CES 2009 - Cases, Coolers, and Power Supplies
by Christoph Katzer on January 14, 2009 3:00 AM EST- Posted in
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OCZ with New Power Supplies
There are actually only two new power supplies from OCZ and PC Power & Cooling. OCZ announced the EcoStream series, which is supposed to reach up to 88% efficiency with 120VAC. We couldn't determine who the original manufacturer is (it looks like FSP at first sight) but we will make sure we do so once we have a sample in the labs. The UL number is from OCZ. The four 12V rails are rated at 18A each for the 650W version and there is also a 550W version that wasn't on display.
The second addition from the company to the larger power supplies comes from the PC Power & Cooling branch with the Silencer 910W. This will use a Seasonic design that already works in the other Silencer power supplies. The 910W power supply will be the bridge between the Silencer 750W and Turbo Cool 1200W, since PCP&C discontinued the 1000W Turbo Cool unit.
A Case from OCZ?
Yes, there is a case on display and OCZ told us a few months ago that something like this would pop up at some point. We didn't actually get much information about this case, but the gallery shows a few shots from it. It looks like a steel body case with an aluminum front panel.
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JonnyDough - Thursday, January 15, 2009 - link
What's the name on that new GPU cooler by Zalman? Looks really nice. I think I'll get it for my 8800GTS if it fits it. Do you know if the memory heatsinks come with it? They're nice and spikey.Evinyatar - Thursday, January 15, 2009 - link
That's the VF2000. Looks like a nice CPU cooler for low profile HTPC's.JonnyDough - Sunday, January 18, 2009 - link
Aye. I hope it fits 939 and 478 though. I wish there were more good universal heatsinks.JonnyDough - Thursday, January 15, 2009 - link
It's good to see Thermaltake filling the wattage ranges of PSUs. We need 350w PSUs too!JonnyDough - Thursday, January 15, 2009 - link
Is that a new SilentFlux cooler I see in the Silverstone Raven case? Silent Flux coolers are made by Noiselimit (Noiselimit.com). I haven't seen that particular one before. I'm curious to know more about it if you have any info on it. Thanks.~Ry
Christoph Katzer - Thursday, January 15, 2009 - link
They came with sll of the i7 systems for the show...JonnyDough - Thursday, January 15, 2009 - link
I noticed too in SilverStone's silver HTPC case that they have another Noise Limit bubble pump cooler. Any particular reason they're using those in their displays this year?JeBarr - Thursday, January 15, 2009 - link
I can think of a few good reasons to flip the motherboard 90 degrees to the front, but if they only did this to accomodate 18" graphics cards from the future then what a waste. I did like the ABS black pearl that has the mobo mounted on left side instead of right, if viewed from the front of case. I did like that design except that the mobo mounted too high-up in the chassis, which prevented the 4th hd4850 with aftermarket cooler from fitting in so that project was scrapped. Just might be a new option now with this Raven, but if it is gonna retail for more the the lian-li pc80 then forget it.yehuda - Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - link
It's nice to see Antec update this model. I can see they've added audio ports on the front and expanded the side grille. Still, no Firewire, eSATA or a card reader. Any idea what has changed on the inside?Anubis - Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - link
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