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Huntkey FX500SE Review

Postby c_hegge » May 31st, 2014, 8:43 pm

Shhhh. Be vewy vewy quiet. I'm hunting keys :D

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Re: Huntkey FX500SE Review

Postby Wester547 » June 3rd, 2014, 5:43 pm

"Huntkey" does sound like a very old first person shooter game, along the likes of "Herectic", "Doom", "Wolfenstein", etc.... :D

With an exhaust temperature of 37*C, I'm surprised it shut down. I wonder what part of the PSU was overheating. I also spotted a small Rubycon which seems to be around the -12V rail.
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Re: Huntkey FX500SE Review

Postby c_hegge » June 3rd, 2014, 11:28 pm

Yah, as I stated in the review, nothing seemed to be getting very hot. The transformer was at about the same temperature as the secondary heat sink. I reckon the OTP is too sensitive on this unit.
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Re: Huntkey FX500SE Review

Postby BigTroll » July 11th, 2014, 12:47 pm

Ive seen some new huntkeys in Lenovo Desktops they are like half the length of a regular atx supply and are only 180 watts yet lenovo thinks this is enough for an i5? put in any videocard and It will go boom.
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Re: Huntkey FX500SE Review

Postby c_hegge » July 11th, 2014, 5:45 pm

Yup. It's quite common for OEMs to only use a PSU which doesn't have enough juice for any significant upgrades.
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Re: Huntkey FX500SE Review

Postby LongRunner » July 12th, 2014, 3:19 am

c_hegge (in the review) wrote:There are, however, two AiShi parts – which are a Chinese brand. They should not be used in a semi-fanless unit, as non-Japanese capacitors are much less tolerant of heat, and need more airflow to keep them cool.

It also looks like that 470µF 50V unit on the primary side is another one of those annoying thin and tall types.

The only match that I know of is Nichicon HW series (or the elusive Chemi-con KYB) — unless you're daring enough to try a general-purpose part (which may actually work in that position, though their low endurance ratings would not be a good thing with semi-fanless operation), that is. As for me, I'd prefer to use low ESR capacitors even in linear supplies (it's not like they're a huge expense, anyway, especially if it's for something you intend on using for 20 years plus).

EDIT: Nevermind this post, there is indeed a KY (and Nichicon HE) that matches. I hadn't guessed that they existed, but there you go. (Why don't these forums support superscript, subscript, or strikeout?)
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Re: Huntkey FX500SE Review

Postby c_hegge » July 12th, 2014, 8:22 pm

RS components have NCC KY in that size (10mm dia), which happens to be a perfect match in terms of electrical specs for the original AiShi cap.
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Re: Huntkey FX500SE Review

Postby i53470R9270 » July 30th, 2014, 7:34 pm

I see Huntkey is still selling overrated units. Labeled as a 500 and only pushing 450. But at'least it is very efficient and safe to use. It's just still sad they use the overload rating. Regardless that is still misleading.
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Re: Huntkey FX500SE Review

Postby c_hegge » July 30th, 2014, 11:04 pm

Well, it's not as bad as they have been doing in the past. This unit is perfectly capable of the labelled 500W. The only thing stopping it is the Over Temperature Protection.
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Re: Huntkey FX500SE Review

Postby LongRunner » August 10th, 2014, 12:56 am

Wester547 wrote:"Huntkey" does sound like a very old first person shooter game, along the likes of "Herectic", "Doom", "Wolfenstein", etc.... :D

On a related note, a certain brand of bad caps had a name that sounds like an awesome character to play as (give or take a space in the middle).
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