You know what, I'm really not concerned.
You obviously under estimate the power efficiency of AMD's APU platform. A full borne A8 APU PC can be run on a 150W PicoPSU. The 12V rail demand is just not necessary for anything of such low profile and low power consumption.
The point is that for the money, something of equivalent quality and better performance is gained. The budget is $300. Any prebuilt desktop he could pursue at this budget would have a PSU in it that's no better than what's in this - and that's if one could even be found at this price.
I draw the line when it comes to PSUs between "meh" and "mediocre". Mediocre units are like those released by Diablotek and Logisys: they are far over-rated, far underbuilt, and mis-advertised for what they do. This is an Allied unit; Allied are not down there with those companies. The unit in this is not mis-advertised as a 275W PSU and it is not mediocre for what it does. If it were, I'd be telling people to stay far away. I make use of one in a workstation PC powering an A6 3670k, with an overclock to 3.2Ghz.
Edited by xd_1771 - 7/13/12 at 12:23am
