Obviously I missed it, which is why I said "Did I miss something"
And for your information dickwad, I looked on all the pages, just missed that last sentence. It is possible. I goofed. Don't be such a little bitch about it.
I thought pricing info would be on the first page where it says "Prices"... silly me, I thought that would be prices for this product reviewed, when in fact it's just revenue generating advertisements ( which I DID click on because I did THINK those were the prices for this product... your welcome. Send those few dollars to the JWAP Foundation. ( Journalists Who Aren't Pussies )
Let me rescend my apology. I read the article. Right below where it says
Date: October 16th, 2008
Topic: Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Manufacturer: Super Flower Inc.
Author: Christoph Katzer
It then says:
Prices
- TECHONWEB $122.91
- HP Small/Medium Business $29.89
- Dell $99.99
- Dell SMB $39.99
- HP Small/Medium Business $40.35
- Dell $99.99
Silly me, Im thinking this is a great deal! It doesnt say anywhere on this first page that this is a "not yet shipping" product.
Why would you? Its obvious that the advertisements are strategically placed to generate clicks through trickery.
"Several years back their units were a lot more common and you could find them in online shops around the globe, but their presence has been fading. However, we have reviewed a few other brands that were built by Super Flower."
For those whose memory isn't all that great, and who are too lazy to go back through the previous P/S reviews, could you remind us which other power supplies that have been reviewed were built by SuperFlower?
You can recognize other SuperFlowers by their distinctive heatsink design and the cable management with the special connectors. Some Topower builds have the same cm-connectors though, since it's actually their patent but until now only Tagan used them (afaik).
You are KIDDING about the ripple, right? I mean, a max 7.87 mV (if accurate in the retail version) is a great spec. Even the 650W Antec Signature (which is the best 650W out there) can't do that...
I was looking through the comments to see if anyone had any insight on how to read that graph, too, since it looked to me like what I would assume to be rather "rippled", especially at full power.
On another topic, with no production units available and therefore no firm pricing, this kind of preview is interesting, but it is not as helpful as a review of something that I can actually buy and therefore determine an actual value for. Certainly, we haven't run out of available power supplies to review at this point, have we?
I think it's actually interesting what companies can do. It might not be helpful to find a new PSU for your setup, I know, at least not for now. It's showing however what the companies are capable of.
"(Ed: The English grammar on the packaging could also use some work.)"
Other then the slogan ("Always Accompany With You") I didn't see anything that odd. The Cooler Master Centurion 5 box, for example, is much more interesting.
Looked like there were some burn marks or something like that on parts of the heatsinks? Is that a varnish spray or something?
Is it terrible? No, but there are lots of little things. "Support Intel Core 2..." instead of "Supports". "More than 2000 times ON/OFF test." "PCI-E 6pin and 8(6+2)pin Connector Satisfy High-end Graphic Card Requirement." (...connectors support high-end graphics cards" would be better.) Just a guess, but I'm sure their manual has some interesting wording as well. Never mind the company name of Super Flower, which sounds like something from the 60s. :-)
Could also be the name of a Chinese take-out place, they tend to follow a form like that.
Sure, the label isn't great, but compared to some of the boxes and manuals I have seen before it is quite clear. As you said, their manual might prove more interesting.
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Choppedliver - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - link
Did I miss something or did the reviewer not tell us how much this thing costs and where you can get it?Christoph Katzer - Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - link
"The only real question we have is pricing. We will have to wait until Super Flower begins shipping these units to get a price quote."In the time you wrote that totally unnecessary post you could have found it on the last page.
Choppedliver - Sunday, October 26, 2008 - link
Obviously I missed it, which is why I said "Did I miss something"And for your information dickwad, I looked on all the pages, just missed that last sentence. It is possible. I goofed. Don't be such a little bitch about it.
I thought pricing info would be on the first page where it says "Prices"... silly me, I thought that would be prices for this product reviewed, when in fact it's just revenue generating advertisements ( which I DID click on because I did THINK those were the prices for this product... your welcome. Send those few dollars to the JWAP Foundation. ( Journalists Who Aren't Pussies )
Let me rescend my apology. I read the article. Right below where it says
Date: October 16th, 2008
Topic: Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Manufacturer: Super Flower Inc.
Author: Christoph Katzer
It then says:
Prices
- TECHONWEB $122.91
- HP Small/Medium Business $29.89
- Dell $99.99
- Dell SMB $39.99
- HP Small/Medium Business $40.35
- Dell $99.99
Silly me, Im thinking this is a great deal! It doesnt say anywhere on this first page that this is a "not yet shipping" product.
Why would you? Its obvious that the advertisements are strategically placed to generate clicks through trickery.
Spacecomber - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
"Several years back their units were a lot more common and you could find them in online shops around the globe, but their presence has been fading. However, we have reviewed a few other brands that were built by Super Flower."For those whose memory isn't all that great, and who are too lazy to go back through the previous P/S reviews, could you remind us which other power supplies that have been reviewed were built by SuperFlower?
Christoph Katzer - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
Kingwin for example: http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsus/showdoc.a...">http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsus/showdoc.a...You can recognize other SuperFlowers by their distinctive heatsink design and the cable management with the special connectors. Some Topower builds have the same cm-connectors though, since it's actually their patent but until now only Tagan used them (afaik).
Souka - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
Only thing I see good about this PSU is the fan and resulting noise (lack of) from it.Voltages are too far out of alignment, and the ripple isn't great.
symbul - Monday, October 20, 2008 - link
You are KIDDING about the ripple, right? I mean, a max 7.87 mV (if accurate in the retail version) is a great spec. Even the 650W Antec Signature (which is the best 650W out there) can't do that...Spivonious - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
That 12V graph looks pretty shaky. What does that mean in terms of the voltage/power delivered?Spacecomber - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
I was looking through the comments to see if anyone had any insight on how to read that graph, too, since it looked to me like what I would assume to be rather "rippled", especially at full power.On another topic, with no production units available and therefore no firm pricing, this kind of preview is interesting, but it is not as helpful as a review of something that I can actually buy and therefore determine an actual value for. Certainly, we haven't run out of available power supplies to review at this point, have we?
HOOfan 1 - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
below 8mV of ripple...is extremely low. So low I am not sure I believe it.Christoph Katzer - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
I think it's actually interesting what companies can do. It might not be helpful to find a new PSU for your setup, I know, at least not for now. It's showing however what the companies are capable of.InvertMe - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
"Super Flower says that we did not the unit we received should be representative of stock units,"Just letting you know. :)
strikeback03 - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
"(Ed: The English grammar on the packaging could also use some work.)"Other then the slogan ("Always Accompany With You") I didn't see anything that odd. The Cooler Master Centurion 5 box, for example, is much more interesting.
Looked like there were some burn marks or something like that on parts of the heatsinks? Is that a varnish spray or something?
JarredWalton - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
Regarding grammar, I was thinking more of the packaging, not the PSU label. You can see what I mean in this image:http://images.anandtech.com/galleries/248/08.jpg">http://images.anandtech.com/galleries/248/08.jpg
Is it terrible? No, but there are lots of little things. "Support Intel Core 2..." instead of "Supports". "More than 2000 times ON/OFF test." "PCI-E 6pin and 8(6+2)pin Connector Satisfy High-end Graphic Card Requirement." (...connectors support high-end graphics cards" would be better.) Just a guess, but I'm sure their manual has some interesting wording as well. Never mind the company name of Super Flower, which sounds like something from the 60s. :-)
strikeback03 - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
Could also be the name of a Chinese take-out place, they tend to follow a form like that.Sure, the label isn't great, but compared to some of the boxes and manuals I have seen before it is quite clear. As you said, their manual might prove more interesting.
Christoph Katzer - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
Was actually kind of scratched like they fell on the floor ;)InvertMe - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
That's what we call durablity testing.InvertMe - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
durability >< going to get some more coffee.juniorMen - Tuesday, March 22, 2022 - link
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