Spire Rocketeer SP-500w Get our reviews RSS feed here  |
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Author: SorX | ||
| Posted: 23:00, March 8th 2006 | |||
| Link: http://www.spirepower.com | |||
| Score: 8 out of 10 [?] | |||
| Price: £49.99 | |||
Introduction
Spire. Anyone heard of them? I had never heard of them until this VERY shiny PSU arrived in my testing lab. I just hope that Spires first impression on me will be a good one…
A Little about Spire
For the last thirteen years, Spire has been both recognized and respected as the #1 manufacturer of computer thermal solutions in Europe. The quality and reliability of our products has earned us the loyalty of many well known manufacturers and distributors throughout the world and we have maintained close business ties with international names in the computer industry. In July of 2001, Spire opened its first office in Pennsylvania to bring Spire’s success in Europe over to the American market.
Our focus is to meet the demands of our customers and concentrate on guiding them a step ahead of their competition. Our dependable products and vast resources, made available by our R&D team, make it possible for Spire to not only compete, but to deliver a powerful solution.
Specifications
- Intel BTX 1.0a & STX 1.3 / 2.03 Specification Compliant
- Supports: Intel Celeron, P4 & 5, AMD Athlon XP, 64, Sempron and Opteron
- EMI Shielded VGA/HDD Power Connector
- Modular Power Connectors
- Ultra-Silent at normal load
- 3 Speed Variable Fan Speed Auto-Control
- I/O Short Circuit & Overload Protection
- Thermo Reactive Cooling System
- SATA Power Connector
- Hi-Efficiency - 75% at full load
- 2 x SATA Power Connectors
- ATX-20 pin to EPS-24 pin cable connector
- 3 Year Warranty
- Safety: Approved by CUL, FCC
Those were taken directly from the box that I recieved the Rocketeer in. It seems that they really want to push the fact that there are SATA connectors. A major bonus in the system is the modular system, which is slowly becoming a standard on PSU's. Another standard is the fan speed auto adjusting feature that means that sound levels are kept to an absolute minimum.
