Antec Phantom 500w Silent PSU
Looking Inside
Published: 11th August 2006 | Source: Antec | Price: |
As we've already seen, the Phantom 500w is very different in design to any other power supply on the market from the outside, but how about the inside? Lets take a look...
Looking inside the Phantom, we can see that components of reasonable size and quality have been used. All components that produce heat have been fitted with aluminium heatsinks to keep the unit cool and help maintain its efficiency.
During my inspection of the unit I was unable to find any adjustable potentiometers, which could have potentially been use to adjust the rail voltages.
During my inspection of the unit I was unable to find any adjustable potentiometers, which could have potentially been use to adjust the rail voltages.
As we can see from above, heat is transferred from the heatsinks and other components to the large surface area of the aluminium casing by thermal tape. This maximises the cooling potential rather than relying on air to transfer the heat into the casing.
As previously mentioned, the Phantom is a hybrid design. This means that under idle and 'light load' conditions, the Phantom relies on passive cooling to keep the components cool. However, under heavy load conditions, the Phantom utilises an 80mm fan manufactured by XFan to prevent the unit from overheating.
The fan spins at 2500rpm, producing an airflow of 26.01cfm and a noise level of 27.08dBA. This would seem to be a very good choice of fan for a unit designed to be quiet, and we'll be testing this on the next page...
The fan spins at 2500rpm, producing an airflow of 26.01cfm and a noise level of 27.08dBA. This would seem to be a very good choice of fan for a unit designed to be quiet, and we'll be testing this on the next page...
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Originally Posted by name='"XMS"'
Quiet as a dead mouse
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Nice review - would be a great one for a media PC
Nice little PSU for those who really value silence. Very neat looking little unit
Nice review but i wouldn't consider getting one
Yeah its a good looking unit with some good features. Out of all the PSU's i;ve tested so far, this would have to be the best for a silent PC build.
If anybody wants to see any other silent PSU's tested, let me know
If anybody wants to see any other silent PSU's tested, let me know
how about a tagan 580w review? looking at one for my build
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Originally Posted by name='XMS'
If anybody wants to see any other silent PSU's tested, let me know
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Antec True Power 2.0 550W for my lil upgrade project
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