Rosewill RD500

[370forlife]

I got a new psu for my computer today. I took out my old 500W rosewill stallion and immediatly opened it up. I can't really identify the brand of caps. They are all the same, and the logo looks like a small planet with a ring around it. Has decent heatsinks on the VRM's, and has two main caps, kinda thinking its not a active pfc then.

My new psu, a HEC zephyr (now, hold on...) 750W. Has 4 12v rails each at 19A. The main cap is a Teapo (eek,) and the rest of the caps are UCC (decent.)

[Wizard]

Re: Rosewill RD500

Saturn (bad caps!)

Cheers, Wizard

[momaka]

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They are all the same, and the logo looks like a small planet with a ring around it.

Although they don't have a real name, here I think they are officially called "Saturn Logo" .
I see them a lot in newer L&C/Deer PSUs (these caps are almost like a trademark to them). If L&C/Deer is using it, it must be crap.
I've always wondered how we should rate them - better than Fuhjyyu?? worse than GSC/Evercon/Sacon??.

[Scenic]

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jonnyguru a.k.a. oklahoma wolf calls them chhsi in his reviews...

i wonder if he knows that those are chhsi or if it's just a guess...!?

see here... http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php...tory3&reid=114

[PCBONEZ]

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Thanks!
Was looking for reviews of the HEC Zephyr but couldn't find one that mentioned the caps.

[PCBONEZ]

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[PCBONEZ]

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One of these logos?

[i4004]

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>jonnyguru a.k.a. oklahoma wolf

2 persons there...

[Scenic]

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?

i thought that's the same guy (?)

if not: sorry


edit:

he calls those "chhsi":

[PCBONEZ]

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>jonnyguru a.k.a. oklahoma wolf

2 persons there...

So I understand...
jonnyguru retired last year
oklahoma wolf took over the site

[PCBONEZ]

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That isn't Chhsi.
That's the second logo I showed.
http://www.12kj.com/index3.htm

[i4004]

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what's interesting is that these have web-sites..

but there must be a ton of even crappier(!imagine that!) chinese mfrs that even don't have web site, and still sell anything they make....heh...

[370forlife]

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One of these logos?

It was the first one

[PCBONEZ]

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I was looking in the picture at jonnyguru.
The one I see is SC.

The first logo is Y.C. brand. [YANG-CHUN ELECTRONICS - China.].
I don't think they have a website though.

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[370forlife]

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So your saying I can trust my HEC with a Teapo and UCC's more than my rosewill with all Y.C's?

[PCBONEZ]

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Oh HEC yes.
Pardon the pun.

HEC has been around a LONG time as an OEM.
They also go by "HERALCHI" and "CompuCase".

Their cheap retail units are just that, cheap. Anything in to Orion series is crap for sure. Those don't have complete input filters. I don't have specifics on their non-Orion 'economy' models so I avoid them.

BUT: Their higher grade models like "Ace" and "WinPower____" are decent.
[I dunno about the older WinMill or newer WinPro lines. Meaning I dunno if they are part of the WinPower 'family' type build or are something else entirely.]

For a long time ZEPHYR was the only series 'equal to or up from' Ace and WinPower that HEC had at all, which is why I've been looking for a review.

They've more recently come out with a "Raptor" and "X-Power" series which sound a little too much like they've outsourced from -a particular- crap OEM builder. At least until I've seen some reviews with the guts open I'm staying away.

BTW:
"Ace" and "WinPower____" are the same build except the fan arrangement and heat sinks which gives them different watt ratings. The labeled power in realistic too.
They aren't for people that want some video card that's a pig about eating +12v amps but the 480-550w units have something like 240 watts on combined 3.3v and 5v. Great if you have a situation where you wanna run a butt-ton of hard drives in one case. (RAID File server / a big NAS for example.).

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[370forlife]

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Well, mine is a Zephyr 750W. Its not completely unrealistically labeled. 170W combined on the 3.3 and 5v. 720W combined from the 4 12v rails (maybe a little higher than it can acutally do,) has a 120mm fan on the bottom, and a 80mm fan on the rear. The 80mm kicks on at 60% load, which it has yet to kick on for me.

link:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...k=HEC%20zephyr

[PCBONEZ]

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I don't think the WinPower, ACE, or Zephyr are over-watted on the label.
Sorry if I implied otherwise.

I've never needed that much on 12v because I don't do 'fancy' gamer type video cards.
Just not my thing.