Amazon.com: Customer reviews: XPG Pylon 650W 80 Plus Bronze Certified 120mm Fluid Dynamic Bearing Fan Power Supply (PYLON650B-BKCUS)

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Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2021

The psu is made by CWT on the CSB-A platform. The 750w version has high quality 'Elite' brand capacitors on the secondary side(the side that controls the 5v and 3.3v rails). The 450w version I got has far inferior CapXon caps.

Despite this, the unit is still good at its price of $50 compared to other units in its class. DC-DC with a 105°C primary Japanese cap. It's real quiet as well.

Only downside I have is the cable arrangement with molex connections at the end of a cable with sata connections on both cables.

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roman

great product

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2021

great product

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2022

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Worked exactly as advertised. Nice looking too

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Leota

Alright for now

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2021

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Got this to power a 150w card, so far out side of a coiling sound( which stopped when i enabled my rear fan)
It's doing it's job pretty well

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Gabriel Rojas

Buen producto packaging deficiente

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2022

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Siento que le faltó protección al empaque para cuidar la fuente, ya que me la enviaron a Venezuela, aparte el packaging parecía de segunda mano, una caja bastante rota y arrugada, bastante mala la presentación

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Dave W

Great Deal

Reviewed in Canada on November 21, 2022

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Just what I needed for my pc build.

Saurabh Kulkarni

Great PSU.

Reviewed in India on March 29, 2023

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This is basically the only choice if you need a PSU with 2 PCIe power cables for your GPU but can't or don't want to spend too much. It can do 54A on the +12V rail, which equates to 648W. I'm using this PSU with a Zotac GTX 760, which is a particularly power hungry GPU that can consume up to 170W, and requires 2x6 pin PCIe power cables. Previously was using an Artis 500W Gold Power Supply; while it was great and quiet at minimal loads with GPUs that didn't require more than about 100W, and it lasted me for 5 years, it gave up within 2 weeks of running the 760. This PSU is about the same level of noise, has more cables, looks better imo and has been super reliable (I've enabled Asus Anti-Surge and so far, it hasn't triggered once). Keep in mind that the 450W and 550W versions of this PSU don't come with 2xPCIe power cables, only 1.

Pros:
0. Cheaper and better quality than most PSUs in this range. This was the most important factor to me; I was looking for something cheap but good that could power my 760, and it's way better than I expected it to be at this price. Everything from the PSU casing to the internals to the cables feels premium.
1. A lot of cables; there are more than 4 SATA power connectors (I didn't count) and 3 Molex connectors, 2 PCIe cables (as mentioned above), 2 8-pin CPU cables and a FDD power cable.
2. Runs super quiet, can't hear it over the Stock Intel CPU fan.
3. Has a power switch on the back, which can be super useful when testing.
4. Cables are braided and thicc.
5. 650W is plenty for most mid-range gaming rigs nowadays, so there's some future proofing built in if you aren't always running the latest games that need expensive power hungry gaming cards.

Cons:
1. Packaging is garbage. I know I'm not paying a lot for the component quality this PSU provides, but I was worried that the PSU might have gotten damaged in transit because of how meagre the packaging was- Just a red cardboard box with a manual. To be fair there were no dents or scratches on the PSU itself, so it did its job.
2. Too many cables, and they're thick. I didn't copy paste this from the Pros, but what this means is it's really hard to cable manage, especially if you have a small case. It almost didn't fit in my case, and I had to bend the cables coming out of the PSU a bit to fit, plus because I have a relatively small case, cable management wasn't easy at all. I got confused at various points as to which cables I had run on the backside of the case and which ones I hadn't because there are so many of them. This won't be an issue if you have a normal sized PC Case, but SFF Case users beware.
3. No cable/zip ties to tie the cables. This may not be a normal thing that comes with all power supplies, but the Artis came with them and this PSU really needs those.

All that being said, I still highly recommended it. I got this for 4,700 INR, and there are lower power PSUs that go for more than that price. The media reviews are also really favorable, and cable and packaging complaints aside, I'm really happy with this product. As long as you don't try to use it with a high end rig, you'll be happy with it.

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