Silverstone Nightjar 450 (Continued)
On the rear of the power supply there is an IEC socket and an non-illuminated main switch, as well as two LEDs that indicate the operational status of the power supply.
Whereas the top LED shows the temperatures—at over 55°C the usually green LED switches to yellow—the lower LED tells you whether the unit is in standby (orange), switched on (green) or cannot be switched on due to a fault (red). The latter occurs, for example, when the power supply has overheated and deactivated itself.
Unlike the Fortron Zen, the Silverstone unit is silent—even under the highest load—and does not make any whirring noises.
If the unit is placed under a load of 450 watts without ventilation, it switches itself off automatically after about two hours due to overheating, but at an output of 330 watts, we were able to operate it constantly. As with the Fortron unit, a very low flow of air is sufficient to enable constant operation even under a full load of 450 watts.
The Silverstone Nightjar was also able to operate our D201GLY2 board from Intel with no trouble at all.
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Another great article. But again, please UK Toms - is it difficult to insert UK costs when you copy and paste from the US site that only seems to do any work now a days? UK Toms used to be so good...
efficiency at 35 watts?
why would one buy a 400 watt psu for a low power system?
how about testing a 100 or 200 watt unit???
Agree with Josh. If you build a HTPC with the current HDTV IGPs then why would you use one of these as opposed to a 120W picopsu which is $50 - a quater the price, will fit in the tiniest case and is more efficient at very low loads?
Hold on, the Silverstone is more expensive, does a poor job at regulating the supply at high loads (3.15V on a 3.3V line is not good, it's bloody awful), is less efficient and is a gas guzzler in standby compared to the other supply on test and yet the Silverstone wins??????? Is it me or is the only thing going for the Silverstone that it is truly silent (especially when it turns off due to overheating). How the hell does the Silverstone come out on top?
I have zen300 and I must say I wish I never bought it, that high pitch noise it a nightmare, it is times more annoying then average speed 120mm fan in ordinary PSU