Case and Cooling Spring 2004: Upcoming Products
by Kristopher Kubicki on April 3, 2004 10:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
OCZ Power Supplies
OCZ has changed a lot over the last two years; they have been a long time producer of memory, but now are refocusing attention on power supplies and cooling products. Their newest creation, the OCZ PowerStream, is a very large, enthusiast oriented power supply geared as an alternative to PC Power and Cooling units.
Wattages
|
|
3.3V |
5V |
12V |
-12 |
-5 |
+5vsb |
combined theoretical |
actual combined |
advertised total |
|
OCZ PowerStream |
92.40 |
150.00 |
396.00 |
6.00 |
2.50 |
10.00 |
??? |
??? |
??? |
We placed "???" in some of the fields for wattage because the final specifications have not yet been released. To our knowledge, there will be 3 models of the OCZ PowerStream, and the most capable should be able to clear 620W. Most systems are not capable of drawing more than 300W of power, so the PowerStream may seem a bit excessive unless you can really tax the 12V rails.
Our sources in OCZ also revealed the new unit will have a few neat features, including copper shielding on the ATX cable (similar to Enermax power supplies), load controlled fan and variable pot. The load controlled fan is somewhat unique; the RPM on the exhaust are dependant on how many amps the system is drawing. The OCZ PowerStream is also BTX compatible. Look forward to hearing more about the OCZ PowerStream in upcoming months.
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rsa4046 - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
A watt is the SI unit of power (energy or work per unit time), and thus contains time implicitly: 1 W = 1 J/s. Perhaps you meant heat flux (i.e., power per unit area, or 150 W/cm2 )?Chuckles - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
I know its relatively minor, but there is an error on page one."A solid block of copper sits on the CPU, and is then sinked by 6 heatpipes anchored onto the 7mm aluminum chassis. Without moving components, the case is able to sink 150W per second!"
A Watt is a Joule per second, a measure of energy per unit time (power). Thus the article should read "... 150W!"