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Today I get to check out another pre-mod power
supply from Logisys Computer. Although we’ve seen power supplies chromed,
painted, and clear, we’ve never seen one that was meshed! With 500 watts of
juice and a low price tag, is this a good contender for your system? Let’s
check it out and see!
Packaging
and Contents
My
review box arrived looking a little beat up…all was well with the power
supply inside though, so it passed the test!
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Although the black mesh look of this unit is limited to the bottom (if it were
mounted), it is rather striking. The box only contained the power cord and the
unit itself.
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One
of the first things that I usually look at is the connectors. With this unit,
the cables are rather short on both length and connectors. There are only four
Molex connectors, and the main ATX power connector is one of the shortest I’ve
seen. It does have a removable set of four pins, to ensure compatibility with
the next generation of motherboards. The unit oddly has a six pin auxiliary
connector instead of the newer PCI Express 6 pin. There is only one mini Molex
connector, which may be a headache as well if you have a video card that
requires one and a floppy.
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I plugged in a jumper and the unit fired up immediately. The Mesh Power Supply
features an extra plug on the back, but does not have an on/off switch. The
plug is handy to have, but I’m not sure that I’d trade it for the switch.
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