Seasonic Rev.A3 Super series A-OK!

Putz · Post by **Putz** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:12 pm

FrontierPC.com is great, and located in Vancouver. I bought a Tornado A3 from them a month or two ago (online order), and the service was quite good. I also visited the store while I was on vacation in the area in August, and it seems like a decent place.

slimeballzz · Post by **slimeballzz** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:57 pm

Putz wrote:FrontierPC.com is great, and located in Vancouver. I bought a Tornado A3 from them a month or two ago (online order), and the service was quite good. I also visited the store while I was on vacation in the area in August, and it seems like a decent place.

Do you recall seeing them list the A3 revision on their site? Because the only ones I see are A1's and A2's.

Putz · Post by **Putz** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 3:48 pm

When I was in-store, I believe they only had A3's in stock. The best way to find out is to ask them yourself. Their customer support seems quite good.

gtrz · Post by **gtrz** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:54 am

johanp wrote:Also, I just received a 400W Super Silencer rev A3 All-In-1 from eXcaliberPC and the voltage regulation is very disappointing. MBM shows +3.3V=3.18V and +5V=4.76V. That +5V barely creeps under 5%! In the review it's claimed that the rev A3 are better than 2% in every case. Do I have a defective sample or are the sensors on the mobo not reliable? The mobo is MSI K7D Master-L

I did an upgrade myself about a week and a half ago and got the ss460
to replace my stock Antec smartpower 350. There does seem to be a low
3.3 rail issue with these whether real or incorrect software reading?, I e-mailed Seasonic but haven't received a reply yet. I must say I'm happy
with it so far. I've got my new mobile 2600 running at 2460 [email protected] v
and it's cool and quiet. Here's a thread I started at Abit a short time ago
that pertains to this a little. I will also add that my previous Antec Smartpower 350 (3.3)volt rail showed better on same setup only down to
3.24 or 3.26 usually. The Seasonic will drop to 3.18 during Prime 95 at times..

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.ph ... genumber=2

Here's a few pics I just shot of my rig and finished install of ss460 using included Dr cable..

jtcb · Post by **jtcb** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:46 pm

slimeballzz wrote:
Putz wrote:FrontierPC.com is great, and located in Vancouver. I bought a Tornado A3 from them a month or two ago (online order), and the service was quite good. I also visited the store while I was on vacation in the area in August, and it seems like a decent place.
Do you recall seeing them list the A3 revision on their site? Because the only ones I see are A1's and A2's.

Anitec on Kingsway also has it.

http://www.anitec.ca/?mode=product_detail&pid=2563[/url]

threevok · Post by **threevok** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:11 am

I purchased the Super Silencer 350 and have since noticed that the output on each rail is the same amperage for the the entire PSU series including the Super Tornado, with the exception of the 12V rail. How is it possible to go from 300W to 350W by increasing the 12V rail by 1 amp? Shouldn't that be closer to a 12W increase? This is not the case for other manufacturers like Antec and Enermax. Any thoughts?

tsemaster · Post by **tsemaster** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:13 am

For swedes: Just bought a 300W from www.jmedata.se and it turned out to be an A3! Tried www.overclockers.se and shg.biz before that with no luck...

Tephras · Post by **Tephras** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:41 pm

Wonderful, thanks for the info!
The SS 300W they are selling is the OEM type, right?

tsemaster · Post by **tsemaster** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:18 am

You're welcome

Yeah, it's the SS-300FT "with no goodies" (OEM).

slem · Post by **slem** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 2:58 am

So, if i'm not entirely mistaken, the SS300FT is the same hardware as SS300FB (tornado), but OEM version?

Would be nice since I haven't been able to find the tornado anywhere in Sweden.

Tephras · Post by **Tephras** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:17 am

I suppose they should be the same hardware wise, what the OEM version lack is basically the cable management kit I think.
There are other places to find Seasonic PSUs in Sweden though they are most likely not revA3: search result at buggy.

gtrz · Post by **gtrz** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:10 pm

There's a Seasonic s12 600 watt review at pc perspective. Anyway, concerning my last post about a possible low 3.3 volt issue, this reviewer
put forth an interesting hypothesis.. here's a snippet and then the link to
the page..

As you can see, all of the DC outputs were held within the ATX specification while operating under a 263 watt combined load when measured at the 24-pin power connector. However, with the 20-pin adapter cable inserted, the primary voltages dropped slightly due to the added resistance of the connector. This was particularly noticeable on the 3.3V rail as all the 3.3V power (~10 Amps) during testing flows thru this connector.

The voltage drops caused by the added connector illustrates how important maintaining good connections with minimal resistance are. Even very small resistances can cause noticeable voltage drops due to the high current load. This is why I am not personally a big fan of power supplies that incorporate removable cables or require the use of adapter cables.

R = E/I = 0.1 volt / 10 amps = 0.01 ohms

Applying Ohm’s Law, we can confirm that a very small resistance can cause a measurable drop in voltage. In the example above, if a connector has 0.01 ohms resistance and 10 amps of current flow thru the connector, the resulting voltage drop will be 0.1 volts.

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=10 ... pert&pid=4

tsemaster · Post by **tsemaster** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 12:46 pm

For swedes: A friend of mine got in touch with www.jmedata.se before buying a 300W OEM and a 400W retail and got them to CONFIRM that they were indeed A3 BEFORE shipping.

Phrezzing · Post by **Phrezzing** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:44 am

Does anyone know if there's anywhere to buy Seasonics in Australia ?

If not, where's the best place to order A3s online ?

Thanks in advance!!

Tamas · Post by **Tamas** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 12:19 pm

Where can I buy Seasonic power supplies in Germany/Austria?
If you know a shop which deals with this brand please help.
Thanks.

DragonOptical · Post by **DragonOptical** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 3:53 am

Tamas: I contacted www.wpcport.de and asked them how much the Super Silencer 460 would cost and they told me they sell it for €169 !!
That's way too much in my opinion (especially when you know they sell the same model for 100$ in other country's...), so I'm gonna try to find another shop in europe or look for another PSU.

Tamas · Post by **Tamas** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:24 am

DragonOptical wrote:Tamas: I contacted www.wpcport.de and asked them how much the Super Silencer 460 would cost and they told me they sell it for €169 !!
That's way too much in my opinion (especially when you know they sell the same model for 100$ in other country's...), so I'm gonna try to find another shop in europe or look for another PSU.

Thanks your answer. €169 is very expensive, in this case I will wait till summer because a shop promised me that they'll get Sesonic S12 power supplies.

If I couldn't find Seasonic dealer with good prices, I would buy Nexus NX-4090 or a new improved (80% efficiency) 350W version of Nexus that will be released soon.

Now a Nexus NX-4090 costs about €112 in a Hungarian shop.

Tephras · Post by **Tephras** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:01 pm

Tamas wrote:a new improved (80% efficiency) 350W version of Nexus that will be released soon.

Do you have more information concerning this new PSU?

Tamas · Post by **Tamas** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:01 am

Tephras wrote:
Tamas wrote:a new improved (80% efficiency) 350W version of Nexus that will be released soon.
Do you have more information concerning this new PSU?

I don't have any more infos, I heard this from the Hungarian Nexus dealer.

Webfire · Post by **Webfire** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:32 am

Well I don't know if you already have another PSU but this german shop also sells Seasonic PSUs:
http://www.sh-edv-vertrieb.de/shop/index.html