With many thanks to jonnyGURU, I am now the proud owner of one of these Etasis made monsters. Traded JG my brand new never used FSP 600W for the most recent review sample he used for the ST56ZF review. Thought you all might like to know what's inside one of these. No pics unfortunately - I still don't have a digital camera.
First thing I saw upon voiding the warranty were the three Nichicon 150uf 400v primary caps. One of them had a sticker with the actual Etasis model number stamped on it - EPAP-560.
On the secondary side, I found an interesting mixture - at least 4 large Teapos, what looked like two Sanyos (but could also be Teapo - very hard to tell in this unit), and one huge Rubycon that dwarfed everything else on the output side. The unit is far too cramped inside to tell what rail the Ruby was attached to, but given the 38A 12v rating it wouldn't shock me to find it plugged into the 12v.
The unit also does not have independant regulation for all three main outputs that I could see, explaining why it is so affected by crossloading. In my 5v oriented Athlon XP system, it performs just like the FSP 530W it replaced. Except it is much more powerful, smaller, and quieter. Definitely heavier though.
First thing I saw upon voiding the warranty were the three Nichicon 150uf 400v primary caps. One of them had a sticker with the actual Etasis model number stamped on it - EPAP-560.
On the secondary side, I found an interesting mixture - at least 4 large Teapos, what looked like two Sanyos (but could also be Teapo - very hard to tell in this unit), and one huge Rubycon that dwarfed everything else on the output side. The unit is far too cramped inside to tell what rail the Ruby was attached to, but given the 38A 12v rating it wouldn't shock me to find it plugged into the 12v.
The unit also does not have independant regulation for all three main outputs that I could see, explaining why it is so affected by crossloading. In my 5v oriented Athlon XP system, it performs just like the FSP 530W it replaced. Except it is much more powerful, smaller, and quieter. Definitely heavier though.
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