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Zippy GSM 6600P [A first look] Unit: Zippy GSM-6600P, $190 shipped available at myAopen.com (pm me before you buy!) Folks, My Zippy GSM-6600P arrived today. I got it from myAopen.com. They shipped it promptly and it arrived as promised.This unit is on top of Wolf's list of recommended PSU's. So far I have three of the top five, i.e Zippy, Lite-On and Wintact. Lite-On came out of JonnyGURU's tests in flying colors and the Wintact is a proven performer. What remains to be tested out is the Zippy. I'm going to post a few pictures before sending it off for ATE-Testing. Outer box: http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8703/img1730hc5.jpg Manufacturer Specs: http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/332/img1732ar3.jpg The unit itself: http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/8164/img1733uj2.jpg The fan is a Sanyo-Denki! http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/221/img1734xn4.jpg Caps are Nippon-Chemicon and the big blue one is probably a Hitachi. http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6716/img1746ek8.jpg Very well organized inside. No hint of sloppy soldering, heat-shrinking of cables or component placement. Built to last! http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/9264/img1737go7.jpg The logic board perpendicular to the floor of the unit is a temperature sensor/fan controller (I'm 90% sure of this). http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6701/img1742kc5.jpg Output side wiring. Note the well wound choke. You may be able to see a transparent goo on the inductor. I believe it provides damping and holds a thermistor to the heatsink. http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/110/img1745tr5.jpg Another shot of that. http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/3559/img1751sy0.jpg http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/3664/img1752oc0.jpg
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I think the black box contains a device to provide RF/EMI correction (not sure about this though). http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/4834/img1757wu9.jpg http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8674/img1758ns5.jpg
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Thank you guys, very generous of you to bump it up to the front page. ![]() I love the attention to detail. This unit weighs about 7 lbs! No skimping on the components though. Upon examining the PCB, I think it is some high quality stuff like a Polyamide based compound. Minimizes stray capacitive coupling. Also, it looks like this unit may have independent regulation. They include a test report vide the Chroma-ATE. Obviously, they have great confidence in their units. ![]() At one point, PCP&C sourced their units from Zippy and Sparkle, even. ![]() http://www.tdl.com/~netex/cases/ps.html
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Crudoleum. Thinking about it, 600W may not be big enough for my next box. Arrgh. Wait a minute, PC Power & Cooling's 750W Silencer is listed at $199. I paid $20 more for their EPS 510W SLI. Looks like their prices reflect more competition nowadays. Yippee.
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It looks like a good PSU...5 bucks is 5 bucks...
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Seasonics were on AMD's approved for Athlon XP list years ago. If PC Power&Cooling's 750W Silencers are as nice inside as your Zippy, that'd be OK by me. Come to think of it, I've seen pics of the inside of PC P&C's Turbocools that show higher quality components than your Zippy--but not by much!
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It is pretty had to say really, both units have independent regulation, good EMI filtersing and good quality caps. I have a Turbocool sitting onm my desk right now, but I can't seem to find the screwdriver to open it up again. Seasonic is also very good! The Zippy has Hitachi and Nippon-Chemicon caps in it. All rated for 105 C.
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How have you verified independant regulation?
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However, you can check here:- http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/oth.../atx-psu4.html The core of the GSM series is taken from Zippy's server PSM series. Exact same layout as mine.
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jonnyguru.com likes this PSU. IIRC, PC Power & Cooling uses a beefier heatsink in their 510 Express/SLI. However, I dunno if if their power supply uses the exterior as a heatsink. Cool feature of the Zippy 600W.
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