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David........your attention please..

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Have you had a chance to review the new Fortron 600 watter with quad +12V rails? Anyone else have this power supply?
 
why do you need an EPS12V split plane supply?

do you have a dual CPU board?
 
I don't need it because of the EPS12V.

I want it because it's 15% more efficient than the BS, and it's active PFC to boot. I could care less about the quad rails, I just mentioned it for easy identification since it's the only Fortron that has them (that I know of).
 
Barring something unforseen like the Zippy Gaming units or the new Silverstone 560w coming available in Canada soon, mine will probably show up here in the next 3 weeks or so. They haven't been reviewed yet, but pics of the insides of the 700w can be found on page 12 of this thread (4 posts down): http://forum.ixbt.com/topic.cgi?id=49:6485-8

Page 8 has a never before seen crossload chart from Oleg for a Fortron unit only available in Russia ;)

Fortron specifies that these can take a no load condition on 12v1 and 12v2, however I will be loading all 4 12v rails if I can help it. This is why I'm the warranty voider ;)
 
Is it me or do the electronics in that thing look really sparse? My current unit is jammed packed with electronics. I take it they're using newer technology that reduces the number of components needed?
 
They do look that way, but when the PSU is 80% or more efficient and there's a 120mm fan to deal with, large heatsinks aren't really needed even if they will fit in there. The electronics don't really look underbuilt to me apart from the small heatsinks. All 4 12v rails are likely coming from the same source, which does cut costs quite a bit compared to units like the PC P&C 850w.

Now here's a PSU with some heatsinks: http://www.overclockersonline.com/index.php?page=articles&num=337&pnum=0
 
playing to the peanut gallery here
since it seems often that members mistake the PSU as a heat source when in reality its the primary exhaust system in many cases, any heat its generating being dumped directly out of the case

like most individual characteristics of a supply
the pursuit of efficiency for effciency sake doesnt really offer the end user much value

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1028571888

but active PFC comes in mighty handy when a supply is drawing off batteries ;)

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=981436

if one is going to pursue characteristics, pursue a wider acceptable VAC range, lower ripple and tighter load regulation, efficiency basically offers a lower need for airflow and less fan noise, but often a higher airflow is required anyway to exhaust the case properly.

A little forethought goes a long way, unlike PSU manufacturers that are constrained to offer a thermal solution inside their own enclosure, we have a whole case to work with, a bigger slower fan a duct presto

sorry for the detour :p
 
I can tell you that my curent power supply in sig heats up enough to burn a hole to China. It's not my case heat that's causing it to heat up, it's because its efficiency is only 63%, and it's got a single 80mm fan to cool it.
 
The FSP550-60PLG also uses the case as part of its heatsink, being crammed full of components as it is.
 
Yep, I noticed that, since the case it metal, I removed it in hopes of geting more air to cool the PS heat sinks directly.
 
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