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Powmax Demon 580W PSU
Author: JonnyGuru
Date Posted:20/03/2005 11:32.49
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Bottom Line:
The Powmax Demon 580W has red LED's, red weave over the cables and red power connectors, a Bo-Sox fan can really get his fix. At less than $50 its inexpensive, but is it any good?
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Looking Inside
As usual, I
opened the power supply up and inside I found about half as much "power supply" as
any of the other power supplies I have reviewed today. Two ideas came to mind.
Either Moore's Law now applies to power supplies and Powmax is far advanced
from other manufacturers, or the two components on the PCB that look like capacitors
are actually uranium isotopes. Yes people... The Powmax Demon is not a switching
power supply. It's actually a miniature nuclear reactor.... and the red glowing
is NOT derived from LED's! I'ts radiation!!! Ok... Maybe not.
The heat sinks are about as small as I've ever seen. They do not even run
the length of the already small PCB. They only come up half way up the height
of the housing and plateau into two little sheets of perforated aluminum.
The main ATX cable has a red weave over it and the power connectors
(minus the
SATA connectors) are all red plastic.
Pretty sharp looking, actually.
Aesthetically, the Powmax has a whole lot of red going on. The ATX cable has
red webbing over it, the Molex connectors are all red, the fans are red and
the AC outlet is red. As soon as the unit is plugged in, the on/off switch
glows red, and once it's turned on, the LED's in the fans kick out red light.
All and all, a very ANGRY looking power supply.
The Powmax does not seem to feature a thermostatically controlled fan, although
the Powmax website implies that the "noise level (is a) maximum of 37db
at 100% system loading." As if the fans actually spun slower and quieter
at less load. Perhaps I had the power supply at full load from the moment I
turned it on, because the inside fan was very loud. It's a good thing it's
mounted INSIDE the case and not on the back like most power supplies. The components
inside the PC from the front of the power supply to the outside actually baffles
some of the noise.
Studies show that the color red increases the heart rate, brain wave activity,
and respiration. Yeah... That's what I need.
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