True Silent Titanium, 420W Power Supply

Provided by: A+ GPB Inc.
Retail: $69.95
Review Date: October 24th, 2003

Are you looking for quiet components on your quest to build a quiet PC? Don't overlook look the power supply. A+ GPB didn't overlook a quiet power supply unit, PSU, when they designed the True Silent Titanium Coated 420 Watt PSU.

The True Silent power supply boasts how quiet it is. The question to ask is how well this PSU performs. The quietest PSU in the world does little good if it fries all the components in a system.

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Packaging:

To protect the True Silent power supply from scratches and damage during shipping, it is wrapped in bubble wrap and secured in a cardboard box.

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Why protect the power supply from scratches, the Titanium in, True Silent Titanium power supply refers to its outside covering. The cover of this PSU is very shiny and will finger print easily. The shiny titanium provides a very sharp look.

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Features:

• 420 Watts of Power
• ATX Power Supply Supports Pentium 4
• Over Temperature Protection
• Gold Plated Connector Pin
• Electric Shock Free Protection
• Serial ATA HD Connector
• Over Current Protection
• Over Voltage Protection
• Short Circuit Protection
• Scan-Dis-Free Protection
• 3 Year Warranty

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There are six AT four pin power connections and two four pin floppy drive power connections. I was hoping for more AT connectors on a higher wattage power supply for it would reduce my use of Y cables. Each AT lead is about 1 foot to the first connector and about 4 inches to the following connectors. A Pentium 4 power connection also exists.

True Silent PSU includes Serial ATA power cables for newer Serial ATA devices. This is a new feature included with today's power supplies, one which I have not seen before.

You are not mistaken, you are indeed looking at gold power leads in the above picture. I was shocked to see gold. Gold leads will make a stronger contact connection with devices and prevent against corrosion. The packaging calls these leads Fold Plated Connectors, I am assuming this is a spelling mistake. I like to bring these things up because the packaging shows the professionalism of the company and I would recommend that A+ GPB fixes this mistake.

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