External Impressions and Cable Configuration

The power supply case is matte black and its depth is 160 mm. The ventilation holes an eye catcher, since they use no classic fan grill. The ventilation holes near the large power switch are honeycombed, as usual. Moreover the modular connectors don't protrude which is nice to see.

Cables and Connectors

Connector type (length)

Main 1x 24-pin (50cm) fixed
ATX12V/EPS12V 1x 4+4-pin (55cm) fixed
PCIe 1x 6/8-pin (45cm) modular
1x 6/8-pin (45cm) modular
Peripheral 4x SATA (ca. 45, 60, 75, 90cm) modular
4x SATA (ca. 45, 60, 75, 90cm) modular
3x Molex, 1x FDD (ca. 45, 60, 75, 90cm) modular
3x Molex, 1x FDD (ca. 45, 60, 75, 90cm) modular

Both the 24-pin and the 4+4-pin connector are fixed--a common solution. All peripheral cables are quite long while each of the two PCIe cables reach 45cm. Eight SATA connectors are not bad for a 550W power rating. In addition two FDD plugs can be found at the end of those Molex cable harnesses. With six molex connectors the  power supply is exceptionally well equipped.

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  • DarkMatter93 - Saturday, March 17, 2012 - link

    There's a typo on the measurements page, last paragraph, first line.
    "while the weaker ouputs start to* high" -> too*
  • Martin Kaffei - Saturday, March 17, 2012 - link

    Thanks a lot!
  • Blibbax - Sunday, March 18, 2012 - link

    Also, last paragraph:

    "...an remarkable case design."
  • The Ugly Truth - Saturday, March 17, 2012 - link

    http://www.change.org/petitions/anandtech-forum-en...

    Freedom of expression and freedom to have an online life outside of AT forums reach is all we ask.
  • Iketh - Saturday, March 17, 2012 - link

    lol that's funny...

    I visited AT forums several years ago and had a horrible experience. I never returned. That's all you have to do. Why would you care enough to create a petition? In the long run, you're actually doing them a favor.

    I visit forums such as overclock.net and xtremesystems.org instead, and I contribute to xtremesystems DC teams.
  • JSt0rm01 - Saturday, March 17, 2012 - link

    being banned for mentioning another website rubs people the wrong way. We only ask to be respected as readers of this website. Not to be pushed around to make a couple of moderators feel good about themselves. The limits imposed by the current moderation are not in place to help anandtech or its forums. The limits are imposed to help them secure the power they are looking for.

    When they decide to ban a website from being written to the forums because at that place are people who are critical not of anandtech but of the current moderation that is in charge of anandtech's forums then there is a problem and an abuse of power that Anand himself is probably unaware of.
  • magnetar - Sunday, March 18, 2012 - link

    Regrettably, your petition does not contain enough information to make your case or explain your issues whatsoever. Frankly, it is pure innuendo, and provides nothing that would allow me to come to a conclusion about it's merits.

    In my experience reading this web site's forums, they certainly have not censored criticism of the reviewers, or any writers that I am aware of. While that does not seem to be the basis for your petition, that is the only example of editorial bias/non-bias I can think of. Please use the petition to make your case, and not the forum.
  • Kristian Vättö - Sunday, March 18, 2012 - link

    Can you (or anyone, the word is free) email me at kristian[AT]anandtech[DOT]com with examples of unfair moderation? I'm not in charge of the forums by any means but I'm a moderator on another forum (MacRumors) so I would be very interested in seeing what's wrong. I can then discuss with Anand and the team about this and hopefully we'll be able to do something.

    And no, I'm not kidding you. If someone emails me, I promise that the word will be passed to Anand. I can't promise that any actions will be taken but I agree that the forums are not as good as they could be, and that's why I've mostly avoided them. I'll do everything I can to make the place better :-)
  • bathotropic - Saturday, March 17, 2012 - link

    proteced is what exactly? I guess low quality articles get low quality reviews.
  • AnnonymousCoward - Sunday, March 18, 2012 - link

    Your first sentence isn't a proper sentence!! What exactly are you trying to say???

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