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I noticed Silverstone review articles are separated under two categories, one is called 'Silverstone Tech' and the other is 'Silverstone Technology Co.' They should be merged into a single Silverstone Tech category.

You mean each 'rail' is filtered by a small axial coil?

How are they isolated from one another?

Failing the 100V full load test indicates the PFC circuitry isn't able to handle 1300W load @ 100V. Since Tagan mainly focus on European market they might think it's still ok if it can survive the 110V full-load torture. That workmanship and wires flying everywhere leads me to think it's...

Naked wires make a PSU "professional" :D Back to the topic, SST disappoints me this time. "Native branded" Impervio units even worse than a "re-branded" one? No way!

Thanks everyone.

According to NVIDIA's webpage, 8xQ mode in CSAA actually is 8x sample MSAA. However there's a guy who keeps saying 8xQ has the same speed as 8x MSAA but with a better quality. I know he's wrong and he used a wrong method to support his opinion, but how can I convince him? Someone uses nHancer...

Well I think Hardware Secrets's review articles just don't give enough details. We're told that it's a pass in Load Regulation or Ripple suppression, but don't know how good/bad the unit did. I'd prefer a table of voltage/current numbers like [H]/jonnyGURU/PCPer to a GOOD/PASS/FAIL description...

It looks as if this structure isn't even pushed to its limit. The size of the main transformer and the efficiency suprised me. An interesting unit. Only if they replace the secondary caps to Teapo or some more reliable brands...

Now that the power consumption tests are out around the web, there's still one test I wanna see. Use a clamp-on Amperage meter to get the peak load current number and see how many watts 1 or 2 or 3 GTX280 demand. That number is more accurate than reading from a kill-a-watt.

HEC makes PSU itself. Gigabyte Odins are made by CWT. Actually it is based on PSH(<=800W) or PUC(>=1000W). I prefer CWT, but it doesn't mean HEC Zephyr will do worse. In fact I don't know what Zephyr is like.

HD4870 requires "2*6pin molex", I think.

When you consider the maximum transcient load for each video card things might get worse. I guess the maximum continuous power is around 18~20A for each card and now there's a rumor saying 236W for a GTX280 confirming that. If that 236W equals the maximum continuous power or TDP, we need some...

G80: 90nm, ~450 sqmm. G200(D10U): 65nm, ~576 sqmm. Some rumor says 55nm revision of G200 will come out in several months.

More pins is to reduce the contact resistance and double the current capacity thru this connector. If you use a 4-to-8 pin adapter you simply add some resistance to the 4pin instead of reduce it. So the answer is, if your PSU only has a P4 connector, just use it and leave the other 4 pins of...