Apevia CAPTAIN550 ATX Power Supply with All Black Cables

It's a fairly light unit with a very quiet blue led cooling fan. It arrived in excellent condition and was well packaged. Inside the box were 110 AC cable, the PSU, a bag with 4 screws for mounting the unit and some documentation. The bundled cables are all black but are not sleeved or in my opinion properly bundled presenting as a loose grouping of individual wires with only 2 zip ties installed to group each cable bundle . I placed a 4" zip tie every 3" to each cable bundle to prevent a rats nest of all the loose wires going every where within the build. It looks much neater now even in a case with minimal cable management capability such as the one I am using for this project, a Rosewill FBM-01 mini tower. I am still waiting for a FM2+ MoBo to arrive to finish putting together the project.I did, however, pretest this PSU with a power supply tester and all the output lines are working properly. I'll supply more info when the build is complete and fully burned in. For now everything seems OK so it looks like I won't have to send this PSU back to Amazon based on my preliminary testing.Here's the tester I use to pre-check PSU's I bought this after installing a dead PSU better a pre check than a disassembly.https://www.amazon.com/Computer-PC-Tester-Connectors-Enclosure/dp/B076CLNPPK/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2T0Q4ADFHBPOM&dchild=1&keywords=power+supply+tester+for+atx%2Fsata%2Fhdd&qid=1597075680&sprefix=power+supply+test%2Caps%2C228&sr=8-4EDITGot a FM-2 Mo-Bo and installed a A10-5700 APU and a Asus 750-TI with a 8GB set of Ram a 128GB TeamGroup SSD boot drive and a 500 GB Seagate data HDD. I also included a DVD burner as I have a stack of them to get rid of. I placed all of that in a Rosewill FBM-01 case, a little tight wo/ great cable management space but OK. The system has been running great since it was built on August 18th. As we have no issues for a full month from the build generally and specifically the Captain 550 PSU I am happy with the power supply performance thus far. If any issues arise in the future, although unexpected in this undemanding build, I will revisit my review.2nd edit. It's the end of October and the unit is still running just fine. No BSD's of shutoffs or any other janky behaviors. For my use as a secondary computer for internet surfing and light gaming it meets my needs. I wouldn't use it in a more demanding rig doing video editing or class "A" games. I use my Ryzen R9 3950 PC for that but this unit comes in handy for when I am rendering video projects or when I am having Lara Croft kick some butt. Perhaps this PSU could do it but why torture myself on a basic computer to see. Anyway if you are building a budget PC then it would probably meet your needs too.

Used on several basic computer buildsCost at the time of purchase: $26Pro 1: Affordable and just works. I have been purchasing this PSU for over two years and have had no issues with failure when used correctly.Pro 2: Comes with a 6+2 pin graphics power cable.Pro 3: Includes screws which is convenient.Con: Not really a durable 550 watt power supply. Running mid high to high end components will eventually cause premature failure on power supplies in this price range.Pro Tip: Only use with mid to low end spec components without overclocking. Don’t ever consider running with an i9 14900K or a RTX 4070 for example.

Comes dented Everything‘s great that I know of so far But the product comes dented, and the cable feels cheap like silly string I just hope my house doesn’t catch on fire with this product :( update it broke after just about a week of very light use and did not even exceed the wattage and the thing blew up. You’re better off getting a cheap budget thermal take 600 W power supply. and save yourself the headache and get one used for 39 bucks to 44 bucks brand new. Better off getting that and not wasting your money on this.

It is pretty basic and it is not rated high in efficiency. but the cost justifies the price. I have used several of these in low cost builds and they have worked every time. I would use this in builds where I have the build consuming a lot less than what this can handle. Also power supplies can kill your pc. So I would not recommend this unless you are on a tight budget.

Good for the price, but wiring is real cheap.

I have a high-tech computer that requires quite the power, and this is the one. It's not loud, it functions perfectly, it's easy to install, Connectors to the other pieces great, and it has great durability. Im shocked about how good this is. 10/10 would reccomend

Has the plugs I need and then some, and hasn't burned down my house. Plenty of cable length.

Missing cable when received. Bought 2 of these. Were inconsistent with cables were attached to the PSU