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I-Star
Enermax |
| Products: |
TC-500R8A (500W)
EG651P-VE (550W) |
| Availability: |
Now |
| Authors: |
Pieter (dutchcedar) Bijleveld
John (flashawk) Smith
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| Date: |
3-25-03 |
| Price: |
TC-500R8A: $526.40
EG651P-VE: $140.00 |
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| Each of these big power supplies has a lot wires to deal with. Following
is a description of what is included with each wire loom |
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The I-Star Wire Loom
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- 10 - Molex connectors
- 1- Floppy connector
- 1 - Main motherboard power connector (24 pins)
- 1 - 4 pin +12V power connector
- 1 - 8 pin +12V power connector
- 1 - green power on LED
- 2 - amber power failure LEDs
- 1 - adapter for use with an ATX mainboard
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The I-Star Wire Outlet
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The Enermax Wire Loom
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- 9 - Molex connectors
- 1 - Floppy connector
- 1 - Main ATX power connector
- 1 - ATX12V four pin 12 volt booster connector
- 1 - six-wire AUX 3.3 and 5V connector for Pentium 4 motherboards
- 1 - power supply fan speed connector for properly equipped motherboards
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The Enermax Wire Outlet
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The Scientific Decibel Testing
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| We were rummaging around in the bag of tricks, but couldn't seem to find
a decimometer, so we've done the next best thing. We've started these two
power supplies up in the same system for a little non-scientific comparative
analysis. In other words, we're able to tell you which one is the quieter
choice, which whines the most, and hopefully from that, which will be the
easiest to live with as far as noise is concerned. We don't have any measurements
of the sound levels to offer, other than our own ears. |
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| The Enermax is exceptionally quiet with the fans turned down to low speed.
Even with the fans set on high, the unit is very quiet. It certainly is
no louder than our case fans or CPU cooler, which are 80mm variable speed
Enermax fans. |
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| The I-Star is a good bit louder and higher pitched than the Enermax. It
isn't a troublesome noise, but it is by no means quiet. |
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| -CPU AMD
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| 2600+ and below | |
| 2700+ and above | |
| AMD MP | |
| Opteron | |
| Athlon 64 | |
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| -CPU Intel
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| P4/XE 2.4 & up | |
| P4/XE 2.2 & down | |
| Celeron | |
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| -Memory DDR | |
| -Memory pc133 | |
-Hard Drive IDE
(60G and lower) | |
-Hard Drive IDE
(80G and higher) | |
| -CD/DVD/CDRWs | |
| -nVidia video cards | |
| ATI video cards | |
| -LCD monitors: 15in | |
| -LCD monitors: 17in | |
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AMD Motherboards
XP:nForce2,VIA KT600
Opteron: nForce3, AMD8000
64: nForce3, AMD8000, K8T
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Intel Motherboards
Latest Chipset: 875P
w/Graphics: 865G
VIA: P4X
ATI: 9100 IGP
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