Big Willy results are here!

By David Field
Nov 10, 2008 | 12 Comments
Tags: Big | Willy | results | spreadsheet

An epic spreadsheet of results from our torture test of the 12 best power supplies you can buy

It turns out that issue 95 was delivered to subscribers late last week! And with the new issue just about to hit the newsstands, now is the time for us to inundate you with megabytes of results from this month's Head to Head.

Big Willy is back. And it's Excelsty. And that isn't even a word.

There are twelve high end power supplies tested in this issue. Half second by half second results of how they fared under testing are online in an excel document for you to pour over.

Well, what are you waiting for? Download that bastard! Then grab a copy of issue 95 and read along!

Notes and Errata:

There is no DRM on this file, but you'll need to open it as read only because almost everything but a simple view has been write protected.

You won't need the macros -- they were just there to format the .CSV data from the multimeters into something manageable.

No, this can't be done as a PDF or in OpenOffice because there's too much data to navigate and I'm not a Communist, respectively.

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^Faldo^ Nov 10, 2008 5:42 PM	open it as read only
mohawk Nov 10, 2008 6:41 PM	Cool. I've been waiting for more Billy Willy PSU tests.
^Faldo^ Nov 10, 2008 7:50 PM	So it looks like I was a little heavy handed with the encryption and my office workstation must have kept the key in memory when I checked the file after downloading it. I'll have to upload it again tomorrow from the office, because I don't have the FTP details at home. Sorry guys. -DAVE.
MrPodgy Nov 11, 2008 12:05 AM	ca we get an open office version please
^Faldo^ Nov 11, 2008 10:37 AM	New version uploaded, tested and working. Remember to open it as Read only. Unnecessary comments removed. -DAVE.
SyKRyD Nov 11, 2008 11:54 AM	thanks dave. can open it now. fyi - unfortunately, read only means we can't resize or even click on a cell. so the comments at the end are cut off and can't be read.
shrubb face Nov 11, 2008 12:34 PM	I dont know whether this is just applicable to Openoffice or not, but you have full access to change and edit everything in Openoffice. This might help you read all the comments SyKRyD.
^Faldo^ Nov 11, 2008 1:19 PM	SyKRyD: Use the scroll bar!
Mr Faunce Nov 12, 2008 4:07 AM	still waiting
SyKRyD Nov 13, 2008 1:05 PM	dave: open the document in read only, scroll to the very end and you will see what i mean. you can't scroll past the last cell but the comments continue off the sheet.
bozo01 Dec 11, 2008 7:14 AM	hey mohawk, the monster's called Big Willy, not Billy Willy you silly billy.
MartinC Jul 2, 2009 12:29 PM	And for the 40% of us who buy mid-range PSU's (other 59% go for generic), are we going to see a useful test setup? Don't get me wrong, I like the idea but we also need useful data...

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