Antec PowerCache

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Re: Antec PowerCache

I'm curious to know WHY it cycles.

I thought you didn't care

I could speculate on what I think is happening with this unit, but there's not much point until I can get the thing apart and see for sure. I just want to find out whether the issue could have been fixed internally rather than making it into a marketing thing.

[Toasty]

Re: Antec PowerCache

I don't care, I'm just curious as to what would be doing the cyclic ripple.

You stack the wood, I'll bring the gasoline & matches...

Burn baby, BURN!

[weirdlookinguy]

Re: Antec PowerCache

Yes but OW says the Ripple goes to hell without the powercache thing.
That means the main PSU is crap.
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Whoops, missed that part.

[i4004]

Re: Antec PowerCache

>I'm just curious as to what would be doing the cyclic ripple.

badcaps in the feedback circuit?
<wink>

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Re: Antec PowerCache

badcaps in the feedback circuit?

Nippon Chemi-Con KY. The ones that aren't NCC KY or KZE electrolytics are either Sanyo electrolytics or NCC polymers. There's a couple polymers I can't ID... from top to bottom they're marked DR, 16V, 470, F17. Blue color stripe on top.

As you can guess, I have the cover off it now. This'll be an interesting review... there is literally no room for caps on the secondary. There are a few small NCC's. The VRM's take up a lot of space in there.

I'll save the rest of my thoughts for the review itself.

[Toasty]

Re: Antec PowerCache

Sanyo electrolytics...!?!

OMG! Elizabeth! <grasps chest, staggers> It's the big one...

{If I have to explain it, it's not funny.}

This has to be a Golden Sample or something.
No way those cheap bstrds will continue with Sanyo.

Toast

Can't wait for the review.

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Re: Antec PowerCache

This has to be a Golden Sample or something. No way those cheap bstrds will continue with Sanyo.

There are only two of them in there, on the modular cable PCB. Most of the caps are NCC... only the two Sanyos and the two unidentified polymers are not (excluding the AC transient filter caps).

This is probably the first time I've ever seen Sanyo in a review unit that I didn't put in there afterward, come to think of it.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Antec PowerCache

Sanyo sold out their Electrolytic division.
http://edc.sanyo.com/english/news/20...r_200904_e.pdf
The new caps are branded Suncon.
http://www.altec-ag.ch/ger/News/Lett...etter_0409.pdf
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[ratdude747]

Re: Antec PowerCache

will suncon be any good?

[Toasty]

Re: Antec PowerCache

Suncon's been making Sanyo's caps forever. Search the forum for the 2 names. Pick results by threads instead of posts and get yerself an edumication.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Antec PowerCache

Read the 'rest' in the second link I gave.
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Suncon used to be a Sanyo Company and made all Sanyo's lytics.
All that happened is the people at Suncon bought their company from Sanyo and they intend to put their own name one them.
Right now they are making both Suncon and Sanyo marked caps but they are dropping the Sanyo markings entirely in 2010 sometime.
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Thing is there's a bazillion counterfeit Sanyos in the market right now so I have to wonder if Antec,,,,

[MixMasta]

Re: Antec PowerCache

What stops us from soldering capacitors onto the ends of our power supply cables? Would I be more l33t if I used a 3300uF cap instead of a 2200uF cap?

[i4004]

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extremely leet....

[370forlife]

Re: Antec PowerCache

extremely l33t

[i4004]

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ah yeah, sorry!
<wink>

[kc8adu]

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even more l33t is to solder polys to your cables.

[370forlife]

Re: Antec PowerCache

even more l33t is to solder polys to your cables.

and LED's along with annoying neon sleeving.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Antec PowerCache

What do you get for painting it pink and putting on purple rhinestones?

[ratdude747]

Re: Antec PowerCache

pimp my power supply!

[kc8adu]

Re: Antec PowerCache

What do you get for painting it pink and putting on purple rhinestones?

a gay pc!