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Cracking the case open is simple, just remove a few screws – please be aware if you do this at home you invalidate your warranty, so we don't recommend you copy these steps.
The fan is a Brushless unit from Adda – taking 0.37A.
At the far left side we can see a daughtercard – this is home to the AC transient filter. One X capacitor, four Y capacitors and a single coil. Soldering seems to be of a reasonably high standard throughout.
All capacitors in the unit are Nippon-Chemicon.
This is a Seasonic built product and we noticed the VRM module is very similar to the Seasonic M12D 750W PSU.
The sleeving is well implemented, going into the unit which helps stop any damage to the cabling against the grommet.
The unit incorporates two GBU806's which act as bridge rectifiers. These are beside several large choke coils with a single high quailty Nippon Chemi-Con capacitor (560uF, 400V and 85°C) positioned behind the primary heatsink.
A clear plastic ‘wall' helps to stop the components touching the outer chassis.
The unit uses DC to DC converters to deliver +3.3V and +5v from the primary 12V area.
I absolutely LOVE antec products, from their chassis to power supplies. always, clean ,efficient and well made. great review.
Its well priced considering, under £100, quite a bargain really. people waste a lot of money on 1500w PSUs cause they think they are ‘better’. quite often they will be running at 25% load and very inefficient.
Great review and the noise tests show just how cool running this baby is. I have an older antec PSU and ive had it for 5 years, never a problem. bit outclassed now in efficiency obviously. perhaps time for an upgrade.
Seasonic internals, you really cant go wrong with them. I think XFX use them too.
Yeah seasonic designs are hard to beat. ive always bought their PSU’s or manufacturers who use them anyway. They have gotten a bit more sloppy lately with soldering ive noticed in pictures.
It just shows that you really dont need a 1250W for even the highest end systems. not yet anyway!
I gotta say, I think this will be my next PSU, ill probably opt for the blue LED version for my new case. only costs a little more.
Wicked product, competitively priced too which is good.
Saw a review of this a while ago, seems a really good quality PSU.
I have always liked the Antec design, they really do create great products.
Good product but I would expect no less from Antec. Quality
Seems to have no real weaknesses all round
Seasonic have been around a long time , good organization.
A 750w is all people need today, this would handle anything
Good testing and equally good product. Price is not bad but I’d like to see it drop by £10
I would consider this a very strong product and good pricing. Enermax make a unit innthis range that also deserves consideration
Is the blue version the same but with a led fan? Weird idea
Yeah more for case modders really