PC Peripherals Zebronics' New "Pro Series" Products

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Zebronics is launching a New range of products like high end PSU(ranging from 350watts to 850watts) , cabinets and a keyboard.

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Here is a pdf of their new products Pro Series

The Specs of the PSUs seems to be promising, and i have heard that the oem of these PSUs is a good company. Will update this thread with the price once i get them. Their New Website will up in few days.
 
hey when will smps and cabinet will release i am getting nice cabinet and some psu 600 watt

i read it has tripe 12 v at 16 a for 600 watt pro serials

but cool master has dual 12 v rail at 18 a (600 watt)
 
A good start.

But lots of little niggles.

The B2 has no air intake for the front-mounted supply. The bottom is close to the floor and the way CM and all similar cases provide for air intake is by providing an intake grid below the supply, on the floor of the case. In this cabinet the user has to drill holes if he has a bottom-mounted fan on his supply (and all their own supplies do, some only have the bottom fan!).

The 3.5" drive cage can take 4 devices, of which only one is tool-less in the picture. If you have more drives, you're basically hosed unless there's hardware provided for the others - the rest of the drives have to be secured with bolts like any other case. On the good side, looks like the drives will stay cool with space between them and an intake right in front.

I don't know if it's the camera, but all the cases look very ugly with a terrible finish. Higher resolution shots or a live demo will tell how ugly or pretty they really are. As usual the company logo is the most garish element on the products - no sense of aesthetics or design.

Specifications are misleading. Cases are made with SECC steel, but the marketing lingo claims "Special heat absorbing and radiating material". There's nothing special about SECC. It's standard material to build cases with, and unless you're comparing it to biscuit tins which are used to make el-cheapo cases, one needn't flaunt it or try to cover it up in marketing speak.

The dual-chamber Cube case is really interesting, though. I'm not hot on the front of the case, it will need stickers to cover the fugly logos - again no sense of aesthetics. The inside looks good, may be able to execute a reasonably silent system with lots of fan control or well-planned ducting and airflow.

Lastly, the 'Hornet' and the 'Black Jack' Look like they'll have some issues with long graphic cards, as the ATX mounting holes are right up against the drive cage. The GTX as well as the upcoming 3870x2 are physically longer then the width of an ATX board, and they need an inch or so clear behind the board. Not sure they'll fit - or they may fit really tight with no room to spare. It doesn't help the pictures are so low resolution - zooming in destroys any chance of being able to tell if this is correct or wrong.

The keyboard and supplies look interesting. It will be interesting to see if Zebronics can get over their terrible reputation with power supplies with this series. There are many ways to get a high-output supply, and the units are not certified as far as I can see. UL, ATX 2.2 and/or 80Plus would add a lot of credibility to the power ratings, as most units in that power range do offer international certifications of some kind or the other. Users can choose what ratings mean more to them and make decisions accordingly. However at first blush the specs look quite beefy at the top end of the power range, and even the humble little 350 looks like a decent starter supply. It's all down to who actually manufactured the supply and how many, if any, shortcuts they took to achieve the high power outputs.

Good start by these guys hopefully they'll put a little more thought into their next wave of products, and hire a good design team to fix up their logos and general design.
 
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Sangram, Thing is Zebronics does not make these products themselves. They source these from China and the South-East Asia and re-package and re-brand them here. So some of their products are quite good while others are not. For example the Diamond series 640W PSU was a re-branded Skyhawk and quite decent while the low end PSUs were generic cheap ones.
 
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Ah.

I know somebody who did that myself (he's opted out of the business now). AFAIK the design and spec was done in collaboration - so for two weeks he would plant himself in China, approve the spec, design and price, and after a month or two his consignment would be here. And like you said, some of the material was good, others were 'made to a price', if you know what I mean.

If indeed they are only remarking products, there's not much value of the brand, say what? Then it's just trading, and caveat emptor... Why put a name and marketing money behind it? China and SE Asia are also the hubs of Palm, Apple and Intel, among others. I guess it's down to the business vision and aesthetic senses of the proprietors/management, and hopefully it'll improve with time. We do need a world-class sourcing outfit in the country, even though the manufacturing may not be here.

We're pretty far OT though, so just to bring back some perspective - if you're creating a new brand (I assume the 'Pro' branding is just that), you got to watch out for the small things. Devil is in the details. Though it's difficult to get everything right first shot, it's a good attempt by Zebronics and hopefully they will improve the range in time, and get some of that rub off on their lower range of products.
 
The B2 is the exact same cabinet that VIP was selling a couple of months ago, I have one which i've used to keep my old a7n8x dlx and athlonxp in. once again vip and zebby seem to be using the same oem.
 
ncie find dude :) loved black jack cabby 2 much think of buyin it but dunno frm wer :ashamed: :S
 
cube is very interesting concept. first time I've seen a dual layered computer case. toobad it looks crappy. hopefully they'll get inspired by NZXt Rouge next time :P
 
B2... exactly what kenpachi said... One of my friend has the same cabby from VIP, but his didn't come with front ports.

Overall it all looks like a good start, but I have to agree with Sangram about aesthetics and finishing part. Right now I would give Zabby's a benefit of doubt and blame it on bad photoshoot. But then again, my personal experience with that VIP cabby was a mixed bag. I haven't seen much of it's internal build, but the exterior was decent enough.
 
I went today to spencer plaza to check out the "pro" series....

Blame all the bad looks on poor photography... those models on display are shiny and glossy finish... black jack was good looking... I loved Hornet and black jack...

If u feel the absence of a clear side panel in Hornet is a minus, the guy there said the reseller can replace it with a clear side panel from blackjack (at a small price ofcourse or free (depends on ur rapport wit him) )....

As everyone says... its a good start... but certainly not a jaw dropping show...

The black jack and hornet's interiors are typically copied from Giga byte 3d aurora 570 (which i happen to own btw)

Gigabyte's build quality can never be matched...

the material is jus 0.8 mm thick in ZEB cabbies and not to mention feels solid, but certainly not. gotta say its got a good paint job though...

Cube is a gr8 concept... but its catchin up in India jus now... Lian-li and Apevia offer gr8 cube cases... but they aint in India...

The overall build quality of the new ZEB cabbies can be rated as a 6.5/10...
may be an extra point for their effort to understand what the real "pro" market needs....

Coming onto the power supplies...
The M700/M800 were not on display but the E750/E850 was... they both seem like a good build with good quality components (translate to 7/10 marks)

M700/M800 is the real deal.... I spoke to Mr.Doshi who's one of my clients, He said the M700 was done from coolermaster's real power series...
The OEM is from seasonic which they purchased from China (though not the same brand)...

An OEM provider in china who gets the OEM from Seasonic and brands them, again rebranded to ZEB is the real Power M series....

We know Seasonics are of profound quality but we can expect a considerably good performance from these units... again i have to say its 6.5/10...

A word on the keyboard... quite frankly its not their line of business and they should never even try to go there... while logitech spends $1 billion on R&D each year... I'm sure you can understand which would be better...

The real tech enthusiasts in chennai would like to check it out... especially the Table full of Cooler Master products ... Really cool looking cabbies especially the COSMOS 1010 (its GIGANTIC to the power GIGANTIC, get me? :hap2: )

One product which I liked was the 9200 Glacier from coolermaster at a price of around 2.8K bucks... its a great liquid cooling block for the 8800GTs and GTXs...

Overall, the latest effort from ZEB is a good one and hope they continue this approach towards the enthusiast Indian market... with a lil more effort on quality and at these prices, Zebronics can reach every household in India right from the Average computer-illiterate consumer to High Know-it-all Tech Junkie....

Congrats for a great effort!
 
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Well first of all coolermasters are not seasonic. They are either AcBel or Seventeam or Enhance. I'm not sure what the zebronics rep was smoking. All will be solved if he can just post the UL no on the PSU. That should be enough to say what the OEM is.
 
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nonetheless that was a good first post by bharat and yes its quite refreshing to see that zebronics is atleast trying to reach to the pro market.
 
I think I read read somewhere that the Cooler Master Real Power M series are made of Seasonic OEMs...

What's a UL number? and how to get that on a power supply?

If u tell me, since i wud go there 2mrw to check it out and find it if possible and post it here....

(I manage a small tattoo parlor in Spencer whenever i dont have college which belongs to my friend)
 
no the PSU aren't seasonic OEM, am sure about that. Will get these PSU in hand soon, will check and let you guyz know which one it is.

About their new cabinet, its way better that their old cabinets.

and @ bharatwaja, the event is over today btw, all packed up and being transported to their warehouse ;)
 
its better for ppl (like me) hu dont wanna invest in cabbies more but want decent cabbies & not outrageously priced ANTEC products :@ :S
 
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