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christopher3393
Jun 1 2007, 05:16 PM
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We were impressed by the product quality and performance, FSP has a winner on their hands with the ZEN400, ideal for a silent setup or HTPC where noise is not welcome. Its 400W rating is enough to power most recent systems, even higher end is possible, we tested and stressed the ZEN400 with an overclocked C2D / 8800 GTS SLI setup and couldn’t get it to fail.
Full article HERE
Silverfox
Jun 1 2007, 05:23 PM
QUOTE(christopher3393 @ Jun 2 2007, 02:16 AM) [snapback]693335[/snapback]
Full article HERE


This was already posted in the OCC news about 13 hours ago wink.gif

http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/20310/
jammin
Jun 1 2007, 05:30 PM
Not sure where you are getting 13 hours from, but yeah.

No problem drawing attention to reviews you think make a valid point in some way though smile.gif

My personal opinion on the review itself is a little dubious.
I'm not about to rip it apart, but at 5 pages with only a couple of pages of testing it's a little light.
Not to mention suspect testing methods.

I guess it does still prove that you can run a decent system on a 400W PSU, and a passive one at that (which is impressive).
Silverfox
Jun 1 2007, 05:32 PM
QUOTE(jammin @ Jun 2 2007, 02:30 AM) [snapback]693340[/snapback]
Not sure where you are getting 13 hours from, but yeah.


Well, it said posted at 1pm ... and it's 2am here smile.gif
christopher3393
Jun 1 2007, 05:43 PM
Sorry, missed the post--still adjusting to the new condensed listing of affiliate reviews. What actually caught my attention was that this PSU could handle an OC'd e6600 and OC'd 8800GTS in SLI, supporting an argument that jammin has been trying to make. This is one of the most radical examples I've seen. So I'm interested in what people think of this, since I've recently seen some comments that offer a very different opinion.
jammin
Jun 1 2007, 06:00 PM
Yeah, I should really jump back into the thread I have going for this kind of thing and search out some more examples.
(I could add this review just to show that you can run a system like that, not because I think the review is particularly good).

I'm sure there are some more PSUs I around I can add to the recommended list too (it never stops laugh.gif )

@Silverfox - The OCC front page time runs 8 hours behind GMT (check the time for the most recent news post)

Silverfox
Jun 1 2007, 06:03 PM
QUOTE(jammin @ Jun 2 2007, 03:00 AM) [snapback]693351[/snapback]
@Silverfox - The OCC front page time runs 8 hours behind GMT (check the time for the most recent news post)


Fair - I just assumed that my board settings were global and applied to the front page too smile.gif
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