I have to
admit I'm a sucker for a
pretty face and Silverstone
has done a top-notch job of
putting a near perfect
appearance on the Strider.
With its automotive black
paint finish the power
supply has a look of a
component piece of stereo
gear instead of a computer
power supply. The choice of basic
black coloring and bright
white lettering gives the
Strider a very clean
professional appearance and
one that I think everyone
will find palatable.
I like
the fact that Silverstone
includes a connector index
on the side of the unit
showing exacting where each
cable goes on the power
supply. This is
especially important since
the PCI-E cables uses the
same pin grouping as the
6-pin Aux connector and to
insure your graphics cards
are getting the most and
proper voltage you are able
to see that they should be
placed next to each other.
As is
customary with most power
supplies, Silverstone
supplies a placard on the
Strider showing the values
for each rail as well as the
combined voltages for the
12+ as well as the combined
wattage for the 3.3 and 5
volt rails. We are so
used to seeing single 12
volt rails in the past and
recently have gotten used to
seeing the better power
supplies with dual 12 volt
lines in an attempt to
provide better
regulated line voltages to
both the motherboard and the
12 volt accessories. Now Silverstone has gone one
better and increased that
number two fold and given us
four 12 volt rails to work
with. Now we have
voltage on the four rails
that look like 12V1 @ 13A,
12V2 @ 18A, 12V3 @ 16A, 12V4
@ 8A. These four independent
rails will insure the
maximum stability possible
for our system.
The 120nn fan used on
the Strider is made by a
Japanese company called Adda Products
and using the nomenclature
from their web site I was able to
determine this about this
particular fan. The model
number is AD1212HS-A71GL.