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Cougar PowerX 550 W Power Supply Unit Review
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Size Comparison

The COUGAR is a compact PSU. Here, we compare it to the Mushkin HP-580AP, which is a 580 W power supply. As you can see, it's much shorter than the old Mushkin power supply. The other dimensions remain the same, of course, since they both comply with the ATX specifications.

 

Cables & Connectors

Unlike some PSUs that are targeted at the hardware enthusiast market, the 550W PowerX PSU has fixed cables. This diagram provided by COUGAR conveniently describes the number of cables and connectors, as well as the cable lengths.

These are the cables and connectors that come with the 550W PowerX PSU :


50 cm main power cable with 24-pin connector


50 cm PCI Express power cable with two 8-pin (6 pins +2 pins) connectors


60 cm 12V CPU power cable with 8-pin (4 pins + 4 pins) connector


40 cm power cable with triple SATA connectors


45 cm power cable with two SATA connectors and a PATA connector


40 cm power cable with a SATA connector, two PATA connectors and a FDD connector

 

Included Accessories

The COUGAR PowerX 550W PSU comes with a pretty informative manual. The instructions are on the thin side and lack diagrams, but if you need them, then perhaps you shouldn't be installing a PSU by yourself!

The package also includes a set of 5 screws (you only need 4, the fifth is a spare), 5 cable ties for cable management during installation and a power cord. We would have preferred reusable velcro strips though.

 

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