We decided to disassemble this power supply to see what it looks like inside, how it is designed, and what components are used. Please read our Anatomy of Switching Power Supplies tutorial to understand how a power supply works and to compare this power supply to others.

This page will be an overview, while in the following pages we will discuss the quality and ratings of the components used in detail. Here we had a déjà vu feeling. Looking further we discovered why: this is a Silencer power supply from PC Power & Cooling (see Figures 7 and 8), using the same printed circuit board from Silencer 610 EPS12V we’ve already reviewed. The difference, of course, is that PC Power & Cooling does not offer products with a modular cabling system. So XFX and PC Power & Cooling use the same OEM: Seasonic.

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Figure 4: Overall look.

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Figure 5: Overall look.

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Figure 6: Overall look.

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Figure 7: The name “SILENCER” was blacked out but it is still clearly visible.

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Figure 8: PC Power & Cooling name.