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Features
• Supports Intel ATX 12V ver.1.1 & 2.03 Standard.
• Compliant With AMD K8 (Opteron).
• High Quality 2 Ball Bearing Fans, Suitable for "ALWAYS ON" applications.
• Fast Cooling, Low Noise & Ripple.
• 3 Speed Thermal Fan Control Switch.
• Fan Grill & Gold Plated Connectors, Preventing Rust & Bad Connection.
• I/O Short circuit & Overload Protection Design.
• Standard 14cm blue LED fan
• Gold-coated connectors
• Active PFC (Optional)
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Let
us start with the connectors. There are LOTS of plugs on this power supply,
and the all-important 4 wire Molex’s are plenty long enough to reach the ends
of even a large case. This power supply also had three not-so-standard
connectors on it: SATA, a thermal probe, and a 3-pin fan speed sensor. The
shortest lines are 20 inches long, so there is plenty of reach. The connectors
below were counted by hand and not taken from another site…I wanted to make
certain I had an accurate count.
Connectors
20 pin ATX x 1
4 pin +12V x 1
4 pin Molex x 7
4 pin floppy x 2
SATA x 2
Thermal Probe x 1
Fan speed monitor x 1
Cooling power is taken care of with a single monster 140mm clear LED fan,
tinted slightly with color. The back of the power supply is little more than a
grille with a plug in it, so airflow should be excellent. There is a button on
the back that allows the user to switch between three modes of operation,
Auto, Silent, and Turbo. The temperature sensors in the power supply will
override these settings if it detects a significant rise. Each setting is
indicated by one of three LEDs right above the button…they are bright enough
to spot shining on the wall behind my computer, so I can easily tell what mode
it is running in. The last picture on the right shows the rear of the 220V
version; note the missing selection switch as well as the speed selection
button next to the power switch.
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The 350W model came with the optional Power
Factor Correction (PFC) system that will fine tune the output voltages to
ensure they are right where they’re supposed to be. The insides of each power
supply is nice to look at too…Super-Flower has used red PCBs in both models,
not unlike the ATI Radeon graphics cards.
The Nickel plating on these power supplies is their best and worst point…at a
slight bit of a distance, they look stunning. Start looking closer and you can
see little imperfections in the finish, and the blue 350W actually had two
different shades of blue on it, and you could tell which way it was lifted out
of the plating vat because the color had settled on that edge. This created an
uneven finish very similar to how a heavy coat of paint does – light in the
middle and heavy on the edge. In most cases, this won’t be as big a deal as
the top will not be visible. But, this would certainly be a deal-killer for an
acrylic case…even though I think these would look the best in that type of
case. The red 450W had the same mismatch, but the color was at least even on
each half. I made numerous attempts to catch this detail with my digital
camera, and it was by far the most difficult task of writing this review. The
image on the left illustrates the inequality in the finish, and although it is
hard to spot by looking right at the metal, if you look at the flash
reflection on the paper on the right side of the picture it is more apparent.
The image on the right, if examined closely around the edges, will show the
‘settling’ of the nickel coating.
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