Antec Neo ECO 400C 400W 80 PLUS PSU recap
Hello fellow Badcaps.net forum members,
Today I successfully recapped my old power supply, which was an Antec Neo ECO 400C 400W ATX12V v2.3 power supply from my main PC. Even though the power supply was in perfect working condition and none of the Su'scon capacitors inside it had failed, I did not trust those cheap brown caps and thus replaced every Su'scon cap in it (even the small caps below 470uf) with some quality Japanese capacitors (a mixture of Panasonic, Rubycon, and Nichicon) I had remaining from other recaps and projects in the past. The primary capacitor in this PSU is already a Nippon Chemi-Con, so I did not touch it.
This is the first PSU that I recapped that is not a gutless wonder but is actually decent. Now my Neo ECO 400C PSU has all Japanese capacitors, just like my new HCG-400 PSU.
I hope this recap has improved my Antec PSU, which is currently running my Athlon 64 X2 4600+ PC in anticipation of my coming GeForce 9600GT graphics card for it. So far it is running well with stable voltages, as reported by the motherboard with CPUID Hardware Monitor in Windows 7.
Please comment on my work.
Here is the list of capacitors that were replaced:
1x Su'scon 3300uf 16V 12.5mm -> Panasonic FM 2700uf 16V 12.5mm
1x Su'scon 3300uf 10V 10mm -> Panasonic FM 2700uf 16V 12.5mm
1x Su'scon 2700uf 16V 12.5mm -> Panasonic FM 2700uf 16V 12.5mm
2x Su'scon 2200uf 10V 10mm -> Nichicon HE 2700uf 6.3V 10mm
1x Su'scon 1000uf 16V 8mm -> Panasonic FC 1000uf 16V 10mm
3x Su'scon 1000uf 10V 8mm -> Rubycon MCZ 1800uf 6.3V 8mm
1x Su'scon 220uf 16V 6.3mm -> Panasonic FC 220uf 25V 8mm
1x Su'scon 68uf 50V 6.3mm -> Panasonic FC 100uf 63V 8mm
1x Su'scon 68uf 35V 6.3mm -> Panasonic FC 47uf 50V 6.3mm
1x Su'scon 4.7uf 50V 5mm -> Panasonic FC 4.7uf 50V 5mm
Here are some that I took (somehow some of them got turned around the wrong way when posted here):
Two pictures of my Antec Neo ECO 400C power supply.
Image of the label of this Antec power supply.
A picture of the top ADDA AD1212MB-A70GL 12cm ball-bearing fan of this PSU.
Three pictures of the old Su'scon capacitors that used to be in my Antec Neo ECO 400C PSU.
Four pictures of the new capacitors that I installed to replace the Su'scon capacitors.
The small cap near the Nippon Chemi-Con primary cap is a Panasonic FC 4.7uf 50V capacitor.
Picture of the old Su'scon capacitors I took out, laid out on the table.
An overhead view of the whole PSU after I finished the recap.
Pictures of the PSU voltages from my multimeter when running a small load from Vantec Tornado 92mm fan (from the top is first the +12V, then +5V, then +3.3V, and then +5VSB)
A view of the new secondary caps through the top fan grill of the Antec PSU.
My AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ PC that this Antec PSU is now in (sorry, I'm not too good at cable management)
The secondary side:
Before
After
Today I successfully recapped my old power supply, which was an Antec Neo ECO 400C 400W ATX12V v2.3 power supply from my main PC. Even though the power supply was in perfect working condition and none of the Su'scon capacitors inside it had failed, I did not trust those cheap brown caps and thus replaced every Su'scon cap in it (even the small caps below 470uf) with some quality Japanese capacitors (a mixture of Panasonic, Rubycon, and Nichicon) I had remaining from other recaps and projects in the past. The primary capacitor in this PSU is already a Nippon Chemi-Con, so I did not touch it.
This is the first PSU that I recapped that is not a gutless wonder but is actually decent. Now my Neo ECO 400C PSU has all Japanese capacitors, just like my new HCG-400 PSU.
I hope this recap has improved my Antec PSU, which is currently running my Athlon 64 X2 4600+ PC in anticipation of my coming GeForce 9600GT graphics card for it. So far it is running well with stable voltages, as reported by the motherboard with CPUID Hardware Monitor in Windows 7.
Please comment on my work.
Here is the list of capacitors that were replaced:
1x Su'scon 3300uf 16V 12.5mm -> Panasonic FM 2700uf 16V 12.5mm
1x Su'scon 3300uf 10V 10mm -> Panasonic FM 2700uf 16V 12.5mm
1x Su'scon 2700uf 16V 12.5mm -> Panasonic FM 2700uf 16V 12.5mm
2x Su'scon 2200uf 10V 10mm -> Nichicon HE 2700uf 6.3V 10mm
1x Su'scon 1000uf 16V 8mm -> Panasonic FC 1000uf 16V 10mm
3x Su'scon 1000uf 10V 8mm -> Rubycon MCZ 1800uf 6.3V 8mm
1x Su'scon 220uf 16V 6.3mm -> Panasonic FC 220uf 25V 8mm
1x Su'scon 68uf 50V 6.3mm -> Panasonic FC 100uf 63V 8mm
1x Su'scon 68uf 35V 6.3mm -> Panasonic FC 47uf 50V 6.3mm
1x Su'scon 4.7uf 50V 5mm -> Panasonic FC 4.7uf 50V 5mm
Here are some that I took (somehow some of them got turned around the wrong way when posted here):
Two pictures of my Antec Neo ECO 400C power supply.
Image of the label of this Antec power supply.
A picture of the top ADDA AD1212MB-A70GL 12cm ball-bearing fan of this PSU.
Three pictures of the old Su'scon capacitors that used to be in my Antec Neo ECO 400C PSU.
Four pictures of the new capacitors that I installed to replace the Su'scon capacitors.
The small cap near the Nippon Chemi-Con primary cap is a Panasonic FC 4.7uf 50V capacitor.
Picture of the old Su'scon capacitors I took out, laid out on the table.
An overhead view of the whole PSU after I finished the recap.
Pictures of the PSU voltages from my multimeter when running a small load from Vantec Tornado 92mm fan (from the top is first the +12V, then +5V, then +3.3V, and then +5VSB)
A view of the new secondary caps through the top fan grill of the Antec PSU.
My AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ PC that this Antec PSU is now in (sorry, I'm not too good at cable management)
The secondary side:
Before
After
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