Monday, June 14th 2010
Chieftec Intros Nitro Series PSUs
Chieftec introduced Nitro series of 80 Plus Bronze and Silver compliant power supply units (PSUs), available in a wide range of price points. The series starts with 350W, 400W, 450W, and 500W models that have fixed, sleeved cables, are 80 Plus Bronze compliant, and are suitable for entry level gaming PCs. These offer basic power connectors which includes single 6-pin PCI-E, four SATA, three Molex, one floppy, and 24 + 4-pin CPU. These units are cooled by a 120 mm fan.
Moving further into the series are 550W, 650W, 750W, 850W, and 950W models that offer modular cabling, and also sport 80 Plus Bronze compliance, and are aimed for mainstream-thru-performance segments of gaming PCs, with more connectors, including two PCI-E 6+2 pin connectors (for 550W, 650W models), or four 6+2 pin (for 750W, 850W, 950W models); six~eight SATA, four Molex, and 24 + two 8-pin CPU power. These are cooled by 140 mm fans. At the very top is the 1200W model, which boasts of even higher efficiency with is 80 Plus Silver compliance, and modular cabling. Connectors include 6x PCI-E 6+2 pin, 10x SATA, 8x Molex, and 24 + 2x 8 pin CPU power.
Among all these, the first sub-series (350~500W) uses dual +12V rail design of 11~18A rails, the next sub-series (550~950W) with single rail design of 44~76A, and the 1200W one using two 50A rails. All these models will be priced typically in their respective market segments.
Moving further into the series are 550W, 650W, 750W, 850W, and 950W models that offer modular cabling, and also sport 80 Plus Bronze compliance, and are aimed for mainstream-thru-performance segments of gaming PCs, with more connectors, including two PCI-E 6+2 pin connectors (for 550W, 650W models), or four 6+2 pin (for 750W, 850W, 950W models); six~eight SATA, four Molex, and 24 + two 8-pin CPU power. These are cooled by 140 mm fans. At the very top is the 1200W model, which boasts of even higher efficiency with is 80 Plus Silver compliance, and modular cabling. Connectors include 6x PCI-E 6+2 pin, 10x SATA, 8x Molex, and 24 + 2x 8 pin CPU power.
33 Comments on Chieftec Intros Nitro Series PSUs
But im not going to be shallow and just avoid them because of there last products blowing PC's in flames.
They might have changed something up, and there might be high quality models.
But probably to full extent i think not, and chieftec just got some random noisy lined low quality psu's that are finnaly modular!!!
with 14cm advertising as cheezy as it gets!
hahhaha :D
Edit: lol I didn't even look at your specs until after :roll:
as for the corsair comment agreed...waiting for corsair to sell a mess up and the entire forums going offline
the higher end ones sound OK, but those low end ones scare me.
the same volts an on OCZ 700W, antec 550W and some random brand 650W i'd never heard of, were barely stable 100Mhz above stock, let alone the 1.1GHz the corsair let me get.
Just because a bicycle gets you to work every day, doesnt mean it can keep up with a ferrari... despite the fact they're both 'transport' and work on the same roads.
I wish people would read a post in its entirety, before shouting fanboy
Also you didnt state they needed more voltage you said they were barely stable 100mhz over stock. tbf I would expect that with the unbranded PSU but find it hard to believe that an ocz 700w and an antec 550w couldnt power a rig with a 100mhz oc without it being unstable.
you still cant read, because i clearly do mention voltages.
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You cant beleive it makes that much of a difference? well, it does. corsair let you get much more out of a systme with the same voltages, because those voltages don't fluctuate anywhere near as much.
(i put the *** things in cause i used a screnshot image, and you couldnt actually tell where the image was due to it being the same color)
I am leaving now, one beca use I'm starving :laugh: and 2 cause my words are being misinterpreted :confused:
yes, other companies with the same OEM as corsair are just as good... but corsair is available all over the world, and with better warranty. so we love them. lots.
And yes, I still buy their products, just because the value can't be beat.
why is it that you nerds have to make up shit that didn't happen just to get the point that you like cosair across
Try running it above 600W and see what happens to it.
Can you imagine your PSU running my PC? it only draws 350W from the wall at load. 400W in peak synthetic testing.