Antec EDGE 550
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 5:09 am
So I got the long-awaited Edge 550 that I really just wanted to have or at least see.
It is a huge unit it's really very big.
The cables feel much better quality (better plastic) than the Corsair RM units, that's all I can say. Very happy with the cables although they "look" almost identical. I'd say the Corsair cables (RM 550, RM 650 i) are also harder to use.
It's just the fan.
Even at its lowest speed it makes a ticking sound. It's a little background ticking sound. I mean it is beautiful with the blue glow.
But when all else is quiet you can easily hear it from 2 meters away.
Now I tried to torture test my system just now, using OCCT and Furmark for that; I hate to use Furmark, I don't know why, so forget I did .
But I can only manage to push my system up to 70/70 degress (CPU/GPU) and no instability whatsoever but the only fan spinning in the system (apart from the GPU) is the 200mm antec fan doing a very low speed.
So my CPU is basically passively cooled with very little airflow.
My GPU fan I have undervolted to 8V and it does about 1200 RPM.
Max.
And the PSU, the Edge, it basically does not even get warm to the touch. Okay, so this is only about 200W right. Maybe 250W total. What else can I do, it is already a 95W CPU and it should be a 125W GPU but probably doing much less ?
I just don't have the system to draw more than 250W from my PSU.
The backside of the PSU always remains cool, the sides are just lukewarm to the touch. But. I have obstructed the fan so in all of this the fan does not spin.
That's actually what I meant: I have stopped the fan and now stress-tested my system and I cannot get the Antec (PSU) (fan) (fan PSU) (PSU fan) (whatever) to get warmer than something that actually feels little more than pleasantly warm to the touch. Basically, it doesn't need the fan at all.
I'll probably be opening my unit to turn it off but then I lose the nice glow as well .
And I lose warranty so... I think I'll complain to Antec first (about the fan noise). (About the fan).
I mean I kinda suspected something like this would be the case but this is worse than what I expected even. It's impossible to consciously hear it right now as I live in a shopping street and there are kids screaming outside.
But there is a different reverb in the room now and it actually feels pleasant -- now that I have allowed the fan to spin again.
But once it gets quieter you will hear the tick tick tick tick tick tick tick.
So bad score on Antec's part, for my part.
It is a huge unit it's really very big.
The cables feel much better quality (better plastic) than the Corsair RM units, that's all I can say. Very happy with the cables although they "look" almost identical. I'd say the Corsair cables (RM 550, RM 650 i) are also harder to use.
It's just the fan.
Even at its lowest speed it makes a ticking sound. It's a little background ticking sound. I mean it is beautiful with the blue glow.
But when all else is quiet you can easily hear it from 2 meters away.
Now I tried to torture test my system just now, using OCCT and Furmark for that; I hate to use Furmark, I don't know why, so forget I did .
But I can only manage to push my system up to 70/70 degress (CPU/GPU) and no instability whatsoever but the only fan spinning in the system (apart from the GPU) is the 200mm antec fan doing a very low speed.
So my CPU is basically passively cooled with very little airflow.
My GPU fan I have undervolted to 8V and it does about 1200 RPM.
Max.
And the PSU, the Edge, it basically does not even get warm to the touch. Okay, so this is only about 200W right. Maybe 250W total. What else can I do, it is already a 95W CPU and it should be a 125W GPU but probably doing much less ?
I just don't have the system to draw more than 250W from my PSU.
The backside of the PSU always remains cool, the sides are just lukewarm to the touch. But. I have obstructed the fan so in all of this the fan does not spin.
That's actually what I meant: I have stopped the fan and now stress-tested my system and I cannot get the Antec (PSU) (fan) (fan PSU) (PSU fan) (whatever) to get warmer than something that actually feels little more than pleasantly warm to the touch. Basically, it doesn't need the fan at all.
I'll probably be opening my unit to turn it off but then I lose the nice glow as well .
And I lose warranty so... I think I'll complain to Antec first (about the fan noise). (About the fan).
I mean I kinda suspected something like this would be the case but this is worse than what I expected even. It's impossible to consciously hear it right now as I live in a shopping street and there are kids screaming outside.
But there is a different reverb in the room now and it actually feels pleasant -- now that I have allowed the fan to spin again.
But once it gets quieter you will hear the tick tick tick tick tick tick tick.
So bad score on Antec's part, for my part.