Arctic Cooling Silentium T3 ECO 80 review - Silentium T3 ECO 80 Innards

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/18/2009 03:00 PM [ ] 0 comment(s)

Arctic Cooling Silentium T3

Now here was the damage. The fan+grill where torn off the PSU during transport (thanks USPS).

Arctic Cooling Silentium T3

It did give me an opportunity for a closer look at the actual PSU itself. It is an ECO 80 specification model rated for 550w with 99% Power Factor Correction. Which is actually pretty good for a mid-range PC. It has plenty of power to cope with a fairly decent single GPU based Quad Core processor PC.

Arctic Cooling Silentium T3

Right, let's mount her shut again. Again we clamp it down with rubber hinges to prevent noise/resonation. great stuff. The PSU itself comes with the following connectors:

20 + 4 Pin Connector
4 Pin 12V Connector for CPU
6 + 2 Pin PCIe Connector x 1
6 Pin PCIe Connector x 1
S-ATA Connector x 4
Molex Connector x 3
Floppy Connector x 1
Case Fans Connector x 1

The one thing we missed here is an 8-pin power connector for the processor. The 4-pin will work fine. Bit with more high-end Quad core processor, the 8-pin power delivery would be better and more stable as it adds an extra phase. Mind you that the 4-pin connector can be used on an 8-pin header perfectly.

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