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Product Application:

ATX Power Supply
Product Provided by: Antec

Available at:

Newegg

Estimated Online Price:

$299.95

Availability:

Now

Review by:

Joe

Edited by:

Paul

Review date:

August 26th, 2008
 

Antec has been very busy as of late, releasing several new cases and power supplies to the market in recent months.  The latest in the list is from Antec's new line of power supplies, the Signature Series.  The Signature Series now replaces the Quattro series as Antec's premium line.  The Quattro is a fairly well regarded unit, so it will be interesting to see how the Signature Series holds up.

Packaging:

For the longest time, graphics cards and motherboards were the kings of fancy packaging, but somewhere along the way, power supplies decided that they could use glitzy packaging as well.  Long gone are the days of the plain gray PSU in a brown box.

The top of the shoebox-style package easily slides off to reveal the power supply lying within. 

Specifications and Features:

PRODUCT FEATURES:

  • ATX12V v2.3

  • EPS12V v2.91

  • 80 PLUS® Bronze Certification

  • NVIDIA™ SLI™-ready certified

  • Universal Input

  • Active PFC

  • 5-year Warranty

DIRECT CABLING:

  • 24-pin (20+4) main connector

  • 4-Pin ATX 12V

  • 8-pin EPS 12V

  • SG-650: 1 x 8-pin (6+2) PCI-E

  • SG-850: 2 x 8-pin (6+2) PCI-E

  • 3 x Molex + 1 x Floppy

  • 3 x SATA

MODULAR CABLING:

  • 6x Molex Connectors

  • 6x Serial ATA Connectors

  • SG-650: 1x PCI-E / SG-850: 2x PCI-

SPECIFICATIONS:

  • Power Efficiency: 82% (typical) at full load 115Vac / 85% (typical) at

  • 50% load 115Vac / 82% (typical) at 20% load 115Vac

  • Active Power Factor Correction:

  • 99 at AC 110v 60Hz (typical) / 98 at AC 220v 50Hz (typical)

  • Input Voltage Range: 90Vac-264Vac

  • Normal Voltage Range: 100-240Vac

  • Input Frequency Range: 47 Hz to 63 Hz

  • Max. Input AC Current 13A Max. @ 100Vac, 6.5 A MAX. @ 230 Vac (850W)

  • Max. Input AC Current 10A Max. @ 115Vac, 5 A MAX. @ 230 Vac. (650W)

  • Under 250w fan speed shall not exceed 900 rpm (850W) / 800 rpm (650W)

  • Operating Temperature: 0C TO 50C.

  • Protections: Over Voltage Protection / Short Circuit Protection /

  • Over Current Protection

  • MTBF: 100K Hours Min At Max. Load 230Vac and 25°C Ambient Conditions.

  • Safety: UL/CUL, TUV, CE, CB, CCC, FCC Class B, C-Tick