That's interesting, thanks. So you'll need plenty of space in the case for passive cooling, and as little cable clutter as possible... which isn't going to be easy with that mass of cables. Or having a case fan close by.
I plan to use an old HDPlex H3 case with some adaptation to fit the GAN to the case heatsink. Sounds like it will need it...
@msystems I'm assuming the 250w rating takes into account the passive cooling of the unit and the toastiness should be fine.
It does have OTP and should shut off if overheated. OPP as well, I'm wondering how much power you can draw before it would shutdown. How would a water cooled HDPlex behave?
It does have OTP and should shut off if overheated. OPP as well, I'm wondering how much power you can draw before it would shutdown. How would a water cooled HDPlex behave?
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Mine got shipped and is on its way!
Temperature testing with your fingers isn't very reliable btw, 50C could burn your skin while being perfectly fine for computer hardware. I'm sure this thing has been thoroughly tested and rated at its max output.
Temperature testing with your fingers isn't very reliable btw, 50C could burn your skin while being perfectly fine for computer hardware. I'm sure this thing has been thoroughly tested and rated at its max output.
Indeed, it seems designed to deliver 250w to a reasonable level of toasty.
"We are working on the derating curve and will have it by mid Sep.
Right now, our test shows no derating measured for 60 degree celsius." -Larry
So while the HDplex can handle 60C it might require putting it in a strategic place or adding airflow so that doesn't heat up other things nearby too much
"We are working on the derating curve and will have it by mid Sep.
Right now, our test shows no derating measured for 60 degree celsius." -Larry
So while the HDplex can handle 60C it might require putting it in a strategic place or adding airflow so that doesn't heat up other things nearby too much
HDPLEX Larry <larry@hdplex.com>@msystems I'm assuming the 250w rating takes into account the passive cooling of the unit and the toastiness should be fine.
It does have OTP and should shut off if overheated. OPP as well, I'm wondering how much power you can draw before it would shutdown. How would a water cooled HDPlex behave?
To: Dasboot
Tue, Sep 6 at 10:51 AM
300W is currently the OPP.
But it can support short peaks less than 10ms above 300W.
My 2 showed up at the house (USA) yesterday and were impressed with the size and weight of main PS unit.
Doing some benchmarking today and trying to trip OCP by running it at 250w average on sensors, so closer to 300w at the wall, but it refuses to trip.
I'm pulling up to 220w (sensor indicated) on a 3060ti at 110% power limit and 45 watts (package power sensor indicated) on a 6700k. I would have expected the GPU transients to trip it but so far it hasn't. This is really impressive just in terms of the power handling. It gets quite hot doing this and I didn't wait around to see if it causes a thermal trip, just a short test for a few minutes. Previous HDplex products were able to exceed their rating with active cooling so I'm wondering if this is the case here as well.
I'm pulling up to 220w (sensor indicated) on a 3060ti at 110% power limit and 45 watts (package power sensor indicated) on a 6700k. I would have expected the GPU transients to trip it but so far it hasn't. This is really impressive just in terms of the power handling. It gets quite hot doing this and I didn't wait around to see if it causes a thermal trip, just a short test for a few minutes. Previous HDplex products were able to exceed their rating with active cooling so I'm wondering if this is the case here as well.
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Thanks for pushing it to the limit, thus letting us know more what this new PSU is capable of!
How about coil whine or similar? Can you notice something if you don't have fans running nearby to mask the noise?
It's important to note that the power rating is for output, so whatever is pulled at the wall is (more or less) irrelevant. Your sensor readings are of far more use, even if they're inherently inaccurate. And given that it's rated for 250W continuous output I'd be very disappointed if your load tripped OCP - even if it's 220+45+20 or so for the rest of the system, that's just 14% above the rating. If OCP was set that low, you'd risk it being triggered even within the rated range, so most likely it's set well above that point.Doing some benchmarking today and trying to trip OCP by running it at 250w average on sensors, so closer to 300w at the wall, but it refuses to trip.
I'm pulling up to 220w (sensor indicated) on a 3060ti at 110% power limit and 45 watts (package power sensor indicated) on a 6700k. I would have expected the GPU transients to trip it but so far it hasn't. This is really impressive just in terms of the power handling. It gets quite hot doing this and I didn't wait around to see if it causes a thermal trip, just a short test for a few minutes. Previous HDplex products were able to exceed their rating with active cooling so I'm wondering if this is the case here as well.
Anyone tried this with Streacom DB4 case an can shed some light on mounting and heat dissipation to the case?
My take on the brick conversion: https://smallformfactor.net/forum/t...250w-gan-to-12v-power-brick-conversion.18607/
figured i should add this here as well
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The fan placement is a little weird. Axial fan(?) from closed panel to open area at the ATX connections? Air channel to the closed AC wire side?
And the dimensions are difficult (specifically the length of 200mm+AC wire).
Price is suprisingly good... competitive to Flex-ATX. Just 30USD over the 250W GaN... 40mm fan vs. 40mm fan though.
And the dimensions are difficult (specifically the length of 200mm+AC wire).
Price is suprisingly good... competitive to Flex-ATX. Just 30USD over the 250W GaN... 40mm fan vs. 40mm fan though.
I think it's a radial fan. But I'm still not a fan of such fan setupLet's see what the reviews have to say.
If it is anywhere near as quiet as their 400W DC-ATX unit, you'll never hear it though
