DeepCool PQ850M (850W) Power Supply Review

Packaging

If the PQ850M is a new direction for DeepCool, then it would seemingly be reflected in the packaging as this is definitely something we haven’t seen before from them. Gone is the mildly questionable green colouring and instead, we find a nice clean piece of box work with a bright white sleave.

The front of the packaging does a fantastic job of conveying all of the key information at a glance while DeepCool should also be commended for providing it with a nice large image of the power supply itself. It sounds mad, but you’d be surprised at the number of manufacturers who don’t give you 1 good image of the product inside!

While the front certainly gets things off to a good start, the back is notably more disappointing. While there is plenty of good information provided here, it’s so small (and poorly coloured) that it almost gets lost in the sea of white. This could be improved hugely if the lettering was in black rather than grey, but overall, while the details are good, this certainly isn’t easy work on the eyes and with just a few tweaks, it could’ve been hugely better!

Taking the packaging as a whole, however, I am left with a few questions. While I definitely think it’s an improvement on their prior branding (which, quite frankly, I always thought a bit ugly), it does come across as perhaps a little spartan. Then again, DeepCool might have an answer to this on an environmental level, or, indeed, perhaps just the basic issue seen around the world at the moment in regards to cardboard being in amazingly short supply. A relatively basic design such as this would be quite easy to fulfil, and, on the whole, I definitely view this as a strong step in a better presentational direction.

Accessories

As this is a power supply, you clearly don’t (or generally shouldn’t) expect much in the way of accessories. In terms of what you do get with the DeepCool PQ850M, however, there are certainly some nice surprises. You’re given some nice branded cable management ties (not many, but enough for what’s on show internally) and also a power adaptor in the unlikely event that you would choose to utilise the DeepCool PQ850M in a ‘daisy chain’ of connections.