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Antec Earthwatts EA 650W green review @kitguru

PostPosted: April 4th, 2011, 2:07 am
by duckula
This psu surely looks green. :lol: OEM is delta.
http://www.kitguru.net/components/power ... reen-2011/[hr]
A 330μF primary capacitor for a 650W power supply? Seems every psu manufacturers skimp on primary cap these days.

RE: Antec Earthwatts EA 650W green review @kitguru

PostPosted: April 4th, 2011, 2:39 am
by c_hegge
YAY! Chemi-con caps. Looks like Antec might be starting to learn their lesson about using Taiwanese caps, but yes, 330uF is a bit undersized for a 650W

RE: Antec Earthwatts EA 650W green review @kitguru

PostPosted: April 4th, 2011, 3:14 am
by duckula
Yeah. Haven't seen them use Fuhjyyu or CWT for a long time. :lol2: Though OST and Su'scon caps still can be found in some of their PSUs.

Picture of Antec NeoECO 520W (semi-modular):
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RE: Antec Earthwatts EA 650W green review @kitguru

PostPosted: April 4th, 2011, 1:20 pm
by c_hegge
Antec do still use CWT and bad caps (mucon brand, just as bad as fuhjyyu) for their phantom series (unless they've changed recently).

RE: Antec Earthwatts EA 650W green review @kitguru

PostPosted: April 4th, 2011, 3:48 pm
by shovenose
phantom series? never heard of that?!

[edit] after some research it looks like the PHANTOM series is FANLESS...which IDIOT uses CRAP CAPS in a FANLESS psu???

RE: Antec Earthwatts EA 650W green review @kitguru

PostPosted: April 4th, 2011, 4:30 pm
by c_hegge
It's antec. What do you expect?

RE: Antec Earthwatts EA 650W green review @kitguru

PostPosted: April 4th, 2011, 4:34 pm
by shovenose
given there history, i should get over hoping they figure out that bad caps are not good for business.

but given the price of their products, i expect way more than suscon...

RE: Antec Earthwatts EA 650W green review @kitguru

PostPosted: April 4th, 2011, 4:40 pm
by c_hegge
True, but for the price of their stupidpowers and fakepowers, I expected better than fuhjyyu

RE: Antec Earthwatts EA 650W green review @kitguru

PostPosted: April 4th, 2011, 5:22 pm
by shovenose
exactly. that's why it is surprising they use such lousy capacitors. their products are not cheap!

RE: Antec Earthwatts EA 650W green review @kitguru

PostPosted: April 4th, 2011, 5:34 pm
by c_hegge
:rapidfire: Antec