Tuesday, January 27th 2009
Nexus Launches 850W Tranquillity RX-8500 PSU
Nexus Technology, provider of authentic silent components for PC noise reduction and cooling, has introduced today its most powerful power supply unit - Nexus Tranquillity RX-8500. The 850W power supply is suitable for people that are looking for extremely quiet unit with modular cable design, Active Power Factor Correction and guaranteed 80% efficiency under load. Full specs follow below.Features:
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Nexus
- 850 Watt true power power supply
- 80% efficiency; a minimum of 80% efficiency guaranteed at all loads!
- Inaudible performance
- Modular cables
- Sleeved cables
- Active PFC
- Real Silent 13.5cm fan
- Excellent airflow, honey-comb grill
- Full range automatic; no voltage selection has to be set
- Multiple safety features such as: overvoltage and short-circuit protection
- Ball bearing fan
- Complies to WEEE & RoHS
- Version ATX 2.2
22 Comments on Nexus Launches 850W Tranquillity RX-8500 PSU
Sexy looking PSU
Colour coding the cables and where you plug them in is very wise, especially when different rails carry different power.
Nexus sells some decent fans. I hope this new power supply will be representative of their 'silent' approach to computing.
You need to have a circuit board with all the power components on it. It needs to have heatsinks attached to the head producing bits which are in turn cooled by a fan. You can only have these heatsinks effectively attached to one side.
It's rather difficult for me to explain, but there just isn't room to put a fan on each side and then somehow cram and mount an effectively cooled circuit board somewhere in between.
A much better idea would be to have mounting holes that allow it to be mounted in either orientation.
I also can guarantee Nexus doesn't make this psu.
+12v 1 @ 20A
+12v 2 @ 20A
Combined +12v @ 32A
Basically, if the first rail's components ask for more than 20A, the PSU shuts down, same with the second, and if the two combined reach anything above 35, the PSU shuts down as well.
I wish more manufacturers would list the combined max amperage for the +12v rails :shadedshu
EDIT: DAAAAHHHHH beat me to it =\
I dont mind cutting holes into my cases, its part of the fun of owning a rig. At the moment im using the Thermaltake 1500w in the Antec900 and if i want the cables to come out of the side closest to the holes i cut into the backplate for cable management then my fan faces the floor, needing a nice hole at the bottom of the case to breathe. Same would apply for this Nexus.
The cable management design is pretty standard.
After seeing the i7 965 I was kind of expecting something a bit more high class than a 900...