Conclusion

I should confess I am not satisfied with the results of In-Win’s power supplies in this test session. On one hand, I’ve got an impression the company is aware of its lagging behind the competitors and is trying to catch up by introducing a new basic platform on modern components and releasing power supply models that comply with the up-to-date ATX12V 2.2 standard. On the other hand, its product range is still predominated by old PSU models. Even among the boxed products there are two hopelessly out-dated models, one of which left me with a feeling of utter bewilderment. As for In-Win’s system cases, they come with only one ATX12V 2.0 power supply, which is manufactured not by In-Win but by FSP Group!

In-Win should make haste in putting new PSU models into production. It is bad practice to be selling not-very-cheap system cases with a power supply that is declared as 430W but whose real wattage is only 350W and that complies with an ATX specification that has been out-dated for two years already. They should take an example from FSP Group whose even junior PSU models are up to today’s standards.

My shopping advice to you is to check out beforehand what power supply is installed in the In-Win system case you want to buy. Consider those models that have the letters IP, not IW, in the name. At the current moment you have to pay $5-8 for each additional step in the PSU wattage (300-350-430W) when you buy a system case, but this test session has shown that it’s stupid to buy the system case with the IW-P430J2-0 with its false 430W. Choosing between the 300W and 350W models (IP-P300AJ2-0 and IP-P350AJ2-0, respectively), you can go for the junior one without losing in anything. If you think your computer needs a power supply with higher wattage, you have to buy one separately because In-Win doesn’t install anything really more powerful than the IP-P300AJ2-0 into its system cases as yet. I hope this situation is going to change and we’ll see modern Q series PSUs in the company’s popular system cases, too.

Among the boxed power supplies from In-Win you should pay attention to the models with the letters IP in their name, too. I can’t say they are interesting products, but they may suit an undemanding user due to their low price. They have acceptable parameters and average level of noise and are surely superior in the quality of manufacture to many even cheaper brands.