[Pc_Support] Tom's Hardware on 19 Power Supplies ... consider Seasonic S12 series?

[Homer Whittaker]

I understand   that  from a pure engineering point of view the various 
testing tables are essential.   Having said that I truly believe that 
the overall results found by the various Leap and other Lug memberships 
are much more  valuable and to the point.

For instance I have two ps that have been with me for years and years, 
never seem to give me any glitches or problems in any way.
1.  EnerMax Whisper putting out 431 watts, running 24x7
2.  EnerMax Model EG 475P-VE running 24x7

Both boxes are loaded with various and sundry hardware things, and the 
large output of the two ps's let's them run  cool, cool, cool.
Homer Whittaker


Bryan J. Smith wrote:

>Tom's Hardware has completed a 6 week test of 19 power supply units
>(PSUs):  
>  http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/200507111/index.html  
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>The candidates were priced from $95 for a 300W Fortron to $500 for the
>Monster PC Power & Cooling 850W SSI:  
>  http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/200507111/stresstest-06.html#prices_and_general_overview_of_tested_products  
>
>In the end, the 300W Fortron took quiet honors while the 600W Seasonic
>S12 took price/power honors.
>
>The Seasonic S12 is an interesting design with a 120mm outtake fan
>mounted on the inside, no fan on the outside -- reducing audio noise
>while still moving a lot of air.  A nice design overall.  Especially
>considering the S12 series is ATX2.0 with dual +12V rails, 6-pin (2x3)
>SSI WS (aka PCIe) connectors, and 8-pin (2x4) SSI Server connectors on
>all models 430+W.  NewEgg carries versions of 330W, 380W, 430W, 500W and
>600W for $59 - $159:  
>  http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=GO&Range=1&bop=and&description=seasonic+S12  
>
>You might find a better deal on Froogle with another reseller though.
>from $36.50 - 185.99:  
>  http://froogle.google.com/froogle?scoring=p&q=Seasonic+S12  
>
>In the new MicroATX cases I've been recommending, the full size ATX of a
>little over 120mm depth should just barely fit with a standard DVD drive
>(but not a removable drive bay like I have).  The 120mm fan would be
>just above the slots and pull air directly off of the slots, which would
>be a nice bonus (in addition to the 120mm over the CPU on the case
>itself).
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