Akasa Essential Power 300 W Power Supply Review

Power Distribution

On Figure 16 you can see this power supply label containing all its power specs.

Figure 16: Power supply label

As you can see, according to the label this unit has two +12 V rails, but this is a lie. Even though the +12 V wires on the ATX12V cable use a different color (yellow with green stripe), inside the unit all +12 V wires are connected to the same spot on the printed circuit board, plus this unit doesn’t have over current protection, which is required for building multi-rail power supplies (click here to understand). Therefore, this unit has a single-rail design.

Let’s now see if this power supply can really deliver 300 W.