Case and Cooling Spring 2004: Upcoming Products
by Kristopher Kubicki on April 3, 2004 10:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
TTGI Power Supplies
It isn't too often we label a power supply as "sexy", but in the instance of the newest TTGI/SuperFlower power supplies, we can make an exception. Several months ago, in our recent power supply roundup we took a look at a few power supplies from TTGI/SuperFlower, and they all performed reasonably well. A few weeks ago, we caught a glimpse of some of TTGI's newest creations, aluminum PSU enclosures with 140mm fans!
We have seen 120mm fan cooled PSUs in the past, and they operate reasonably well, operating on the principle that at lower RPMs the fans can move the same amount of air as 80mm fans on high RPMs.
Wattages
|
|
3.3V |
5V |
12V |
-12 |
-5 |
+5vsb |
combined theoretical |
actual combined |
advertised total |
|
TTGI 14CM-TT-450TS |
105.60 |
210.00 |
324.00 |
9.60 |
2.50 |
12.50 |
315.60 |
223.00 |
450.00 |
We were a bit wary of the specifications of the 14CM-TT-450TS at first; the 5V and 3.3V rails seems particularly high. However, the most important 12V rail seems very much in line with what we expected.
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One small feature the newer TTGI power supplies incorporate are electrical switching fan controls. We criticized many power supplies in the past for the poor interference we received when we physically switched the fan speeds. It looks like TTGI/SuperFlower is on the track to successfully solving this dilemma.
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Look forward to seeing some of the TTGI power supplies in upcoming roundups!
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Zepper - Tuesday, April 6, 2004 - link
It would be nice if you scouted out who actually makes some of these PSUs. Just like Antec cases, lots of these PSUs are OEMed, e.g. the Zalman are actually made by Fortron... You can find out by looking up the UL file number (Exxxxxx)found under the RU symbol on the label, at ul.com . Always nice to be able to cut one more mouth out of the money trough..bh.
KristopherKubicki - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
Oh wait, Antec doesnt make cases....:)
Kristopher
Icewind - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
I wish Antec would get their asses in gear and make some aluminum cases....mkruer - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
I want to see a review on just passive cooling Heatsinks, no water, phase change, or fan.tfranzese - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
An even more minor typo:"We have always relied on Enermax for ARE high performance, well manufactured (and usually expensive) power supplies."
think that should be OUR ;)
mcveigh - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
[q]Wow that is one big case[/q]YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN!
amdfanboy - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
Wow that is one big caseLocutus4657 - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
All I have to say is wow! That SuperFlow PS is just cool! It'd may never find a home in any computer I build (specs are much more important than looks for me whe it comes to power supplies), but that is just danged cool.KristopherKubicki - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
hehe yeah its joules - misprint on Zalman's site.Kristopher
rsa4046 - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
Sorry -- didn't see Chuckles' post ...