Thermaltake AC0015 Dr. Power II Power Tester

Pros: - Small and compact. - Nice screen. Easy to read and decipher. - Prints values boldly. - Built in alarms for High/Low voltage. - Has basically all the ports you could ask for. - Jumpstarts your PSU. That was one of the main reasons I purchased the Dr. Power 2; so that I could plug in an external PSU without having to put it into a Mobo. Works great for this functionality. - Easy on / off switch on the side. - Easy to carry, though no carry case. - Handy for testing bad or old PSUs.

Cons: - No carrying case, and that's just me being picky.

Overall Review: This is a great product. Spend the little extra cash for quality. Would be a great product for water-cooling builders who would want to use an external PSU to power the water-loop while the system remains off. No more paperclip jumping!

Pros: The size and quality of this tool is pretty good. The read out is fairly straight forward and will beep red if you have a problem. It performs it duties as expected.

Cons: The instructions are lacking. At first, you know you are supposed to connect the 20 or 24-pin MB connect to the bottom of the unit. Beyond that you know you have to connect each of the other connectors to check their function, but it does not describe how exactly. It took some trial and error for me to figure this out.

Overall Review: This tool is useful if you need to determine if your power supply is getting the right voltage to your PC components. This is a perfect tool if you plan on re-sleeving your cables and want to make sure you don't screw up your components. HOW TO USE: Connect all of your cables to your power supply, ensure that none of the connections are connected to the components inside your machine. Connect the MB connector to the bottom of the Dr. Power, then connect the ends that go to each component to the top of the Dr. Power. Press the Power button on the side of the Dr. Power to test. Blue = Good / Red = Bad

Pros: - Has multiple ways of getting the voltage it needs to perform a test - Simple to operate - Just mash the go button. - Small, can fit into a pocket

Cons: - Some of the ports are a tad too close to each other and can be blocked by fatter connectors, notably the 4-pin accessory connector - No fuses in case of a surge or overvoltage. This fried my current tester. - SATA connector doesn't quite fit (or I'm just not doing it right)

Overall Review: Despite a few problems, this device is fairly cheap and has saved me from trying to plug in a bad PSU into a good computer. It sacrificed itself in the process, but considering that I could have spent $1,500 on a new computer instead, this device just paid for itself several times over. Well worth its weight in gold.

Pros: The screen turns blue is the psu passes and red if it fails. tells you the exact voltages and power good value. compatible with most power supplies

Cons: I knocked off an egg because the SATA connecter is right below the Molex connecter, and so if you have a SATA connecter that is at a right angle, you cannot connect both Molex and SATA at the same time. also does not have floppy power port, but thats not a big deal these days.

Pros: It works very well.

Cons: It's very poorly made, the plastic doesn't help a bit. It's saving grace is some plastic lock(?) in the middle keeps it from splitting fully in half.

Overall Review: Called a Power Supply I trusted bad, it was a good call. Saved a lot of wasted effort. Plugging a 6 pin connector in it broke the locking tab off -caught on the edge of the tester. Plugging in the 4 pin connector (5v & 12V) was hard, ended up pushing the plug into the case. It's held in place by the connections to the PCB so just fell backwards. I never plugged in all of the connectors, at once - felt I was going to break it. Treat it very gently and it could last a while. It does what it claims.

Pros: I've tested this out multiple times on several different styles/models, it was always accurate. Easy to operate and easy to read.

Cons: I felt the housing of this unit could have been designed to be a bit more heavy duty. I feel that if I drop it, something on/in it will break.

Overall Review: Overall a awesome little unit. I brought mine in to work and now our tech dept has 2 of them. The only reason I only gave it 4 eggs is like I mentioned = It needs to be more rugged. After all, it is a tool....right?!?

Pros: Does exactly what it should, and I love the colors for the background that changes when you have bad numbers. Very simple to read, very simple to use. If you are building a computer and can afford it, I would recommend it to anyone always check your power supplies they can cause so much problems if they under-volt.

Cons: none.... worth the money

Overall Review: Well worth the money.

Pros: All I can say is - read the whole manual. I'm glad I did. Hook things up backwards and you can fry this sucker.

Cons: None, really. It's a field tester, not a full bench test, so I guess you could say the one flaw is that it can't give you amps. But that's not what it's built to do.

Overall Review: Everyone should have this in their toolkit if they operate at even a "build a new rig every few years" standard. The ATX format isn't going anywhere. This tester should last you a decade or more. In my case, it saved me from buying a new power supply when I was having under voltage issues. The problem was narrowed down to the MB. Replaced it, and all is now well.