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X-Connect 500W Modular PSU
VL writes "Sure, power supply reviews aren't all that interesting, but we take a look at one nice PSU that delivers power where it counts, and best of all, it is the best modular setup we've seen in this market segment."
so, come on, what's the deal?
* Posted by CmdrTaco
* by VL, viperlair, the company selling these PSU's
NEWS for Nerds or STUFF for Nerds? If I need stuff for nerds I go to my local PC supplier or I go to thinkgeek but this is a lil bit over the top not ?
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...is one of these for my Shuttle. Thing's too small for the excess wires running about.
(what I'd really like to see is a departure from the ATX connector on the Shuttles, moving to something smaller with less wires and higher amperage rated connections, but that's beside the point.)
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can it deliver 500W for years and years ?, how reliable/quiet are the fans ? easy to replace (why cant they make them with passive heatsinking and using a modern switching PSU ? eg like some prosound amps do (instead of having a bulky/hot copper wound transformers))
if these companies looked at technology further than flashing neons they would see they could make some real power supply development progress, until then they are still just ugly metal boxes with minor variations on a 70yr design but now designed to last about 3yr
The article says, "There isn't such a thing as too much power though..."
This article has no place on Slashdot. It is written by someone with no knowledge who quite likely was paid to say such things.
Despite all the bitching about this article being a paid ad, this PSU looks fairly useful.
The other day when I was blowing all the dust out of my case, I saw all those unused power cords strung about all over the place and wished I could get rid of them.
Since we're getting rid of bulky ribbon cables with S-ATA, it would be nice to get rid of all that other spaghetti too.
Does it make you happy you're so strange?
Depends. First of all, get brand-name PSUs. It doesn't have to be a super high profile brand like Antec or Enermax, there are equally good/better, cheap PSUs by other manufacturers, but no-name PSUs are horrible. Or at least they used to be - the rule was that any brand-name PSU was more powerful than a no-name PSU of twice the rating. Looking around on the net is a pretty good idea, although most PSU reviews really suck.
That said, most people I know buy way too powerful PSUs. 350W really gets you a long way - as I'm writing this, my 350W hec PSU powers a GF4 Ti4200, an XP 1800+, three hard drives and one optical drive. I'm fairly certain there's still room for more, I think a 300W PSU would be sufficient for this system. I'm curious whether it'd break if I installed a cutting edge graphics card which at some point were claimed to require a 450W PSU.
Buying a PSU that is too powerful for your system isn't a big deal, though. PSUs run most efficient when they're being used close to their maximum rating, but I don't think the efficiency difference is that great. So you can't go wrong if you buy a 400W PSU - you'll just spend more than you have to, for one thing.
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An article that simply accepts the manufacturer's ratings without testing them is worthless, IMO. I think they claimed that this thing was rated for 500 continuous watts, whereas saying others are rated only for bursts. Kind of like Car & Driver simply printing the manufacturer's performance claims when they have a chance to test it.
"All the cables are sleeved with a tinned copper braid, which act to shield the rest of the PC from EMI." How cables that transmit DC power going to generate EMI? If if a device's current draw is fluctuation enough to cause RF propagation the device needs to be replaced, not sheild the DC transmition cables.