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Date |
: Jan 27th, 2002 |
| Category |
: Cases |
| Manufacturer |
: Enermax |
| Author |
: Tom Smith |
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In my box I have a total of 5 hard drives, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, Digital Doc 3, Antec bay cooler, 4 x 92mm Panaflo HO, and a 120mm Sunon fan. This set up is bound to put stress on any power supply. Let's see how the power supply stood up in my setup.
| Platform
Information |
| CPU/s |
AMD
AthlonXP 1800+ |
| Motherboard |
Soyo SY-K7V Dragon Plus! |
| Cooler |
Retail
HSF |
| Interface
Material |
Retail
Thermal Paste |
| Hard
Drive |
Maxtor 5400 RPM 20GB
Maxtor 7200 RPM 40GB (RAID 0+1) |
| Optical
Drive/s |
Creative Labs Encore 8X DVD-ROM
Plextor 12/10/32A
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| Video
Card/s |
nVIDIA
GeForce2 Pro (default clock) |
| Operating
System |
Windows
2000 Professional (Service Pack 2) |
| Voltage
(V) |
Reported
Value (V) |
Difference
(V) |
| +3.3 |
+3.43 |
+0.13 |
| +5 |
+4.90 |
-0.10 |
| +12 |
+12.30 |
+0.30 |
| -5 |
-5.10 |
+0.10 |
| -12 |
-11.70 |
-0.30 |
Now to test the variable speed control of the fan I took the power supply out of my case. (you could not hear a jet if it flew into your house with my case running). I jump started the power supply and cranked the know to the "H" setting on the controller. The fan was noticeably loud, and had good airflow. I then cranked to down to its lowest setting. A drastic reduction in noise and the fan still had decent air flow.
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