FSP Introduces 700W PS2 Redundant PSU With 80 Plus Gold Efficiency

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FSP is one of the six largest PSU OEMs and has a huge portfolio of power-related products. The new release from this company is an 700W redundant PSU, compatible with the ATX PS/2 form factor, featuring 80 PLUS Gold efficiency.

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[ChanceJackson]

Cool, how much though

 

[jimmysmitty]

So they are introducing a server PSU into the consumer market.,

Not sure how well it will go off, quality will be the biggest concern.

 

[bloodroses]

FSP's are usually pretty good in quality; and are an OEM for quite a few other companies (Thermaltake, Antec, BeQuiet!, EVGA, etc). This power supply 'should' be just as good. Biggest thing of course will be the price.

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/FSP.htm

 

[Hanin33]

have they made it so that this could be used under normal desktop/workstation usage? ie: how's the noise output on this thing?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

So if the load is shared equally between the two, with overridden protections should not this act as a 1400W unit? Since each individual one can handle 700W?

 

[alextheblue]

have they made it so that this could be used under normal desktop/workstation usage? ie: how's the noise output on this thing?

Yeah I don't think this is really targeted at consumers. I would bet it's going to be fairly loud. This would be ideal for inexpensive mission critical workstations, etc, that use a conventional ATX form factor. You could use it for a server or whatever you want, but if it's not "shut away" someplace the noise could be a problem.

So if the load is shared equally between the two, with overridden protections should not this act as a 1400W unit? Since each individual one can handle 700W?

I highly doubt it. The whole point of this is to be redundant. It's a bit like RAID 1. The system could be running at full tilt using 700W and one side blows up, and it keeps chugging along. I suspect they load balance for OTHER reasons. Longevity/heat concerns, mainly. Both units will last longer if each one handles no more than 350W loads. A secondary reason for doing this might be efficiency gains.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

It'll probably cost around $350 I'd assume. The thing is, it's intended for servers but is normal ATX form factors whereas servers are typically 1U or 2U, or if some average Joe is running a server it might be TFX or SFX. I am really wondering who the target purchasers are for this product, as jimmysmitty says. I guess for any people running a server in an ATX case, which does not seem too common, at least among the professional community I would think. Then again, who knows, this unit could, I assume, have some other purposes beyond the scope of my current ideas.

 

[jimmysmitty]

It'll probably cost around $350 I'd assume. The thing is, it's intended for servers but is normal ATX form factors whereas servers are typically 1U or 2U, or if some average Joe is running a server it might be TFX or SFX. I am really wondering who the target purchasers are for this product, as jimmysmitty says. I guess for any people running a server in an ATX case, which does not seem too common, at least among the professional community I would think. Then again, who knows, this unit could, I assume, have some other purposes beyond the scope of my current ideas.

Very few servers are ATX tower based. Most are 1-3U based and they use the replaceable PSUs like the ones for this so I doubt that is the target. I would assume maybe workstations?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Quite possibly workstations I suppose. I suppose if the person's workstation PSU dies that could be troublesome since time is money.

 

[Shankovich]

Lost me at 3 year warranty. The OEM for quite a few companies that have longer warranties, what gives?

 

[gggplaya]

They should make hot swap single supplies for consumers. My power supply just died, and i had to take my water cooler out(connector on motherboard was under WC), cut my zip ties, and other crap in order to swap it out.