta 13525 AFB1312M 13.5cm 135mm DC 12V 0.38A 2Wie Case axial Cooling Fan.

Pros: The Photon-1200 PSU is compatible with the sleep states of Intel's Haswell-based CPUs (C6 and C7), where power consumption on the +12V rail is minimal & WHILE RUNNING @ COOL TEMPS! The 24-pin ATX connector, along with all of the EPS and PCIe connectors, use thicker 16-gauge wire for lower voltage drops at high loads. This is a FAIRLY POWERFUL unit with a single +12V rail, able to feed multiple GPUs without running out of reserves. I don't know about you but I like the feeling of knowing I have enough power to get the job done!

Cons: IT WON'T MOW THE LAWN?

Pros: looks nice...

Cons: First one started giving low voltage on the 3.3 volt line...then died. Second one (guarantee replacement) lasted only 2 months...fluctuations on CPU voltage...Motherboard shuts down when this happens...at least it didn't fry anything...