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This patented full modular design minimizes voltage drop and impedance, maximizes efficiency and enhances the overall performance for cooling and reliability. *Patent Pending: US, CN, JP, TW & DE
The 80 PLUS Gold certified power supply provides high power efficiency of at least 87% at any load between 20% and 100%, saving you money on your electrical bill, reducing heat in your computer's system, and prolonging its life.
The Sanyo Denki San Ace PWM Silent Fan plus Hexflo honey comb cutouts increase overall airflow in the power supply enclosure and help remove heat from the chassis simultaneously.
The Sea Sonic X650 power supply provides a maximum power of 650W to deliver safe, reliable output for high-end computer systems. A strong +12V single rail ensures the maximum provision of 12V power to energy-hungry components such as CPU and VGA card, minimizing the likelihood of overload shut down.
Pros: >super quiet, even under load >flat, black cables >80+ Gold Cert >Full modular >extremely well packed, save for a lack of cellophane.
Cons: >Cables are a little short >It really is meant to be installed fan-up
Overall Review: I have only heard the fan spin up once actually, and this bad boy is powering a GTX 760, 4 sticks of DDR3, 5 HDDs, 1 optical, and a 3770K OCed to 4Ghz. It takes BF3 set to Ultra across the board and a series of busy scenes to get the active cooling to engage. Now, I admit, I do not know exactly *how* this unit engages it's active cooling. I do not know if it is looking at the load that is under, or if it approaches/surpasses a certain temperature. I have a HAF X, under Posi-pressure, so I am inclined to say that it is the unit temp that engages the fan. As for the cables, I do have this in a HAF X, so that certainly doesn't help. But cases have only just been getting bigger. The HDD cable I wanted/had to use was just barely long enough, same for the SATA cable I ran to optical drive. The PCIe cable was also just barely long enough (it doesn't look very neat). But all of these cables would have been too short if I had installed the unit fan-down (as I initially tried to do). The HAF X has a vent for PSU fans that I like to take advantage of; give it a dedicated cold-air supply. But this simply wasn't going to work. I could buy extensions - and already use them for the 24pin and 8pin CPU - but for the expense in that, I would rather just make a set of sleeved cables for my case. The unit was very well packed. Velvet bag, inside of closed-cell foam box, cables bagged in a reusable bag, etc. The only gripe I can offer is that the external packaging came without any kind of seal on it; cellophane or tape. You could just pop the box right open after taking it out of the Newegg shipping package. There was no sign of any sealing tape/sticker ever being on the box, so I'm guessing it's normally shrink-wrapped. This seems like it is becoming a more common occurrence with Newegg; opening a product for one reason or another. First package I've received where this had happened, but it is being mentioned more often on various forums. Luckily, everything was there and in "new" condition. I did not feel the need to contact them about it, but I do hope they read this. If they want to open something off their shelves, that is their choice. Just don't turn around and sell it as "new". All in all, nothing worth knocking an egg off for. It's a solid PSU, and I have no doubt that it will make it to the end of it's hefty warranty, and then some.