Hardware Secrets
Home | Camera | Case | CE | Cooling | CPU | Input | Memory | Mobile | Motherboard | Networking | Power | Storage | Video | Other
Content
Articles
First Look
Gabriel's Blog
News
Reviews
Tutorials
Main Menu
About Us
Awarded Products
Compare Prices
Datasheets
Dictionary
Download
Drivers
Forums
Links
Manufacturer Finder
Newsletter
On The Web
RSS Feed
Test Your Skills
Twitter
Newsletter
Subscribe today!
Search




Recommended
Switching Power Supplies A to Z
Switching Power Supplies A to Z, by Sanjaya Maniktala (Newnes), starting at $45.00
Home » Power
Antec Signature 650 Power Supply Review
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Reviews Last Updated: November 21, 2008
Page: 6 of 10
$ Check REAL-TIME pricing for Antec Signature SG650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Modular Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Supply - Retail $.
Newegg: $159.99 OnSale.com: $187.99
ZipZoomFly: $175.99 Buy.com: $176.88

Power Distribution
Hardware Secrets Golden Award

On Figure 16 you can see this power supply label containing all its power specs.



Antec Signature 650
click to enlarge
Figure 16: Power supply label.

As you can see this power supply has three +12 V rails, which are distributed like this:

  • +12V1 (solid yellow wire): Main motherboard cable, peripheral power connectors and SATA power connectors, including the ones from the modular cabling system.
  • +12V2 (yellow with black stripe wire): ATX12V and EPS12V connectors.
  • +12V3 (yellow with blue stripe wire): Video card auxiliary power connectors, including the one from the modular cabling system.

If the three rails had the same current limit we would complain for the fact that +12V3 is more loaded than the other two rails. However if you pay attention to the label this rail has a higher limit. Thus we don’t think this will be a problem. Just to remind, power distribution is important because what defines a +12V rail is the presence of an individual over current protection (OCP) circuit and we are trying to avoid this circuit from shutting down the power supply under normal working conditions because you have power-hungry components.

Let’s now see if this power supply can really deliver 650 W.
Pages (10): « 1 2 3 4 5 [6] 7 8 9 10 »
Print Version | Send to Friend | | Bookmark Article | Comments (12)

Related Content
  • Antec TruePower Quattro 850 W Power Supply Review
  • Rocketfish 700 W Power Supply Review
  • Zalman ZM750-HP Power Supply Review
  • In Win Commander 650 W Power Supply Review
  • Rosewill Performance 650 W Power Supply Review

  • Recommended Deal.
    TX650W Power Supply 650W ATX12VCorsair TX Series 80 Plus 650-Watt Certified Power Supply CMPSU-650TX


    Wal-Mart: $119.98 Buy.com: $99.40
    Newegg: $98.99 Amazon: $99.40

    RSSLatest News
    IN WIN LAN Party in Southern California
    November 20, 2009 - 12:37 PM PST
    Patriot Announces PS-100 SSD Series
    November 19, 2009 - 7:30 AM PST
    Antec Launches TPQ-1200 PSU
    November 18, 2009 - 11:30 AM PST
    AMD/ATI Launches Radeon HD 5970
    November 18, 2009 - 10:18 AM PST
    OCZ Launches Colossus SSD Series
    November 17, 2009 - 1:39 PM PST
    NZXT Unleashes Tempest EVO Mid-Tower Case
    November 17, 2009 - 1:06 PM PST
    nVidia Launches GeForce GT 240
    November 17, 2009 - 10:18 AM PST
    Arctic Cooling Announces Accelero TWIN TURBO PRO VGA Cooler
    November 16, 2009 - 11:46 AM PST
    PowerColor Announces PLAY! HD5770 Video Card
    November 13, 2009 - 12:51 PM PST
    G.Skill Announces Falcon II SSD Series
    November 11, 2009 - 3:31 PM PST
    .:: More News ::.

    RSSLatest Content
    Ultra X4 500 W Power Supply Review
    Seagate Barracuda XT 2 TB Hard Disk Drive Review
    Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Review
    AMD ATI Chips Comparison Table
    nVidia Chips Comparison Table
    Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Motherboard
    Netflix on Playstation 3 Review
    CM Storm Sentinel Advance Mouse Review
    Titan Skalli CPU Cooler Review
    Nexus RX-6300 630 W Power Supply Review
    Gigabyte P55-UD6 Motherboard
    Nintendo Wii Review
    SilverStone Grandia GD04 Case Review
    Can We Trust the 80 Plus Certification?
    NZXT Gamma Case Review

    Our Most Popular Articles
    Maximum CPU Temperature
    1,078,257 views
    How to Find Out Your Motherboard Manufacturer and Model
    706,114 views
    nVidia Chips Comparison Table
    679,051 views
    Connecting Two PCs Using a USB-USB Cable
    593,333 views
    How To Correctly Apply Thermal Grease
    562,403 views
    AMD ATI Chips Comparison Table
    560,047 views
    ATI Radeon X1300 Pro Review
    487,918 views
    ATI Radeon X1600 XT Review
    477,086 views
    How To Perform a BIOS Upgrade
    394,447 views
    Sempron vs. Athlon XP
    338,500 views

    Latest Threads in Our Forums
    Dell Inspiron 6000 Powers but will not boot...
    by Merman
    Ultra X4 500 W Power Supply Review
    by Merman
    IN WIN LAN Party in Southern California
    by Hardware Secrets Team
    Getting A Hard Copy
    by Trevorrross
    Am I Making The Right Choice?
    by need2know
    Is it available to mount the Zalman cooler?
    by Olle P
    dsl modem prob
    by Sherry
    Seagate Barracuda XT 2 TB Hard Disk Drive Review
    by Hardware Secrets Team
    Overclocking a dell xps 410
    by 6dracing
    How to recover mp3's, pdf & chm files, applications from formated harddrive partition
    by tomahawk 1705
    .:: Visit Our Forums ::.


    © 2004-9, Hardware Secrets, LLC. All rights reserved.
    Advertising | Legal Information | Privacy Policy
    All times are Pacific Standard Time (PST, GMT -08:00)