Topic: Power Supplies
Product: Aerocool Turbine Power 550 watt Power Supply
Provided by: AeroCool.US
Reviewer: K. Elliott
Price: $109.00

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A CLOSER LOOK

When you open the carton if you're like me you will be surprised by the amount of items that they managed to put into the box, to say that they thought of everything would be an understatement.  Looking at the first picture the item that you see resting on the lid of the carton is the "Power Supply Chamois" this is made specifically to wipe off the smudge marks you'll invariably  leave once you start looking at the Turbine Power up close - this may be a gimmick but in my opinion one that will generate a great deal of curiosity in the product and that is what Aerocool loves

When you look at the rear of the Turbine Power you can see that Aerocool has chosen a rather cool looking fan guard for the 80mm fan, it's almost a screen type of covering but it matches the overall look of the power supply perfectly. One other thing to not is that the main power cable is permanently affixed to the power supply, this is one cable you would not want   How a power supply is painted is not something I normally mention but in this case I have to, the finish on the Turbine Power is equal a great many cases I have reviewed.  It approaches an automotive type finish.

Looking at the bottom of the power supply you get a clear view of the 120m fan along with the blue Easter egg center hub that is backed by a couple of LED bulb which cast nice blue tone inside your case when the power is applied to it. The fan as you will see shortly is likely to provide an enormous amount of air to cool the the internal parts thanks to the fans double layer approach.

For additional ventilation the side panels of the power supply have been louvered to provide  the maximum amount of air into the unit as possible.

Here you get the good look at the connection points on the front of the power supply, with a total of 6-connectors for Molex connectors, 1 8-pin connector for P8 to P9 cable/P8 to P4 cable and 1-6-pin for the PCI-E to PCI-E cable as well as the 3- 3-pin connectors. We found during our testing that these connector displayed the perfect snap-in place feel that must customers would want plus given the fact that once they are in place they required a great deal of effort to get them out speaks well for how well they will fight the resistance problem that some claim dogs this type of power supply.

THE INTERIOR

Moving to the inside we can see that the Turbine Power makes use of two relatively large heatsink to remove the heat away from the power supplies switching circuits and voltage regulators and they are wisely located directly behind the 80mm fan shown by the arrow which can draw the heat away from them and the inside of the case.

The 120mm fan used on the Turbine Power power supply gets it name from this particular fan, this fan is in my opinion about the best 120mm fan as far as moving air and not ripping your ears off while it does it. It uses a pair of matched blades that offer the perfect mix of massive air movement and moderate noise.

I also discovered one other item inside the case of the power supply, that is a variable resistor.  Now this might adjust line voltage or it might adjust bias voltage to a circuit so I will let you all figure out what it does.