[CeBIT 06] Scythe's passive PC & PSUs

rpsgc · Post by **rpsgc** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:30 am

Looks pretty sick

(click the images for larger pics)

Power supplies from Scythe:

rpsgc · Post by **rpsgc** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:00 am

I've edited the post, I was at work so I was in a rush. It's better now

BrianE · Post by **BrianE** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:45 pm

Neat. I'm sure other people are just as interested as I am in that PSU and heatlane video card cooler.

I wonder if the PSU has a fan mounted on the front? It seems to have what looks like a fan speed controller on it.

Thanks for posting.

rpsgc · Post by **rpsgc** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:12 am

I'm guessing it has a bottom 120mm fan?

BrianE · Post by **BrianE** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:49 pm

rpsgc wrote:I'm guessing it has a bottom 120mm fan?

Oh yeah, that probably makes more sense.

For some reason I instantly thought it was a 80mm on the front...

vine-au · Post by **vine-au** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:04 am

hmm, sorry to nitpick - but wouldnt a 120mm fan invalidate the "passive" title in this heading?

rpsgc · Post by **rpsgc** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:54 am

The fan isn't/wasn't on.

bovik · Post by **bovik** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:08 am

BrianE wrote:I wonder if the PSU has a fan mounted on the front? It seems to have what looks like a fan speed controller on it.

Maybe it is for setting the temperature threshold when the fan should be turned on.

rpsgc · Post by **rpsgc** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:48 am

bovik wrote:
BrianE wrote:I wonder if the PSU has a fan mounted on the front? It seems to have what looks like a fan speed controller on it.
Maybe it is for setting the temperature threshold when the fan should be turned on.

We may have a winner. The PSU is [supposedly] semi-passive.

wwenze · Post by **wwenze** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:54 pm

Is that a fan grill on the front? From the first pic there seems no space for a 120mm fan too.

I like this design over all the rest: Large external heatsinks (instead of internal ones) plus a fan that will blow little air across the large space in between

It's like a dream (of fitting a large heatsink on the mosfets and running it with low airflow) come true.

UPDATE: STEALTH is thy name
http://www.scythe-usa.com/
http://www.scythe.co.jp/power/20050713-203329.html
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

(Apparently Babelfish doesn't allow hotlinking anymore)

And yes, the fan is 80x80x15mm and runs @ 1300rpm max.

I think I've seen something with a similar front somewhere before...

Most importantly, the rails and temperature/speed chart