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Topic: Power Supply
Product: STF60 Strider 600 Watt Power Supply
Provided By: Silverstone Tech
Reviewer: K Elliott

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.
  • AD = Adda brushless DC fan
  • 12 = 120mm frame size
  • 12 = 12VDC
  • H = High Speed
  • S = Sleeve Bearing
  • A = 25mm (thickness)
  • 7 = 7 Blades
  • 1 = IC (motor protection circuit)
  • GL = Low Noise

 

 

 
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