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Thermaltake W0021 Purepower Butterfly 480W PSU
Author: JonnyGuru
Date Posted:20/03/2005 13:19.25
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Bottom Line:
The Thermaltake W0021 Purepower 480W Butterfly looked promising with its lights, the window and the multicolored cables until it blew up.....
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Specifications
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Let's see what's on the Thermaltake label......
| Thermaltake W0021 480W |
+3.3V |
+5V |
+12V |
-12V |
-5V |
+5VSB |
| Max Output Current |
28A |
35A |
17A |
0.8A |
0.3A |
2A |
| Max Combined Peak Wattage |
480W |
17A on the 12V rail? Check the books.. Is that the
lowest we've seen? That's pretty low. I've got 400W Ultra's and
ePower's with more than that.
Let's take a look at what connectors we get...
| Thermaltake W0021 480W |
QUANTITY OF CONNECTORS |
| ATX connector |
20-pin |
| 2 x 2 12V connectors |
1 |
| 2 x 3 PCIe |
0 |
| 6-pin Xeon/AUX connector |
1 |
| 5.25" Drive connectors |
9 |
| 3.5" Drive connectors |
3 |
| SATA Drive power connectors |
2 |
| Fan only connectors (thermostatically controlled 12V only) |
0 |
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Wow! That's a lot of power connectors! I
can't recall seeing a power supply with nine 5.25" drive connectors
AND two SATA. Pair that information up with the power output ratings
and you've got... what? A power supply for a Pentium III based
file server?? There's no fan only connectors, but a connector for
checking the power supply fan's RPM. There's also a proprietary
fan connector that mates up with the included 5.25 bay unit. There's
no PCI Express connectors but, quite frankly, I don't think 17A on the
12V could handle
a motherboard with PCI Express to start with (being that the CPU would
regulate off of the 12V on such a board and then you'd need juice for
the video card.)
The cables all have different colored webbing on them for a multicolor
look that rivals the power supply's multi-color lights.
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