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bequiet! Pure Power L8 400W Review

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell June 21, 2013 Featured Announcement, Power Supplies


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bequiet! artwork is always simple, yet effective. The Pure Power L8 400W unit ships in a black box featuring a high resolution image of the unit and some specifications listed underneath.
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The main box is compartmentalised with the power supply itself protected in bubblewrap, underneath a little user manual. It would be more effective to protect the power supply inside foam as the supply chassis is directly pressing against the cardboard sides of the outer box.
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The company supply a regional specific power cable, some cable ties and the user manual.
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This is not a modular power supply, meaning all the cables are hardwired out of the chassis. All of the cables are sleeved (not the flat ribbon style), which may make routing a little more tricky.

Cable Connectors
MB 20+4 pin x1
CPU 4+4 pin x1
PCI E 8 pin (6 pin +2) x2
SATA x4
MOLEX x3
FDD (floppy) x1

For a 400W power supply we can't fault the number of connectors on the Pure Power L8 400W unit. There are a total of five cables, and two PCI e 6+2 connectors to power a single high end graphics card. If you want to run more demanding SLI or Crossfire multi GPU systems, it would be advisable to aim a little higher up the range.

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4 comments

  1. Ben
    June 21, 2013 at 9:03 am

    I bought one of their power supplies last year going on Kitguru reviews and it has been exemplary 🙂 recommended!

  2. krisk
    June 21, 2013 at 1:49 pm

    I dont understand, why they didnt make this fanless?

  3. rrr
    July 1, 2013 at 9:24 am

    @krisk

    Maybe because it wouldn’t be able to handle the heat without a fan and with heatsinks like that?

  4. krisk
    July 16, 2013 at 9:23 pm

    Bad design then. As theres 550w fanless PSU’s out there.

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