Features Tables

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

Table of content:
27 – Features Tables
  1. 1 – Profits Or Quality?
  2. 2 – Still An Eldorado? 600 Percent Profit Margin Possible
  3. 3 – Our Motivation - Why Are We Running PSUs Constantly Under Full Load?
  4. 4 – Test Methodology
  5. 5 – Stressing With Highly Accurate Electronic Loads
  6. 6 – Noise Level And Measurement Of Temperatures
  7. 7 – Data Collection And Live Upload
  8. 8 – AcBel ATX-550CA -AB8FM: Failure - But 10-Year Warranty
  9. 9 – Antec Phantom 500: Quiet With High Efficiency
  10. 10 – Antec True Power 2.0: Mediocre Efficiency
  11. 11 – Aopen Prima Power 700: Super Results - No SLI
  12. 12 – BeQuiet BQT B5-520W-S1.3: Loose Transistor Triggers Failure
  13. 13 – Cooler Master Real Power RS-550-ACLY: Shutdown At Full Load
  14. 14 – Enermax Coolergiant EG485AX-VHB(W): Flawed Former Champ
  15. 15 – Enermax Noisetaker EG701AX-VE(W): Perfect Connections And Quiet
  16. 16 – Epower Silent Engine Xscale 470: Loud At Full Load
  17. 17 – Fortron FSP300-60GNF: Soundless With High Efficiency
  18. 18 – HEC AcePower ACE580UB: Failure At High Load
  19. 19 – Hiper Type R580: Not Within Specifications
  20. 20 – Jeantech Arctic JN120F-600AP12V2: Average Results
  21. 21 – OCZ PowerStream 600W - Features
  22. 22 – PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510: Very Loud At Full Load
  23. 23 – PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 850 SSI: Excellent Price And Performance
  24. 24 – Seasonic S12 600: Efficient And Quiet
  25. 25 – Silverstone ST65ZF: Loud And Inefficient But Low-Cost
  26. 26 – Spire SP-500W: High Noise Levels At Full Load
  27. 27 – Features Tables
  28. 28 – Efficiency
  29. 29 – Load - Total Power Sustained
  30. 30 – Ripple On 3.3V Rail

Features Tables

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Manufacturer AcBel Antec Antec AOpen
Model ATX-500CA-AB8FM Phantom 500 TruePower TP2-550P Prima Power 700W
Cooling Concept 120mm fan Hybrid (Passiv & 80mm fan) 120mm fan 120mm fan
URL acbel.com antec.com antec.com aopen.com
Specification
Max. Power Rating 550 W 500 W 550 W 700 W
ATX Standard ATX 12V 2.0 ATX 12V 2.0 ATX 12V 2.0 ATX 12V 2.0
Mains Compatibilty 115 - 230V without switch 115 V und 230 V version available 115 V und 230 V version available 115 - 230V without switch
NVIDIA SLi Certification No No No No
Number of Connectors for
5,25" Devices (4-pin) 7 5 5 5
Floppy Drives 1 2 2 1
SATA Drives 4 4 4 4
ATX-Mobo Main 20/24-pin 24/Adaptor 24/Adaptor 24/20 Separable 24/20 Separable
P4 Yes Yes Yes Yes (Adaptor)
EPS No No No No
Dualcore Yes Yes No Yes (Adaptor)
PCIe Graphics 1 1 2 1
Miscellaneous
Pluggable Cables No No No No
fan Controller No No No No
Other Features Illuminated power switch (yellow) Operation Display (blue)
Passive Operation up to 250 W		 4 Rails for +12V
Remarks
Manufacturer Cooler Master Enermax Enermax E-Power
Model Real Power 550 W Coolergiant EG485AX-VHB(W) Noisetaker EG701AX-VE(W) Silent Engine EP-470MP
Cooling Concept 120mm fan 80mm/80mm/60mm fan 80mm/90mm fan 80mm/80mm fan
URL coolermaster.com enermax.com enermax.com epowertec.com
Specification
Max. Power Rating 550 W 480 W 600 W 470 W
ATX Standard ATX 12V 2.0 ATX 12V 2.0 ATX 12V 2.0 ATX 12V 2.0
Mains Compatibilty 115 - 230V without switch 115 - 230V without switch 115 - 230V without switch 115 - 230V without switch
NVIDIA SLi Certification No No Yes No
Number of Connectors for
5,25" Devices (4-pin) 6 7 7 6
Floppy Drives 1 2 2 2
SATA Drives 2 4 4 4
ATX-Mobo Main 20/24-pin 24/Adaptor 24/20 Separable 24/20 Separable 24/20 Separable
P4 Yes Yes Yes Yes
EPS Yes No No No
Dualcore No No No Yes
PCIe Graphics 1 1 2 2
Miscellaneous
Pluggable Cables No No No No
fan Controller No Adjustable fan controller Adjustable fan controller 3-Step fan controller
Other Features
Remarks
Manufacturer Fortron HEC Hiper Jeantech
Model FSP300-60GNF ACE 580-UB Type R580W JN120F-600AP12V2
Cooling Concept Passive (no fan) 80mm/80mm fan 80mm/120mm fan 120mm fan
URL fsusa.com hec-group.jp hipergroup.com jeantech.com
Specification
Max. Power Rating 300 W 580 W 580 W 600 W
ATX Standard ATX 12V 2.0 ATX 12V 2.0 ATX 12V 2.0 ATX 12V 2.0
Mains Compatibilty 115 - 230V without switch 115 oder 230V with Switch Nur 230 V 115 - 230V without switch
NVIDIA SLi Certification No No No No
Number of Connectors for
5,25" Devices (4-pin) 4 8 8 5
Floppy Drives 1 2 1 2
SATA Drives 2 4 4 2
ATX-Mobo Main 20/24-pin 24/Adaptor 24/20 Separable 24/20 Separable 24/20 Separable
P4 Yes Yes Yes Yes
EPS No No No No
Dualcore No Yes No Yes
PCIe Graphics No 2 1 2
Miscellaneous
Pluggable Cables No No Yes Yes
fan Controller No No No No
Other Features Illuminated power switch (blue) Illuminated power switch (red)
Aviation like connectors		 Sensor for Voltages
Remarks Separable only one-time
Manufacturer PC Power & Cooling PC Power & Cooling Seasonic Silverstone Spire
Model Turbo-Cool 510 ATX-PFC Turbo-Cool 850 SSI S12 (SS-600HT) ST65ZF SP-500W
Cooling Concept 80mm fan 80mm fan 120mm fan 80mm fan 80mm/120mm fan
URL pcpow.com pcpow.com seasonic.com silverstone.com spirecoolers.com
Specification
Max. Power Rating 510 W 850 W 600 W 650 W 500 W
ATX Standard ATX 12V 2.0 ATX 12V 2.0 ATX 12V 2.0 ATX 12V 2.0 ATX 12V 2.0
Mains Compatibilty 115 - 230V without switch 115 - 230V without switch 115 - 230V without switch 115 - 230V without switch 115 - 230V without switch
NVIDIA SLi Certification Yes Yes Yes No No
Number of Connectors for
5,25" Devices (4-pin) 8 8 6 6 6
Floppy Drives 1 1 2 2 2
SATA Drives 6 6 4 4 4
ATX-Mobo Main 20/24-pin 24/Adaptor 24/Adaptor 24/20 Separable 24/20 Separable 24/20 Separable
P4 Yes Yes (Adaptor) Yes Yes Yes
EPS No No No Yes No
Dualcore No Yes Yes Yes Yes
PCIe Graphics 2 2 2 2 2
Miscellaneous
Pluggable Cables No No No No Yes
fan Controller No No No No Full-Speed fan switch
Other Features 4 Rails for +12V
Remarks Pluggable Cables to tenacious
OCZ and BeQuiet are missing in this table as we had to send their test samples back for inspection on short notice.

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