350-450W Roundup: 11 Cheap PSUs
by Martin Kaffei on July 3, 2012 1:30 PM ESTFSP Raider 450W 80Plus Bronze
FSP sent a pre-production sample with the name "Raider", a new series for retail market. There's no package or delivery contents so we focus on the internal design and fan. All we know is that this PSU has 80Plus Bronze, a "SATA Array Cable Design" and a standard case with those unattractive ventilation holes at top. In addition FSP offers a 5 year warranty.
FSP uses a 120mm fan from Yate Loon with a sleeve bearing. The product number is D14SM-12 and it takes 0.30A. A FDB fan would be better but the price could be a problem and Protechnic is still a reason to buy the more expensive Aurum series. FSP differentiates between the two lines by modifications such as this, which helps them reach lower cost markets.
| Cables and Connectors | ||
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Connector type (length) |
Main | 1x 24-pin (50cm) fixed |
| ATX12V/EPS12V | 1x 4+4-pin (60cm) fixed | |
| PCIe |
1x 6/8-pin (50cm) fixed 1x 6/8-pin (50cm) fixed |
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| Peripheral | 4x SATA (ca. 55, 60, 65, 70cm) fixed | |
| 1x SATA, 3x HDD, 1x FDD (ca. 55, 70, 85, 100, 115cm) fixed | ||
The internal design looks like a cheaper version of the Aurum series. This time FSP used a Taiwanese manufacturer for all those caps inside. In addition the PCB material is different. However, this is still the active-clamp forward converter we already know, with all advantages and disadvantages given by the design. EMI filtering consists of three chokes, two X-caps and four Y-caps. Both heatsinks are very thin as the components won't heat up too much.
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Scootiep7 - Thursday, July 5, 2012 - link
What, no Cooler Master GX 450W Bronze? I CALL SHENANIGANS SIRS! A recount must be done.nubie - Friday, July 6, 2012 - link
I still love my PC Power and Cooling Silencer 470, from before they were bought up by (forget right now).Of course at over $100 it really needs to be worth it, but I have seen some on the 'Bay for $30 or so.
Too bad that PC Power didn't have a lower power supply in this test, I would have liked to see how they measure up.
betam4x - Saturday, July 7, 2012 - link
I would even go so far as to say 1 KW power supplies aren't needed for most configurations. Running a Core i7 2600k, 16 GB RAM, 6 Hard Drives/SSDs (2x2TB WD Blacks, 2x1TB WD blacks, 1x1 TB Seagate, and 1xSSD 256 GB Force GT) as well as a radeon 6970. under load i pull 400 watts from a 650 watt PS. A bit more than the review mentions, but most people would swear they need a 1 KW ps for this setup.veri745 - Monday, July 9, 2012 - link
I, for one, would really appreciate some more comparison charts with all of the PSU's stacked up against eachother. You don't need every data point but a summary of at least idle and load, like maybe 50W and 400W, or 20% and 100%, would be much appreciated.Something so I don't have to flip through 9 pages to compare ripple, efficiency, noise, and PFC
Pappnaas - Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - link
Again a review by Mr. Kaffei.And again you didn't give any information about the size of your reviewed psu's.
In my view you did not do your homework. You omitted basic facts by not listing the physical dimensions of your reviewed objects. Anandtech tries to keep up a nearly scientific approach to their other reviews.
Would you omit the measures if reviewing a computer case? A smartphone? A NAS-Box? A car? A TV?
I brought this point up in several comments, alas to no avail.
I think you're shooting yourself in the knee.
Switch to german:
Wenn grundlegende Dinge wie Maße fehlen, wie vertrauenswürdig ist das ganze Werk? Wissenschaftliche Arbeit fängt bei der Beschreibung der Testobjekte an.
Wenn also die Grundlagen wissenschaftlicher Methodik verletzt werden, dann stelle ich fest, dass Anandtech die sich selbst auferlegte "professionelle Arbeitsweise" nicht einhält. Sicher ist das ein wenig Haarspalterei, werden einige sagen. Meine Einstellung: Macht es richtig oder gar nicht. Sonst droht Euer Niveau auf das der PC-Welt zurück zu fallen.
Bambooz - Sunday, May 5, 2013 - link
Dein Niveau (wenn man das noch so nennen kann) ist wohl schon auf unter PC-Welt gerutscht. So richtung Computerbild..zoblace - Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - link
http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/psu_reports/THERM.......on that page they tested Thermaltake Smart 430 and it acheived 80+ Bronze eff. no problem....
after that could we trust online tests at all....