CeBIT 2008 Day 3 - PSUs and Cases
by Christoph Katzer on March 6, 2008 5:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Gigabyte
Gigabyte used a small corner of their booth to show their power supplies, including the 800W Odin that we already reviewed. The Odin series is currently Gigabyte's first and only PSU brand, which is now adding bigger brothers with 1000W and 1200W models. Another eye-catcher at the booth was the memory water-cooling - a little overkill for some people, but for those pushing to get every last drop of performance from their RAM it could prove useful.
HEC / Compucase
HEC / Compucase is a rather conservative known for their power supplies in the system builder field. The company has served that market for many years, and recently they decided to take a step into the retail market. We saw the first versions a few years back, which didn't look very good since they used on an older topology with passive PFC. The company is now introducing the Cougar series, available in black and in bronze (the latter of which actually looks light brown).
We had the chance to open up a sample and inspect the inside. The filtering stage is well designed, with more components than the average power supply. All the installed capacitors are made by Teapo. HEC claims an efficiency of up to 85%, which might actually be possible with this model. We will be testing some of these models soon and will provide additional information at that time.
Lian Li
Lian Li showed a large lineup of cases at their booth, all made of aluminum of course. Lian Li did just introduce a hybrid case not long ago that will actually have a steel body, however. The front will still be aluminum to keep with the company tradition. There are several other new cases coming out that we will be reviewing shortly. Lian Li also displayed a new case that users can use to provide an Xbox 360 with better cooling - and potentially better looking, depending on personal taste.
Lian Li focuses on medium and large towers, leaving the gaudy/exotic creations for other companies. The designs look very sleek and are similar to what we normally see from Lian Li. We also saw several power supplies from Lian Li, based on the same topology that Xigmatek and Hiper use - and we all know where they come from (CWT).
NesteQ
The company NesteQ is more known in the European regions even though it is a Taiwanese company. We were told that there are several US retailers with NesteQ products, something we will look into once we are back home. The reason we wanted to show their products is that they are famous for their semi-passive power supplies. These designs run most of the time without activating the fan. A fan is present, however, and it will start turning at higher loads and heat levels.
The company features several different models, with a new 700W model introduced at the show. This model has several advantages over the older versions, the primary one being that the housing is covered with small ventilation holes, similar to what we have seen with several Hiper models in previous roundups.
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sheh - Saturday, March 22, 2008 - link
According to reviews I read, it seems ~500W *input* is enough even for high-end systems with two graphic cards. Given this, buying those 1K PSUs is not only a waste of money during purchase, but also afterwards due to lower efficiency because of lower utilization.Like a previous commenter said, efficient and quiet PSUs would be far more interesting, but it looks like all the publicity goes to the KW models.
Maybe AnandTech should take a stance, not review PSUs that make no sense, and instead focus on efficient and quiet? If everyone follows, perhaps we'd get manufacturers to focus on useful products.
R3MF - Monday, March 10, 2008 - link
Silverstone need to have a real re-think on the Sugo 04, that rounded facia is awful.In fact the only thing I would change to the current model is the need for a stealth drive.
nubie - Friday, March 7, 2008 - link
Why no pics of the Zalman3D monitor? I wan't one, once you game 3d anything else is a step down.I want to know when they will make a serious effort to push this tech.
Snapcase - Friday, March 7, 2008 - link
http://www.anandtech.com/GalleryImage.aspx?id=1448">http://www.anandtech.com/GalleryImage.aspx?id=1448There's no caption or more information on this case, does anyone have any idea what it's called or know specifications?
It looks like a perfect lan party case...
themadmilkman - Saturday, March 8, 2008 - link
It's called the SG04. According to www.presence-pc.com/actualite/Silverstone-CeBIT-28201/ , it is simply the SG03 with a different case design.yehuda - Friday, March 7, 2008 - link
Last Computex, Silverstone was showcasing a USB-attached amplifier:http://news.softpedia.com/news/Silverstone-Shows-O...">http://news.softpedia.com/news/Silverst...SB-Power...
Any word on what's come out of it?
poohbear - Friday, March 7, 2008 - link
2000w psus? is that ridiculous or is that ridiculous? just curious does ANYONE here have a psu above 750wt? talk about overkill.7Enigma - Friday, March 7, 2008 - link
I'm thinking about getting one to put in my bedroom at night to keep it nice and toasty....But really, this is up there in the stupid cuz' we can category. As mentioned in the article the only place this PSU would be practical is in exactly the area where redundency is paramount (cluster/server).
I'm sure its great to say we did it, but its just wasteful. Now I'd love to see a list of people who will be showing up at lan parties with one of these in their system....I'm sure they will get razz'd pretty badly.