Hey guys,
I got this powersupply yesterday, and the only short thing I can say about this is "Wow!" There are a lack of reviews for this power supply in the Internet. Ofcourse I got no automatic power tester (or anything even close to that) but I will try my best. Read on.
First of all :
(just showing off my XFi there
)
First impression :
Dude, someone must have stuck some rocks in that smart looking box labelled "Epsilon" reminding of the scientific mantras that rule our lives in very intriguing ways.
I thought the PSU must be something like 20cm long, however, it turned out to be very standard sized. But weighed in at a hefty 3.5KG. Compared to my old PSU (Coolermaster 450W Realpower) this felt like a Sumo wrestler. Literally
The cables were all very nicely Sleeved (yes each single one of them.) The quality of sleeving was very good as it didnt make the wires very stiff as what happens when the sleeving is too tight or the material is too tough.
I proceeded to install the PSU in my system (sorry no pics, I didnt have a camera then). And was first greeted by a NO BOOT. I was flaberghasted. First thing that passed my mind was a LONG AND PAINFUL RMA. However, I quickly regained hold of myself, and peered hard and fast into the cabinet (yups, I had so much faith that I didnt do a out-of-the-box testing.) Thankfully, the ATX connector had come loose and thus the PSU was not getting the required "Power Good" signal which it requires to fire up.
Well, thank god for human errors.....
Now I proceeded to fire up the system and it booted up but only after it had tripped the circuit breaker of the house. It was like it was signaling to the power circuit that a monster had arrived.
T+12 hrs :
Now I have the camera with me and its time to do some load testing.
First of all the PSU label:
A little bit of research told me that the FSP was actually rated and certified for 18A on each rail (thats the MAX, not sustained for all four rails.) with a OCP (Over Current Protection) of 20A. So basically, you could draw upto 20A on the indivisual rails without tripping the power supply. Neat
So dont be mislead by the 15A ratings.
Also notable is the SMART way of power distribution employed in the FX700-GLN.
DMM Readings In Idle State :
My trusty old DMM told me the following readings in idle state
12V1idle:
how i measured 12V1:
12V3idle:
12V4idle:
To summarize :
DMM Readings In Load State :
To fully load the powersupply, I run dual instances of CPUBurn at high priority as well as running RTHDRIBL in the foregroud. This ensures that maximum load is being put from the CPU as well as the GFX card at the same time to together put a sizeable load on the PSU.
The results :
12V1load:
12V3load:
12V4load:
3.3Vload (doesnt change at all):
5.5Vload (doesnt budge even 0.01V from idle conditions):
To summarize :
-----------Idle Load Droop
--- 12V1: 12.18V 12.08V 0.1V
--- 12V3: 12.18V 12.13V 0.05V
--- 12V4: 12.19V 12.12V 0.06V
---- 3.3V: 3.31V 3.31V 0.0V
------ 5V: 4.98V 4.98V 0.0V
The above says it enough. The Power Supply is totally kick ass and if I could give it the TE seal of approval, I would. On looks it gets a 8/10 simply because its simplicity is attractive. The finish is not as prone to finger prints as some of the OCZ power supplies (namely the Powerstreams.) The nicely sleeved cables is a BIG +point also.
For performance, I will give it a 9.5/10 simply because the droops notices are so tight, that they will actually aid the overclocker get stable at higher clocks. The 0.5 is cut because I have not streesed the powersupply to even half its potential. Throw even double the load at it and it will shine. In the VFM deparement, it gets a 8/10 because its relatively expensive (at 200SGD or 5.7k INR) But you definitely get what you pay for :hap2:
The good :
Some more pics to ogle at :
700W powa:
Night life:
Lots of USB devices are connected to the system:
Voltage when the HDDs are loaded to the hilt:
Hope you guys liked the review Mewantygreenbars
Regards,
Karan Misra
A proud TE and tM.G member
I got this powersupply yesterday, and the only short thing I can say about this is "Wow!" There are a lack of reviews for this power supply in the Internet. Ofcourse I got no automatic power tester (or anything even close to that) but I will try my best. Read on.
First of all :
(just showing off my XFi there
)First impression :
Dude, someone must have stuck some rocks in that smart looking box labelled "Epsilon" reminding of the scientific mantras that rule our lives in very intriguing ways.
I thought the PSU must be something like 20cm long, however, it turned out to be very standard sized. But weighed in at a hefty 3.5KG. Compared to my old PSU (Coolermaster 450W Realpower) this felt like a Sumo wrestler. Literally
The cables were all very nicely Sleeved (yes each single one of them.) The quality of sleeving was very good as it didnt make the wires very stiff as what happens when the sleeving is too tight or the material is too tough.
I proceeded to install the PSU in my system (sorry no pics, I didnt have a camera then). And was first greeted by a NO BOOT. I was flaberghasted. First thing that passed my mind was a LONG AND PAINFUL RMA. However, I quickly regained hold of myself, and peered hard and fast into the cabinet (yups, I had so much faith that I didnt do a out-of-the-box testing.) Thankfully, the ATX connector had come loose and thus the PSU was not getting the required "Power Good" signal which it requires to fire up.
Well, thank god for human errors.....
Now I proceeded to fire up the system and it booted up but only after it had tripped the circuit breaker of the house. It was like it was signaling to the power circuit that a monster had arrived.
T+12 hrs :
Now I have the camera with me and its time to do some load testing.
First of all the PSU label:
A little bit of research told me that the FSP was actually rated and certified for 18A on each rail (thats the MAX, not sustained for all four rails.) with a OCP (Over Current Protection) of 20A. So basically, you could draw upto 20A on the indivisual rails without tripping the power supply. Neat
So dont be mislead by the 15A ratings.Also notable is the SMART way of power distribution employed in the FX700-GLN.
- 12V1 supplies the CPU alone (via the 12V4 connetor.)
- 12V2 supplies to the second CPU (via the EPS12V connector) and/or the second graphincs card (via PCI-E2.)
- 12V3 supplies voltage to the motherboard (via ATX connector) and to various other accesories (like SATA drivers, molex connectors, et al.)\
- 12V4 is totally reserved for the first graphics card (via PCI-E1.)
DMM Readings In Idle State :
My trusty old DMM told me the following readings in idle state
12V1idle:
how i measured 12V1:
12V3idle:
12V4idle:
To summarize :
- 12V1idle: 12.18V
- 12V3idle: 12.18V
- 12V4idle: 12.19V
DMM Readings In Load State :
To fully load the powersupply, I run dual instances of CPUBurn at high priority as well as running RTHDRIBL in the foregroud. This ensures that maximum load is being put from the CPU as well as the GFX card at the same time to together put a sizeable load on the PSU.
The results :
12V1load:
12V3load:
12V4load:
3.3Vload (doesnt change at all):
5.5Vload (doesnt budge even 0.01V from idle conditions):
To summarize :
-----------Idle Load Droop
--- 12V1: 12.18V 12.08V 0.1V
--- 12V3: 12.18V 12.13V 0.05V
--- 12V4: 12.19V 12.12V 0.06V
---- 3.3V: 3.31V 3.31V 0.0V
------ 5V: 4.98V 4.98V 0.0V
The above says it enough. The Power Supply is totally kick ass and if I could give it the TE seal of approval, I would. On looks it gets a 8/10 simply because its simplicity is attractive. The finish is not as prone to finger prints as some of the OCZ power supplies (namely the Powerstreams.) The nicely sleeved cables is a BIG +point also.
For performance, I will give it a 9.5/10 simply because the droops notices are so tight, that they will actually aid the overclocker get stable at higher clocks. The 0.5 is cut because I have not streesed the powersupply to even half its potential. Throw even double the load at it and it will shine. In the VFM deparement, it gets a 8/10 because its relatively expensive (at 200SGD or 5.7k INR) But you definitely get what you pay for :hap2:
The good :
- Extremely stable rails.
- Can draw upto 18A (certified and tested by FSP itself) on each rail.
- No skimping on the 5A rail as in case of NeoHE.
- Active PFC.
- Efficiency > 85% (as stated on their manual.)
- Sleeved and long cables.
- Tons of connectors including 6 SATA ones (a first in PSUs.)
- None :hap2:
- Wish it were modular
Some more pics to ogle at :
700W powa:
Night life:
Lots of USB devices are connected to the system:
Voltage when the HDDs are loaded to the hilt:
Hope you guys liked the review
Mewantygreenbars Regards,
Karan Misra
A proud TE and tM.G member
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