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The first
test we ran on the
Silverstone Strider was to
hook it up to our Seasonic
power supply dummy load and
record the 12, 5 and 3.3
volt reading directly for
the test Strider
with my Fluke model 180
digital volt meter.
After our initial tests here
are what we came up with for
numbers.
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12V |
5V |
3.3V |
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12.43V |
5.05V |
3.34V |
The
second portion of our
test will be a bit more
strenuous on the Strider
as we subjected it to
multiple applications
operating at the same
time causing the system
to be taxed at what we
hope will be about the
maximum load possible.
The first thing we start
off with is is starting
Raxco Software's
Perfect Disk 7
and begin to defrag our
most cluttered drive.
Next up we fire up
Nero Burning ROM
and start a burning
process whereby we will
burn approximately 3.0
GB files to a DVD.
Finally we will be
running a copy of
UltraX's Winstress
off of a thumb drive
so that it will
stress-test the entire
system.
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Using the
Fluke 180 I once again
checked the voltages on the
spare connectors as the
processes ran in the
background and using the
min/max/average feature of
the multimeter I was able to
record the actual voltages
as the system was operating
at what I considered to be
full load. Here are
the results I came up with.
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12V |
5V |
3.3V |
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High |
12.32V |
5.12V |
3.32V |
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Low |
12.19V |
5.07V |
3.29V |
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Average |
12.22V |
5.095V |
3.305V |
One
other thing we did prior
to starting our tests
was to install our
Seasonic Power Angel
in line with the power
cord going to the
Strider. The Power
Angel is an
indispensable product
when working with
electrical product of
any type since it has
the ability to determine
voltage, current, power,
power factor, VA,
accumulated KWH and
duration of operation.
Using the Power Angel we
were able to verify the
fact that the power
supply does indeed meet
the 75.80% efficiency,
in fact we came up with
a number that was closer
to 83%. Also
checking the PFC on the
Strider we found that it
was dead on at 99%.
PF or
Power Factor is how easy
or difficult it is for
an electrical device to
be driven. 1.0 PF is
perfect meaning there is
losses to "Harmonics"
when your electrical
utility drives AC
voltage into your
electrical device.
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The Silverstone
STF60 Strider
600 watt power
supply is pure
muscle and might
sprinkled with
so subtle good
looks. It
offers the
person looking
for a
replacement
power supply and
nice alternative
to the cheap
supplies on the
market, but it
came with a
slightly high
price tag.
The Strider
retails in the
neighborhood of
about $160.00 in
our opinion you
are getting
great deal of
power supply for
that amount of
money.
You're also
getting a power
supply that is
backwards
compatible with
20-pin
motherboards
plus it will
work equally
well on SLI and
Crossfire
motherboards
alike. So the
question I ask
you after you
have seen how
tight the rails
are and how well
built the unit
is, how much is
a solid
performer which
is going to keep
your system
stable for years
worth to you?
My answer would
be just about
what the price
of the
Silverstone
Strider costs.
If you would
like to check to
see just how
large of power
supply you
actually need
for your system
have a look at
this web site
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp.
They
have a very cool
program that
allows you to
input every part
of your system
and then it will
give you the
total wattage of
the power supply
you will need.
A special thanks
Silverstone
Tech who graciously provided use
with this
sample, and to
Tony who
coordinated this
review. |
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