PC Peripherals 80+ Platinum power supplies

[Gannu]

I think I did not see a thread on TE regarding this and stumbled upon an 80+ Pt PSU in one of the Jonny Guru reviews for a chassis today.

The 80+ Pt supplies boast efficiencies of 90%, 92%, 89% during 20%, 50%, 100% loads respectively (PF rated at 0.95 at 50% loads) for the 115V redundant models and 90%, 94%, 91% efficiencies for the 230V non-redundant models (used for datacenters primarily).

As of today, it seems like there are fewer power supplies (25 nos. TBP) that are 80+ Pt rated as per Ecos Plug Load Solutions.

Seasonic has already showcased a couple of models during the last CeBIT - SS-860XP and SS-1000XP. Launch due this summer.

Review of one such unit (albeit lesser known) from Jonny Guru courtesy Wolf - http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=221

 

[OverlorD]

Let the Platinum power supplies be. When are we getting X-560?

 

[Gannu]

The Seasonic rep did not respond for that query? Will ping him over email then.

 

[OverlorD]

Well no, I had heard a pair of tentative dates and we are already 2-3 weeks past both of them. Please see what can be done.

On topic: The SuperFlower Platinum unit is what the Kingwin Lazer Platinum 550W PSU is based on, the sad thing is getting one is a headache by itself. :S

 

[pratikb]

but the pt power supply will cost much higher than say silver cert.

if you calculate power cost,

cost vs benefit wont be much.

 

[Gannu]

^It might make a lot of sense for folks who own large datacenters which consume considerable chunk of power. Although a home user might hardly benefit from the difference, for a datacenter that runs 24x7, it might make some difference, say in a year's time?

True that the ROI is slow.