Antec VP550F 550W

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Pros:

High price / performance ratio, Delivered full power at 45°C, Tight voltage regulation on the minor rails, High efficiency at low loads, Long holdup time, Compact dimensions, Good soldering quality on the main PCB, Features a full set of protections...

Cons:

Performance in Cross Load tests, No MOV (Metal Oxide Varistor) in the transient filtering stage, Not Haswell ready, Notsoquiet operation, Only the 24pin ATX cable is sleeved and there is no grommet around the cableexit hole

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Last revision on June 18, 2015

Reviewers Liked

High price / performance ratio, Delivered full power at 45°C, Tight voltage regulation on the minor rails, High efficiency at low loads, Long holdup time, Compact dimensions, Good soldering quality on the main PCB, Features a full set of protections

Reviewers Didn't Like

Performance in Cross Load tests, No MOV (Metal Oxide Varistor) in the transient filtering stage, Not Haswell ready, Notsoquiet operation, Only the 24pin ATX cable is sleeved and there is no grommet around the cableexit hole

Expert reviews and ratings

We would like to thank Antec for supplying the review sample. Antec finally decided to release many new models, including one that belongs to the mainstream VP series. The fresh VP550F we will evaluate in this review is mostly for the budget-oriented...

By techPowerUp! on June 24, 2013

It's been a while since we did a group test of PC power supplies, so today we'll take a closer look at 19 PSUs in the 500-550 watt segment. While 500 watts might sound low in the ears of most hardware enthusiasts, for the vast majority of PCs it's...

By uk.hardware.info on December 05, 2013

Recently when we've tested power supplies we regularly received comments about the fact that we test the efficiency of PSUs beginning at 200 watts. That's because the energy consumption of modern desktop PCs with Ivy Bridge or Haswell processors is...

By uk.hardware.info on August 06, 2013

Three manufacturers sent us their new power supplies for the 500/550 watt segment. From Antec we received the VP550F, Cooler Master sent us the 500W B series model and Nexus provided their new NX-5000 V1. We will compare them to 22 other recently...

By uk.hardware.info on July 18, 2013

Come abbiamo già avuto modo di dire in diverse occasioni, quando si assembla un Personal Computer, l'alimentatore viene ancora molto spesso trascurato, soprattutto se si dispone di un budget limitato. Molti brand leader di settore, che prima lasciavano...

By insidehardware.it on March 28, 2014

Basic son las familias de fuentes de alimentación más modestas de Antec, conociendo que la marca californiana no coloca el listón precisamente bajo, sino que la mayoría de sus fuentes tienen una calidad notable,...

By hardaily.com on April 09, 2014

Il est temps de conclure sur ce petit bloc VP550F, nous allons tout d'abord parler de son bundle et de sa finition. Autant être franc, il n'y a que le strict minimum, les cordons ne sont pas gainés sauf le 20/24 broches. Une présentation qui est...

By 59Hardware on July 20, 2013