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 could clearly see that Free Earth 85PLUS 650 W uses the exact same printed circuit board used on Free Style 85PLUS 650 W. Let’s see if there is any difference on the components used.

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Figure 4: Overall look.

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Figure 5: Overall look.

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Figure 6: Overall look.