Thursday, April 19th 2012
In Win Officially Unveils the GreenMe Power Supplies
In-Win Development Inc has today announced its environmentally conscious range of GreenMe power supplies that are designed from the ground up with green credentials.
In-Win describes its new GreenMe concept as "designed to protect our environment, our goal to create a bigger change with every subsequent step we take towards greater environmental responsibility." To reinforce this philosophy, In-Win is committed to donating US$1 of every unit sold to WWF, to further protect the environment.
Environmental Consciousness with Quality Design
Available in 550 W, 650 W and 750 W options and with 80Plus Bronze ratings with up to 85% energy efficiency, the GreenMe range are packaged in a recycled cardboard box with natural soy ink print. They strictly comply with RoHS and ErP Lot 6 international regulations governing materials quality and ultra-low standby power.
In addition to the green core, the power supplies still commit to the latest ATX12V V2.31 and EPS 12V 2.92 specifications and internally use ultra-long life Japanese capacitors, up to four independent 12V rails and sleeve mesh covered cabling for neat cable management within the PC.
The GreenMe range is backed by a 3-year warranty and is available from May 2012.
In-Win describes its new GreenMe concept as "designed to protect our environment, our goal to create a bigger change with every subsequent step we take towards greater environmental responsibility." To reinforce this philosophy, In-Win is committed to donating US$1 of every unit sold to WWF, to further protect the environment.
Available in 550 W, 650 W and 750 W options and with 80Plus Bronze ratings with up to 85% energy efficiency, the GreenMe range are packaged in a recycled cardboard box with natural soy ink print. They strictly comply with RoHS and ErP Lot 6 international regulations governing materials quality and ultra-low standby power.
In addition to the green core, the power supplies still commit to the latest ATX12V V2.31 and EPS 12V 2.92 specifications and internally use ultra-long life Japanese capacitors, up to four independent 12V rails and sleeve mesh covered cabling for neat cable management within the PC.
The GreenMe range is backed by a 3-year warranty and is available from May 2012.
16 Comments on In Win Officially Unveils the GreenMe Power Supplies
How are In Wins other PSU's?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80_PLUS#Misleading_power_supply_advertising
In 2012, you really shouldn't be buying anything less than Gold, Platinum, or Titanium PSUs. 80PLUS is a standard from 2005. "Bronze" is a PSU that didnt meet the new requirements set in 2008 and onwards.
Also, I'm not sure why you linked to that "Misleading ... Advertising" part of the Wikipedia article, as if implying that these aren't 80 PLUS certified. In any case, they are.
Do you really think the cardbox box they come in represents even 1% of the environmental impact of a PSU? In fact, perhaps leaving out the cable IS environmentally friendly since 90% of PSUs are bought to upgrade an existing PSU or an existing PC that is going to be binned. So why incl. a cable that will never be used. Not very "green"!
Why are you taking about "low-power home"? and at the same time not ready to pay a premium for saving electricity and reducing your carbon footprint? "Green" isnt about cost benefit in a pure financial sense, but about a moral obligation to clean up our act.
And if you were a PC enthusiast, you would have thought about where all that wasted power goes? Where? HEAT. That means a hotter PC, or a fan working harder, or an airconditioner working harder. If you live in a cold country, this saves you heating bills... or rather... what you spend on wasted heat in your PSU could in theory save you heating bills. But if you live in a hot country, or hot summer, this only adds to costs on other cooling equipment and possible LOWER OVERCLOCKS and noisy fans. Please don't tell me about how overclocking isnt green...
Before you "love" this "natural soy ink" product, take a look at the certifying organisation: www.plugloadsolutions.com/psu_reports/IN%20WIN%20DEVELOPMENT%20INC._GREENME550_ECOS%202970_550W_Report.pdf and www.plugloadsolutions.com/psu_reports/IN%20WIN%20DEVELOPEMENT_IP-P600GQ3-2_ECOS%202556_600W_Report.pdf. Look! Even InWin does better PSUs.
This "PSU" is mutton dressed as green-lamb.
I still think this could be a decent PSU if priced correctly.
EDIT: After a quick google it seems they were rebranded FSP's like 10 years ago. :p
Yeah, looks like they (PowerMan) stopped rebranding FSP-made PSUs and started making their own.
Who do they think they are fooling with this gimmick and this crap? Not enthusiasts.