Jeantech Arctic JN120F-600AP12V2: Average Results

07:00 - Monday 11 July 2005 by Frank Völkel
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: stress, test

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Jeantech Arctic JN120F-600AP12V2: Average Results

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The Jeantech Arctic JN120F-600AP12V2 obtained average results in the Stress Test.

The graphic above shows the power supply connections and their length in centimeters. SLI option is available; SATA connections are too spare.
Features

Jeantech glistens with a special feature. The manufacturer equips its power supply unit with three voltage sensors which measure the voltages on the 12V, 5V and 3.3V strands directly on the ATX connector on the motherboard and if necessary adjusts them. In this way, the manufacturer hopes to counteract any voltage drop on the ATX feeder. Another positive note is that the different cables can be pinned or unpinned. This way the user can reduce the cable spaghetti inside the case to only the most necessary. However, the manufacturer could have thrown in more than only two SATA connectors - this is clearly too few for a power supply of this power class.

Jeantech presents itself black as the night. In contrast the 120-millimeter fan shimmers completely in white through the venting slits.

The ATX cable to the left, the collection of device-connecting cables to the right

Exemplary lettering of the jacks

Connection for the three voltage sensors included

Dangerous for the die-hard modders who would like to use the hot Plug'n'Play functions of serial ATA: The contact pins of these S-ATA jacks stick out and can easily be short-circuited in operation if you accidentally touch them with metal pieces.

In addition to the supply voltage jack, the internal cooling mode can be set: H A L stands for High, Automatic and Low. For the test we're using the Automatic setting.

Identification plate of the Jeantech power supply unit. All necessary information is available.
Test Results

The manufacturer Jeantech had a few thoughts and directed his attention toward high stability and good voltage values. As our THG live stress test shows, the voltage sensor that the manufacturer installed was well worth it: Under full load with 600 watts, the 12 volt bar of the CPU was at exactly 12.01 volts and the other values were also all within specifications. Even with the loads fluctuating, a stable voltage supply was always provided to the CPU and components.

Thanks to the large 120mm fan, the rotational speed is low and the power supply has a comparatively low operating noise, even under high load.

Jeantech Arctic JN120F-600AP12V2 (600 watts)
Test Phase 1
Test Description Lower Limit Upper Limit Result
Increase load from 20% to 100% of nominal load limit 120 watts 600 watts Passed
Test Phase 2
Test Description Load Result
Steady load at 100% nominal load 600 watts Passed
Test Phase 3
Voltage Stability
Power Rail Measurement Min/Max according to ATX Spec. Result
+ 3.3 V + 3.25 V +/- 5% (+3.14 to +3.46 V) Passed
+ 5 V + 5.03 V +/- 5% (+4.76 to +5.25 V) Passed
+ 12 V + 12.14 V +/- 5% (+11.4 to +12.6 V) Passed
+ 12 V CPU + 12.01 V +/- 5% (+11.4 to +12.6 V) Passed
+ 5 V Standby + 5.01 V +/- 5% (+4.76 to +5.25 V) Passed
- 12 V - 12.31 V +/- 10% (-10.8 to -13.2 V) Passed
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Power Rail Measurement Min/Max according to ATX Spec. Result
+3.3 V 50 mV 50 mV (Peak-Peak) Passed
+12 V CPU 115 mV 120 mV (Peak-Peak) Passed
Further Data
Value Measurement
Noise Level (max.) 60 dB(A)
Voltage 216 V
Current 3.43 A
Cos Phi (Distorsion of Phase) 0.97
Efficiency 80.0%

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