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Fractal Design Tesla R2 500W Power Supply Review @ [H]

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Fractal Design Tesla R2 500W Power Supply Review - This is our first review of a Fractal Design computer power supply. This is not a new model and we just happened to get a really good deal on this one as it was on sale, so we figured we would give it a go. Fractal states it also has a contemporary Scandinavian design; black, check, square, check....alrighty.
 
HardOCP is the first site I go to for PSU reviews but I really miss an important component - load vs noise measurements. Besides quality it is the most important feature for many. The noise section is generally lacking in all HardOCP's reviews but I miss it the most in the PSU ones as others are easier to find elsewhere while there are only a few sites that do quality PSU reviews. Reviewer's subjective impression is not very useful and I've been burned before by a review on this site. If you would provide the load/noise graph it would be easy to compare the relative performance between PSUs and derive from that what one can expect from a specific model.
 
Meeho said:
HardOCP is the first site I go to for PSU reviews but I really miss an important component - load vs noise measurements. Besides quality it is the most important feature for many. The noise section is generally lacking in all HardOCP's reviews but I miss it the most in the PSU ones as others are easier to find elsewhere while there are only a few sites that do quality PSU reviews. Reviewer's subjective impression is not very useful and I've been burned before by a review on this site. If you would provide the load/noise graph it would be easy to compare the relative performance between PSUs and derive from that what one can expect from a specific model.
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Good review. PSU's are a crucial component. I just won a Fractal Design Integra M 550W PSU and Fractal Design Core 1100 micro-ATX from Toms Hardware contest, and this review has given me some good insight on FD. I never win anything, but these will definitely go to good use for my new build. Waiting for zen and polaris before i start buying internals.
 
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I've had a Tesla 650W R1 for several years, it had no problem driving my 2600K@4.8GHz for a couple of years. Now it resides in my HTPC, it is quiet. I also have a Integra R2 750W which runs my home server, it is quiet and stable and it is a 4790K at 4.8GHz(too), but the quality of some of the parts are subpar. I managed to break one of the SATA power connectors without any particular effort. Good thing I have splitters.

Main rig(6700K) is driven by a Cooler Master V550S, which feels a notch above in quality, and is also very silent. Anyway, my feel for Fractal Design psu:s is bang-for-the-buck without any extras. Their best game is cases, of which they've marketed a few hits. I've had the Define R3 for some years and was happy with it, now I use a Corsair Carbide 200R for the main rig which is a minimalist case but excellent for the task. The home server is in a Fractal case though, the Core 2300, sort of a competitor to Carbide 200R. I like the Corsair better, but the Core 2300 is fine for the money, it houses a NH-D14 and temps are great.
 
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