Tuesday, December 18th 2018
Seasonic Prime AirTouch to Finally Launch Mid-January
Seasonic is finally getting around to launch its Prime AirTouch power-supply series sometime mid-January 2019. Just to give you an idea of how far along this product has been delayed, Seasonic developed it way back in 2016, and first exhibited it in CES 2017. The series will debut with an 850W model (SSR-850GD-AT), priced at $160. This SKU has already been showing up on American retailers such as Newegg and Amazon since late-October, but has been out of stock. A variation of the Prime Gold series, the AirTouch offers a small degree of fan-control to users. Its 135 mm fluid-dynamic bearing fan comes with five fan-curves, which you can select from by pushing a round button near the AC receptacle.
The fan-control button is embedded with an RGB LED that indicates the active curve. The first curve, called "Silent" (white), kills the fan when the load is below 40%, runs the fan whisper-quiet between 40-80% load, and spools up above 80%. The second curve, called "Low" (blue), runs the fan whisper-quiet up to 60% load, and spools it up from there. The "Medium" (green) curve runs the fan at moderate speeds and caps its speed to 65% beyond 80% load. The "High" (amber) curve maintains moderate speeds up to 80% load, beyond which the maximum fan-speed is capped at 80%. The "Turbo" (red) mode ignores all parameters and simply runs the fan at 100% speed. Seasonic is backing this PSU with its legendary 12-year warranty.
The fan-control button is embedded with an RGB LED that indicates the active curve. The first curve, called "Silent" (white), kills the fan when the load is below 40%, runs the fan whisper-quiet between 40-80% load, and spools up above 80%. The second curve, called "Low" (blue), runs the fan whisper-quiet up to 60% load, and spools it up from there. The "Medium" (green) curve runs the fan at moderate speeds and caps its speed to 65% beyond 80% load. The "High" (amber) curve maintains moderate speeds up to 80% load, beyond which the maximum fan-speed is capped at 80%. The "Turbo" (red) mode ignores all parameters and simply runs the fan at 100% speed. Seasonic is backing this PSU with its legendary 12-year warranty.
23 Comments on Seasonic Prime AirTouch to Finally Launch Mid-January
I think that Seasonic is reading the market wrong in the past 2-3 years, and instead of another PRIME series they should start treating their entry-mid tier.
We need solid replacements for the old S12\M12 series, even for the SSET series that has been around for over 10 years now.
NZXT has some PSU's with similar feature to corsair's i series, but at higher price.(made by seasonic from what I found)
I have an RM750i, for my system - it never has to turn the fan on even on stress testing, the digital readouts are nice feature but after you use it for a few times you forget its there , great PSU (actually from the reviews its a really good unit and decently priced) replaced an S12II-520 Seasonic unit that after 4.5 Years started clicking (PC worked fine tough) so it was sent for RMA (5Year warranty, replaced some caps and returned the unit to me, still works on another machine)
The bad reputation probably comes with the old CX series which weren't any good (the new cx series is supposed to be 'ok' - still not great)
The G series & Focus series have taken the market space where the Gold S12II/M12II's used to be. For example, the 750w M12II BRONZE was $100 MSRP when it came out. The current price of a 750w Focus Gold is $90.
Needless to say, if you're looking for the market space where the S12II/M12II were placed, the G series & Focus series now occupy that space.
As for the design being outdated, sure, every Bronze rated design is going to be outdated, because the Bronze rating is outdated. It's pointless to redesign a product like the S12II/M12II, when the G & Focus line occupy the market space they once held when released.
Anything that uses group regulation in this day and age is outdated and obsolete which means most of the cheap units from EVGA as well as the Seasonic S12II and the old semi modular M12II
I like that it can go for up to 340W completely silent.
The only minus that I see is price, but i guess it is justified: 12 year warranty, 850W, completely modular, fanless up to 40% load.