Antec EarthWatts EA-650D Green 650 Watt 80 PLUS BRONZE Power Supply
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- 80 Plus Bronze certified – up to 88% efficient
- 650W Continuous power
- Nvidia SLI Ready certified, ATI CrossFire X certified
- Universal Input – works on any 100V – 240V grid
- No power cord included
650W Power supply
Antec Power Supply
Antec EarthWatts EA-650D Green 650 Watt 80 PLUS BRONZE Power Supply
List Price: $ 99.95
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Very Satisfied,
The stock 480 watt power supply that came with my computer was really noisy (and presumably low quality) and was unable to accept any video cards that required 6 or 8 pin power connectors, so I went for this 650 watt Antec (which has 2x 6+2 Pin power connectors.)
I was very impressed with how quite the fan is; it’s just a low, elegant humming. It has not given me any problems as of yet, and thanks to the power connectors and 38amp 12V rails, I will be able to put in an NVIDIA GTS 450 in the future (It is currently powering an NVIDIA 8600GTS.)
I was not, however, impressed with the fact that it brings no power cord for the alleged purpose of saving an environment that needs no saving. That’s just a convenient excuse to avoid extra manufacturing costs for the power cords.
Here is a list of the power connectors that it brings:
1 x Main connector (20+4Pin)
1 x 4+4 Pin ATX12V/EPS12V
5 x Peripheral (4 Pin Molex)
7 x SATA
1 x Floppy
2 x PCI-E 6+2 Pin
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Exceptional Power Supply,
I was initially a little wary of buying and antec ps but i have been pleasantly surprised. This unit performs well under the load and I would highly recommend it for any one who is looking to dual crossfire/SLI. However it isn’t for everyone, it is not modular and DOES NOT come with a power cord, so make sure you have/purchase a powercord to go with it.
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Defective unit but I’m keeping it because its so quiet,
The rocker switch on the back of the unit is defective. It functioned briefly out of the box but the switch failed when assembling my new computer (cannot turn PSU off). The unit is whisper quiet and appears to provide stable continuous power for my system (i5 2500, Radeon HD 6850, 16GB DDR3, 7200 rpm HDD). I would keep the unit in service if it was a few months old, but this happened the first hour out of the box. I see that other folks have had the same problem with the EA650. I attempted to RMA with Antec, but they would replace with a refurbished unit and did not offer advanced shipment of the replacement PSU in this situation (“our warehouse is out”). I ordered a Corsair TX-650 and will return the EA650 when the Corsair arrives.
Update: I pulled the Antec EA650 PSU and installed the Corsair TX-650. The TX-650 was LOUD. The fan is supposed to be thermostatically controlled but it ran loud on initial start with no slowing of the noisy fan after allowing the computer to stay on for a while with no programs running. I reinstalled the super quiet Antec EA650 and returned the Corsair TX-650 noisemaker.
Thanks to Amazon for the outstanding customer service.
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