Verdict and Conclusion

In short, this is a good PSU.

Being the only company involved in this PSU HEC had to step up and really get down to business, and they did a good job of it.  It's not a perfect PSU, but nature likes perfection even less then it likes a vacuum, which makes building a perfect PSU rather difficult.

All in all I like the unit and would not hesitate to use it in my own computer.

The HEC Cougar CMX 700w has an MSRP of 92 euros (109.90 including the 19% tax over there), which is about $128.  Newegg has it for $129 with free shipping, this places it in the same price range as most other modular 80+ bronze 700-750w PSUs.  Neither cheap, nor expensive, it's a solid value.

I was very impressed with the quiet fan, as well as the generally overbuilt nature of the internals and the good soldering job.

The multi-rail claims on a single rail unit are something that annoys me.

It would be nice if the box would clarify that not all the capacitors are Japanese.  While I think the concept that all Japanese capacitors are better than all other capacitors is silly at best, if you're going to make claims you need to back 'em up.

To summarize, this unit has PROS:

• Good voltage regulation.
• Excellent cable management possibilities.
• Excellent looks, with a nice color scheme and full cable sleeving.
• Perfectly happy to cough up it's rated power output.

Nothing being perfect, there are also CONS:

• Box's claims of rail layout are false, but there are two rails.
• Not all 105c Japanese capacitors as box implies.  They are all 105c rated.
• 5v line dips ever so slightly under spec at 100% load.

All told I would say that this is a good PSU, I'll give it a rating of 8.5/10, it loses points for dubious box claims, and a touch for the 5v line dropping under spec.

SCORE
8.5/10

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