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Sunbeamtech NUUO 550 Watt Modular PSU Review
Layout, Design and other features ...
We now already come to the optical and practical criteria.
The anthracite black metal PSU case is very cleanly finished and is also
without LED fan a genuine eye-catcher.
And the attached ATX/ATX 2.2 power cable is protected by a fine-mesh black
plastic sleeve.
The large 120mm thermalcontrolled cooler attached at the lower surface
sucks the air flow into the power supply
and blows out with the smaller 80mm fan and the ventilation holes.
Additionally the Sunbeam NUUO series offers under the designation "Tri-Fan
Thermostatic System" a further
Connection type for a case fan, which is controlled by a special logic
of the power supply.
The following picture shows the top side and back of the power supply
unit, where's also the main switch attached,
that completely disconnect the main supply voltage.
Besides the usual 80mm fan which carries the hot air out of the case is
attached with a black fan grill.
Sunbeamtech use also the very good modular technology.
It provides owing to the individually cables for a cleared up PC and thus
also for a better aeration and heat dissipation.
Besides cables in different lengths are attached to the power pack, which
can be branched off again with adaptor cables, so that an optimal connection
of the respective power consumers results.
Here's a picture of the PSU connectors with attached protective caps:
The ATX 2.2 capable power supply is delivered together with the 50cm
long and fixed installed (each PC need it)
motherboard power connector already mentioned.
As also carefully explained in the manual, the removable 4-Pin Plug isn't
for the EPS 12Volt supply,
it's for ATX 2.2 motherboards with 24 pin supply.
In order to save the costs of additional adapters, the plug with 24 pins
can be converted very simply to the
20-pin ATX plug ...
As an further feature, the Molex cable for HDD, CDROM, DVDROM, etc.
power connections provides special clips,
which force the plug away from the socket contact when squeezing together,
so they can taken off clearly more easily.
And the bangers comes not only to New Year's eve, but also with Sunbeam,
because the power supply comes also
directly with a small beeping fan control.
This 3.5 inch module reads out the temperature of the power supply and
control the internal PSU fans.
Thus one can adjust oneself the noise level of the PC with a variable
resistor and if one adjusted the fan too small,
the box will alert with a siren for 30 seconds starting from 70°C
PSU case temperature.
Furthermore the fans are then changed to autocontrol, in order to increase
the cooling.
Only negative taste is that the piezo-buzzer also delivers a short but
very loud beep each time when switching on the PC.
Completely turning this off (and/or unsolder) shouldn't be done, because
it serves finally for control, that the alert buzzer
is also intact.
However, Sunbeam may do a somewhat quieter check signal when switching
on the PC.
Here is again a picture of the back of the beeping 3.5" fan controller,
that is connected with 4 small cables to the
550 Watts Sunbeam NUUO power supply.
And here's again a picture of the blue LCD, which shows on the one hand
an animated fan symbol and
the temperature with a tolerance of approx. 2°C.
The small C/F button is for the conversion of Celsius (°C) on Fahrenheit
(°F).
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