The Power Supply Unit:
The XG Dragon comes with a 500watts modular power
supply unit. Let’s check it out.
Specifications:
The PSU
supplied with the case has some decent rails,
nothing extreme but should keep a modern computer
running without too many problems. Dual 12v rails
with a combined amperage of 26Amp, 3.3v at 30A,
and the 5v at 35A.
The PSU
is mounted on an aluminium plate, which is fixed
with four screws.
Here you
can see the modular cables, this is a nice feature
because you can remove the cables not needed and
keep the case less cluttered.
The PSU
has two fans for cooling, one 80mm and one 92mm
fan, which use smart thermal fan control. (0dBA
under 40C and max 30dBA under full load status)
Now lets put the PSU to
a quick test, I tested the rails by looping 3dmark01
and ran prime95 in the background.
The hardware used in this
review was as follows:
AMD 3500+ Winchester core
@ 2.6 GHz 1.52v
Chaintech VNF4 Ultra
2 x 1GB A-Data PC 3200
2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 200GB SATA
PowerColor X850XT
3 x 80mm blue LED fans
FLUKE 23 Series II Multimeter
| FORM
FACTOR |
12v |
5v |
3.3v |
| load |
11.90 |
4.96 |
3.32 |
| idle |
11.96 |
5.02 |
3.33 |
The result obtained is
nothing to be overly excited about, but certainly
not bad either for a PSU supplied with a case.
