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The
next series of pictures, I feel, deserves a preface. They
are shots of the insides the Power Supply itself, as we
at 3DV are an inquisitive bunch, doing reviews and all.
I cant however, recommend that anyone do this unless you
know what you're doing, for a couple reasons.
1) It's dangerous, and
2) It will void OCZ's Warranty; there is a label on one
of the screws telling you this. Again, don't try this at
home.
Once
the cover was removed, gently as to not scratch that lovely
finish. What I found inside was very interesting as Power
Supplies go. Instead of finding componentry packed onto
a PCB and crowding the insides, I found a very neatly arranged
area which, yet again showed attention to detail.
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I
don't profess to know what 3/4 of what is in there actually
is, but I have seen the insides of enough Power Supplies
to know there are some neat things inside this one. One
thing I found that I haven't seen before is that the heatsinks
creep over and reside on the Caps with insulating disks
in between, and any windings and other components that deserve
heat dissipation. Most sinks I've seen in other units simply
rise straight up.
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While the open slits in the heatsinks would seem to reduce
surface area, they in fact don't due to the exposed edges.
They do, however, let air though to directly cool components
below.
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I also found a fuse mounted to the PCB. I didn't see any
adjustment pots for anything, though, in all honestly, I
don't really go looking for those. The line of thinking
is to buy a supply that slightly exceeds your needs, and
if you stick to that ethos and buy quality you probably
wont need them anyway.
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120mm
Fan
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Above
is the monstrous, yet blissfully quiet 120MM clear blue
LED fan.
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