Rosewill Fortress Platinum 450W
by Martin Kaffei on September 14, 2012 12:00 PM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
- PSUs
- Rosewill
- 80Plus Platinum
- ATNG
- Fortress
- 450W
External Impressions and Cables
The appearance has not changed much from Rosewill's 80 Plus Gold Capstone series; the Fortress comes with a rough sandblasted texture that reminds us of some Enermax PSUs. The angular fan grille is black and the silk-screened Fortress logo can be found on both sides. As usual, the entire back is perforated to provide maximum airflow. A power switch can be found directly below the power input. The unit is quite long for a 450W model at 163mm, so it is probably not the perfect solution for HTPCs.
| Cables and Connectors | ||
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Connector type (length) |
Main | 1x 24-pin (55cm) fixed |
| ATX12V/EPS12V | 1x 4+4-pin (65cm) fixed | |
| PCIe | 2x 6/8-pin (50, 65cm) fixed | |
| Peripheral |
3x SATA (ca. 50, 65, 80 cm) fixed 3x SATA (ca. 50, 65, 80 cm) fixed |
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3x Molex (ca. 50, 65, 80cm) fixed 2x Molex, 1x FDD (ca. 50, 65, 80cm) fixed |
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There are five Molex and six SATA connectors attached—quite a lot for the power rating. Moreover there is a very long 4/8-pin cable for the motherboard and two plugs for a graphics card; the long ATX12V/EPS12V cable is particularly important for cases with bottom-mounted PSUs. You won't be able to run an SLI or CrossFire setup with the highest performance GPUs, but two 8-pin PEG connectors are exactly what we would expect from a 450W power supply. In addition all peripheral cables are long which is helpful when using a Full Tower, and all the cables have the same black cable sleeving. If you're planning on building a smaller mATX system, the fixed cables and their lengths might be too much, but for ATX cases that shouldn't be a problem.
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Jerman - Saturday, September 15, 2012 - link
Minor gramattical error on the final page:but the Rosewill Fortress 450W is currently one the most advanced consumer power supply available.
Forgot an "of" after one... Thanks for the great article though!
jigglywiggly - Monday, September 17, 2012 - link
you guys are such fagetsi read this just fine
if you get pissed off over gramatical errors on the internet
you're going to have a bad time
pattycake0147 - Monday, September 17, 2012 - link
That's because you're reading it after the editing. I'm reading it again now, and I agree that it does read fine now. Thanks for the improvements AT.KenRico - Monday, September 17, 2012 - link
Was challenged to find a good PS under $100 and shopped for single 12v rail unit.More challenging than I anticipated, but much easier to wade through than the benenfits of bronze vs platinum vs gold ect. Customer loves Seasonic and usually buys their Platinum 850W .
Ended up with another Seasonic : SeaSonic M12II 650 SS-650AM 650W BRONZE Semi-modular . Good quaility and happy client.
Got lucky was on sale, and dropped pretty close to disty price without a min or freight .
In my tired Core i5 750 running a Rosewill 600W $40 special - with no big video to drive and no other PS below $70 really standing out has been a budget driven decision that has held up.
Kenny
hasseb64 - Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - link
"In short, Bronze gets you 95% of the efficiency of Gold for about 2/3 the cost, and 92% of the efficiency of Platinum for about half the price. A typical system that draws around 75W at idle would save 8W going from Bronze to Platinum. At that rate and paying $0.10 per kWh, you save $7 per year when running the PC 24/7. For servers and other PCs that are on 24/7 already and consume a lot more power, efficiency can make a lot of sense (e.g. power savings of around $40 per year for a 500W server using the same $0.10 per kWh), but for home users there needs to be something more than just pure efficiency to make the increased cost worthwhile"Why ON earth must a PSU treated from a economical viewpoint? Just because there is a saving dosent mean that that have to be compared to the investment? Are PRIVATEs now all bound to corporate investment rules? A PSU is one of few products you can buy were it is possible to save energy / money, still it is a PRODUCT and should be treated as a iPHONE or a any other product. Do you private buyer have any other source were you can do savings/investments at a higher rate / lower risk than a PSU? Therefor leave all discussions of pure savings OUT of the reviews of PSUs.