SFF.Network Silverstone Starts Shipping Flex ATX 350W Power Supply
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Any word on MSRP? I think that's probably the main draw for this over a setup like the HDPlex 400w and an internal adapter. It probably takes up the same amount of space but for half or less of the price. Though I don't think the FX350-G is as elegant (non-modular cables, potentially loud fan), I think it's exciting if you're on a budget 
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I don't think the s4m was designed with using one of these in the first place, so no, I wouldn't expect it to fit either.
Also, based one some Google-fu and quick maths, this unit is smaller than the Dell 330w power brick, so for someone like me who doesn't want to use external bricks, this is a great option.
Would be nice to know more about the thermal & noise on start-up, idle and full-load.
Any SFF review coming?
Any SFF review coming?
Dell bricks?
Why not just put this PSU outside the S4M? It's definitely smaller than a Dell brick.
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Thats kind of like looking at an 18 wheeler and going "looks huge, i'll use my mini cooper". Different tools for different tasks.
What's the highest SFX now, 800w SFX-L from Silverstone, correct? I hope they stay strong in the PSU department, maybe even set some new expectations for other manufacturers to follow.
For flex, I just want a 500w one that doesn't dound like an airplane.
IIRC I don't think we'll see anything greater than 800w in SFX for a bit - it's hard for the manufacturers to see such a power need for the form factor, as well as the general "duhhhhh but i want a 140mm fan and modular thing and rgb and giant and derrrrrrrr" behaviour of the mass market.
That one sucks. I got my first unit burnt down after 4 hours of prime 95 test. The second one cannot feed a Vega 64 very well either.
A bit disappointed with this PSU. No black cables, no modular cables, and it only comes with a 6-pin PCIe, not an 8-pin. Seriously? What card out there only uses a 6-pin? That's gotta be a limitation of whatever OEM they're using as FlexATX traditionally doesn't come with PCIe cables.
I was hoping this would be the first truly consumer-friendly FlexATX PSU, but it doesn't seem like that's the case.
I was hoping this would be the first truly consumer-friendly FlexATX PSU, but it doesn't seem like that's the case.
I believe you may be expecting too much from a 350W consumer flex-atx PSU at this time The only modular units I've seen thus far are server units (loud ASF), or hand made variants.
Also, quite a few mid range cards are 6 pin only. (Reference units of the R9-250x, R9-260, GTX1060, etc, as well as many aftermarket designs)
The only modular units I've seen thus far are server units (loud ASF), or hand made variants.Also, quite a few mid range cards are 6 pin only. (Reference units of the R9-250x, R9-260, GTX1060, etc, as well as many aftermarket designs)
Both MSI and Gigabyte ITX 1060 6gb models use 1*6pin cable, and nVidia recommends 400W power supplies for 1060s.
Oh right, the 1060. Well it's the only one on the nVidia side, I'm not too familiar with AMD GPUs' power requirements. But you could comfortably power a 180W card + a 95W CPU with a 350W PSU, so they should have included an 8-pin. I suppose you could use a dual molex-to-8-pin adapter. Still, it just seems like all they did was paint an OEM unit black and sleeve the cables. Does anyone know who their OEM is for this? Enhance?
For modular cables, all you need is to extend the floor of the unit a bit and put a PCB with connectors on there. And then they could have used their own ribbon cables for it. It would require some R&D and special manufacturing, but... that's what you do for a new product. Silverstone invented SFX, that required R&D too. I'm not complaining, I just think they could have done more.
For modular cables, all you need is to extend the floor of the unit a bit and put a PCB with connectors on there. And then they could have used their own ribbon cables for it. It would require some R&D and special manufacturing, but... that's what you do for a new product. Silverstone invented SFX, that required R&D too. I'm not complaining, I just think they could have done more.
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