1st Player NGDP 1300W PSU Review

Epilogue

The 1st Player NGDP 1300W achieves high performance in almost all sections, including load regulation and transient response, and it also has relatively good ripple suppression. However, there is room for improvement there at 3.3V. Efficiency is sky-high in all load ranges: super-light, light, and normal. When it comes to build quality, the soldering jobs are good, and the few electrolytic caps that the platform has are provided by good Japanese manufacturers. Mainly, polymer caps handle ripple filtering, which are more tolerant to high operating temperatures. To keep the cost down, since this PSU has a price tag of 230 dollars, Helly didn’t use tier #1 FETs, but they are confident that the FETs that they used are good enough; otherwise, else the provided warranty wouldn’t be ten years long. Moreover, it is good to see a Hong Hua fan used instead of the Yate Loon one that I found in the 1000W unit. I hope that 1st Player took my criticism into account and changed the cooling fan in both models and not only in the review samples I got.

So far, 1st Player has managed to offer products with high performance-to-price ratios, and the NGDP 1300 is no exception. Since Helly, 1st Player’s mother company, is an OEM, we will probably soon have this platform sold under other brands, as well. It is good to have a variety of choices in the PSU market, with new players raising the performance bar higher. If Helly manages to bring noise output lower without affecting the platform’s reliability, the NGDP 1300 will be a great choice for the majority of users with strong hardware. The only problem is that it is super challenging to combine super compact dimensions, high power output, and low fan speeds. Still, this platform’s high efficiency is a tremendous asset since it highly restricts the thermal loads.

To conclude, the 1st Player NGDP 1300W is a good high-end power supply from a not-so-well-known OEM. I remember back in the day that nobody knew Super Flower and were troubled when I reviewed their products and concluded how good they were. Making a good name on the PSU and not only market requires time and lots of effort, and it only takes a misstep to bring you back to point zero, so you have to be careful. With that said, I hope that the 1st Player NGDP products that will hit the market will have the same specs as the ones that I reviewed, keeping their performance and reliability at high levels.

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