Hardware Seasonic S12-II 500W PSU

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/06/25/seasonic-s12-ii-500w-psu/1

Seasonic's reputation for quality is notorious - we check out the company's cheap and cheerful S12-II 500W offering. Will it be quite so cheerful after it's been on the load bench? Let's find out...

 

i think one of these would go nicely in my fileserver.... but i still want modular for the main pc thats in the works

 

For Pete's sake stop calling it a kettle lead. It's not a kettle lead; kettle leads are fused at 13A. It's an IEC mains lead, which is fused at 5 or 6A and doesn't have a cutout in the bottom of it. Compare one some day, and you'll notice that while it's not possible to power a kettle from your computer's power supply lead (the plug won't fit, and the fuse would blow more or less immediately) it is certainly possible to power a PC from a kettle lead. If you do this, it will not be correctly fused, leading to an increased risk of fire.

It's not a kettle lead. Grngh!

 

I have a Seasonic 500W... must be the "old" model and I'm more than happy with it. Powering my rig with ease and quiet all the time.

 

Kettle lead IEC mains lead (to be technically correct)

Fixed, happy?

 

Ecstatic.

 

Super Duper.

 

I hope the PCI-Express cabel is not 65 nanometers "long"

 

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