Deep Cool DA500 Aurora 500W Power Supply Review

Final Thoughts

Pricing

I can’t find stock of this anywhere, which is not a good sign and hopefully you’ll have better luck at your own retailer of choice. If this information becomes available, I will update this section as soon as possible.

Conclusion

This unit is nothing particularly exciting, but at the right price, it has got potential to be a good budget unit for low to mid range system builds. The voltage regulation is ok, but could be better on the 12v rails, although it’s certainly where I would it expect for a PSU of this specification. What did impress me was the ripple suppression, easily on par with much more expensive units and that’s certainly a positive aspect of this unit.

The build quality doesn’t look anything special on the exterior, it’s a fairly standard looking unit and the non-modular design doesn’t scream great quality, but it’s really just an aesthetics thing more than anything. The interior of the unit, however, is very well made, with a well spaced out PCB, good cooling and immaculate soldering, all of which no doubt contributed to the low ripple in our testing.

Unfortunately, there’s little else to say about this unit, especially with the limited availability, if I could find this unit in the UK for around £40, it could be a strong contender for the budget market as the performance is as good as leading brands in this area.

Pros

• Excellent ripple suppression
• Very tidy interior build quality
• Quiet

Cons

• Poor availability
• 12v rail performance could be better
• Unit is larger than it needs to be

“A good budget power supply with clean power delivery, hindered by limited availability. If Deep Cool can get this unit into a slightly smaller form factor, get the stock into stores and tighten up that 12v rail, this could be a fantastic unit for budget system builds.”

Thank you Deep Cool for providing this review sample.