SilverStone Announces SX500-LG Power Supply

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For small form factor enthusiasts, the standard SFX power supply form factor has excellent combination of size, power, and affordability. At 100mm deep, however, the standard SFX PSU is also limited in fan size to 80mm. While advances in engineering and components have made modern high-end SFX PSUs quieter than ever, there is still inherent limitation with 80mm fan's ability to dissipate heat at maximum loading conditions while maintaining satisfactory noise profile for users sensitive to higher-pitch sounds. With this in mind, SilverStone has released a "lengthened" variation of the SFX form factor called, SFX-L. With 30mm of added depth, a SFX-L power supply has enough room to fit a 120mm fan, thus its maximum load noise can be not only lower in intensity (via slower fan speed), but also lower in pitch (due to larger fan size).

The first model to debut in the SFX-L will be the SX500-LG, a 500W model that includes all features available from top of the line SFX SilverStone PSUs such as 80 PLUS Gold efficiency, modular flexible flat cables, and semi-fanless capability. An ATX adapter bracket is included as well to enable users to install this PSU into any small or even larger cases that do not have SFX mounting holes.



Special Features:

• Silent running 120mm fan with intelligent semi-fanless operation
• Support SFX-L form factor and ATX via included bracket
• High efficiency with 80 PLUS Gold certification
• 100% modular cables
• All cables made with flexible flat arrays
• 500W continuous power output at 40℃ operating temperature rated for 24/7 operation
• Class-leading single +12V rail with 40A
• Strict ±3% voltage regulation and low ripple & noise
• Support dual PCI-E 8/6pin connectors
• Active PFC

The recommended End User price (excl. VAT): $89.11 USD. The SX500-LG will be available in our stock on the 28th of January.

For more information, visit the product page.

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[KevinCobley]

Excellent Idea this PSU as is the Nightjar (would have been real nice if it could have been tweaked to 140mm).A couple of Molex to SATA adapters thrown in would be nice, but they are real cheap anyway so it ain't a problem. It's about time that PSU's were scaled down in size, Graphics cards power consumption is falling fast and performance rising so old style 850-1250 sizes are already effectively obsolete, in a couple of years high end SLI setups will run on 650W PSU's. Manufacturers need to move to a "gold standard" with the platinum option, the cheapie power hogs need to be shown the door.
It would be nice if a spare 8 pinner could be used on a revised ATX/MATX case with power pins on the case exterior for modems and peripherals like sound gear/ monitors to totally eliminate those expensive energy hogging useless power bricks and the power boards more useless crap. ATX specs need a major revision to case standards.