Akasa PowerMax 1000W Power Supply Review

“Compared to even the great value ~£140 Corsair HX1000W the Akasa is impressively inexpensive, but you do get what you pay for. The Akasa suffers from a cheap, basic look, very few cables, coil whine, hot running and fan bearing noise, even if the fan itself isn't itself overly loud, and insufficient 12V rails - certainly not enough for a true 1,000W PSU.

So good efficiency and solid voltages aren't everything.

This is a clear bandwagon jumper - there's no way this is a true gaming PSU with only four PCI-Express cables, and unless you've got an exceedingly tall case like the Lian Li Tyr PC-X2000, then we'd opt to buy something else.

Akasa will rely on people never hitting anywhere close to 1,000W and with the amount of cables provided it's unlikely anyone will, so in that regard it'll probably suffice for many that buy it, but that also makes it expensive considering you can get an excellent Corsair TX750W for a fraction of the price. Unfortunately, "750" versus "1000" doesn't satisfy the e-peen factor though.”