Assemblers are complaining that many mainstream enclosures available in the market today across brands don't work with Intel Core i7 platform. They claim that this is because the Switch Model Power Supply (SMPS) available with the enclosures are remarked and don't meet the power requirement of Core i7 PC.
“Recently we assembled a few PCs with Core i7 and a dedicated 1GB graphic card in an enclosure from a popular brand with a SMPS having a power rating of 400W. And although the PCs based on Core i7 with dedicated graphics has a power requirement of 220W, the SMPS didn't work. When we trouble-shooted the matter we realized that the SMPS was remarked and while it showed a power rating of 400W, actually it's power profile was less than 220W thus creating issue for the PCs," said RV Ravichandran, Partner, IBS Systems, Bengaluru.
However not everyone is surprised. "This is a known secret in the industry that many cabinets come with remarked SMPS. While the SMPS show a power rating of 400-450W on it, the actual power rating is between 160 and 180W,” said MA Mannan, Country Manager, Corsair India. "Many customers and resellers have started realizing this since Core i5 and Core i7 processors along with graphics cards require in excess of 200W."
Sunil Kumar, CEO, Lampo Computers in Bengaluru, observed, “An average system builder is not aware that there is a strong influx of remarked cabinets in the market and hence it is important that they test the SMPS before buying. You have all types of cabinets available starting from Rs 750 and many a times resellers go after lower priced products which more often than not are remarked.”
"System builders need to be educated on this aspect as having a good quality power supply is important for the functioning of the PC and its lifecycle. All component vendors need to drive this point home with their channel,” added Mannan.
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