Antec TruePower 2.0 480w

balilu

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Just received it and installed it.

Packaging:

The package came looking good and the PSU was enclosed in a bag and there was a Power Cord, Instruction Book and also 4xScrews included in the box.



The PSU:

The PSU came with the ATX Wire Sleeved in black and the cover is the old stylish grey color. All connectors aren't the usual white ones but they are black ones and look great. The back of the PSU includes a 110v/240v switch, an on/off switch and where you connect the power cord. It also has a 120mm fan (no LEDs) thermally controlled and very quite covered with a Gold Coloured fan grill.



The Inside:

When you open up the psu you see that the heatsinks that are solid installed and also that most of the things are solid and arent flimsy like the ones on my old PSU.



Specification:

This PSU has Dual 12v Rail and has these connectors:

1x ATX 20/24pin Connector

1x 4Pin 12v Connector

5x 4Pin Molex Connectors

4x SATA Power Connectors

2x Floppy Connectors

1x PCI-E Power Connector

The Results:

Here are the idle and load results shown in speedfan.

Idle results were calculated when computer was left to idle for 15mins with no programs installed

Load results were calculated using rthdribl and Cpu Burn in at the same time

Idle Results:

12v @ 11.98v

3.3v @ 3.28v

5.0v @ 4.91v

Load Results:

12v @ 11.98v

3.3v @ 3.28v

5.0v @ 4.91v

I don't know why but the voltages stay the same during idle and load.

Installed & Noise:

The PSU is very quite it's not noticable compared to other fans. And also there wasn't any increase in heat in the case. Installing it was easy and also cables werte easy to hide.



Build Quality 8.5/10

I think it's build with proffesionality. the things inside are installed solid. The color could have been better than the old stylish grey colour.

Functionality 9/10

I think it does what it basically says but i think it should have performed a little better

Value 8.5/10

I think it costs a bit high for £72 compared to other PSU's of the same class.

Final Toughts (Overall Score) 9/10

I think it does alot of what it says. It performs well with very low noise and few heat. The looks aren't that bad but if the caseing was black or any other color it would have been better. The ATX Wire is sleeved very well and there are alot of connecters.

P.S. The pics arent that good because they were taken by my Mobile Phone.
 
name='ionicle' said:
i considered gettin one of those...but it was too expensive, and it dint look quite as good as my hyper one too me so..

but it performes better ( i think)
 
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