When you hear the name
Cooler Master, most likely you immediately think of a company that specializes in cooling products. While that is not inaccurate, they also make other computer components, including cases and power supplies. Cooler Master has sent over a new addition to their Real Power line of power supplies geared towards mini servers, workstations and gaming machines. This new power supply is rated at 550W, a sizable increase over the previous 450W. There are actually two versions of this power supply. One is designed for SLI configurations, while the other is not. I will be looking at the Real Power 550 - RS-550-ACLY (which is not the SLI version).
Before jumping into the review, let's take a look at some of the published data on the Real Power 550W Power Supply taken from the
Cooler Master website...
Specifications:
» Type: Intel® ATX12V V2.01 Form Factor / SSI EPS12V V2.1 Form Factor
» PFC: Active PFC (PF>0.99)
» Input Voltage: 90V~264V (Auto Range)
» Input Current: 10A at 115Vac / 5A at 230Vac
» Input Frequency Range: 47 ~ 63 Hz
» Power Good Signal: 100 ~ 500 ms
» Hold Up Time: > 17 ms
» Efficiency: > 75% Typically
» Output Capacity: 550W Continually
» Output Peak Capacity: 650W
» Dimensions: Standard ATX 150 x 140 x 86 (mm)
» Operation Temperature: 0~40? / 90% PH (non-condensing)
» MTBF: >400,000 hrs
» 120mm Exhaust Fan: Dual Ball Blue LED
» EMC: CE / BSMI / FCC / CCC
» Safety: UL / cUL / TUV / NEMKO / BSMI
» Connectors (Quantity - Type):
» 1 - 24 Pin Motherboard Connector
» 1 - 4 Pin ATX +12V Motherboard Connector
» 1 - 8 Pin EPS +12V Motherboard Power Cable
» 1 - 6 Pin Work station Connector
» 3 - 5 Pin SATA Power Cable
» 6 - 4 Pin Molex Power Cable
» 1 - 4 Pin Power Cable with Floppy power connector
» 1 - 6 Pin PCI-Express Connectors
» 1 - Display Interface Connector
» 1 - 24 to 20 Pin Motherboard Converter
Features:
1. Supports dual core CPU & dual CPU.
2. Compliance with the newest Intel® standard ATX 12V V 2.01
3. Compliance with the newest SSI standard EPS 12V V2.1
4. Super silent operation with intelligent fan speed control (< 23dBA)
5. Power consumption management by human computer interface (HCI)
6. PCI-e connector satisfy high end graphic card requirement
7. Support +12V1, +12V2 and + 12V3 outputs for higher power usage
8. Green power design to meet energy star and blue angel requirement
9. More than 75% efficiency at typical load operation
10. Higher reliability (MTBF > 400,000 hours)
11. OVP / OCP / OTP / OLP / Short / Full protection
12. Active power factor correction (PF > 0.99)
13. Real power capacity satisfy high-end system operation
