FSP Aurum range PSU's

If all goes to plan I will be getting a 700W one of these from FSP in a few weeks. I won a PSU in a gaming competition and sadly it failed after 8 weeks and they promised me one of their forthcoming 90+ Gold units instead, which I'm assuming this will be.

I already use a FSP OEM unit (OCZ 600W SXS) and it's been solid for almost 2 years.
 
Got a package from Taiwan today.

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Ok it's just a PSU but this is 80 Plus Gold.

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Nice touch.
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Not quite sure why FSP haven't made a modular version of it yet as I'm sure a lot of people will be put off by this. Maybe they will be bringing a modular version to follow.

Will be fully unboxing and installing over the next day or so and am interested to see the difference in noise and power draw between this and my older OCZ 80Plus Bronze unit.

As far as I know these aren't out in the UK yet (this one came with a Euro plug).
 
Ok so I bunged it in my case today.

Here's some before and after wattage readings. Remember this is against a OCZ 600W StealthXStream 80Plus Bronze unit which has been in use about 16 months.

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                             Before     After       Saving
Idle                         166W       148W        18W - 11%
Load (P95&Furmark)           422W.     365W        57W - 14%
BFBC2                        328W      296W        34W - 10%
Off.                           5W.      2W.          3W
Sleep.                        7W.      4W.          3W

Obviously the BC2 figures are based on different maps and not really reliable.

So based on a 12 hour idle-ish, 2 hour gaming day that's a saving of 330W per day, so that's about 4p per day or £1.20 per month.

Noise is more than I expected from a Gold rated PSU to be honest. I would guesstimate that the fan runs at about 700-800rpm at idle wattage draw. It's quieter than my old supply though.
 
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This PSU, being non-modular, has a fair few cables.

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Only two of which are for graphics cards. I must say that for a SLI compliant device this is a bit odd. My previous FSP 700W had 2x 6+2pin and 2x 6pin.
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The spec as printed on the box.
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The arrow hole technology thing.
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So far I'm happy. Much less noise than even my modded OCZ supply. Lower power requirement. Looks good. Could do with some more graphics card power though. And a modular version would be good too.
 
Some news on the Aurum series. Cable management to come soon, that's modular cables to me and you. I'm interested in the fanless mentioned at the foot of the page.

I dropped FSP an email the other day regarding the Aurum I recieved and basically every point I made has already been thought of and addressed. This includes the noise, lack of PCI power connectors and modularity.

PCAdvisor said:
The Aurum range run to a maximum rating of 1,200W to cater for serious gamers and overclockers, although lower-watt models will hit shops first, and target more casual users. FSP certifies the range as suitable for use with Intel's Sandy Bridge processors.

First to market should be the AU-400, -500, -600 and -700 power supplies, with total power ratings of 400W, 500W, 600W and 700W respectively. The series is certified Gold for 80 percent power efficiency, and FSP claims greater than 90 percent in practice (in some testing, an FSP representative said, it had achieved around 95 percent). The firm expects them to be available around March.

Prices are still to be confirmed, although we were told that a short-term promotional price of 59.99 euros has been discussed for the AU-400, which gives some idea of what to expect.

The PSUs have 120mm FDB (fluid dynamic bearing) fans, and FSP boasts that these will prove unusually durable; the firm is offering five-year warranties with the Aurum PSUs.

FSP's Aurum Cable Management (CM) Series will launch next (product manager Albert Liang told us that the second quarter of the year, or May, was a possibility), and add a "low profile flat cabling system" to the standard Aurum range's feature list. FSP claims this will optimise airflow and make the PC chassis neater.

The CM series will come with ratings of 550W, 650W and 750W.

Q3 is likely to see the debut of FSP's Pro series of Aurum PSUs, which offer 850W, 1,000W and 1,200W. These all include eight PCI-E connectors and input voltages of 100-230V, and are designed with the serious upgrader and overclocker in mind.

Finally, FSP plans to launch a fanless Aurum device in Q4.
'Getting closer to the user'

FSP is using CeBIT to announce a change of focus. Liang told PC Advisor: "This year we are trying to get closer to the end user. We're not just a factory."

Historically a large part of FSP's business has been making power supplies to be sold by other firms under their own branding. Although the firm has had FSP-branded products on the market in the past, it intends to push this side to the fore in the coming year.
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Original article: here
 
Is it a coincidence that the styling of these Aurum units reminds me a bit of Stargate and that your username is a character from Stargate?

Thanks for the info. 95% efficient is unbelievable. It's definitely a good thing that FSP are planning on bringing competition to the other major OEMs, Seasonic, Delta, Super Flower.

Do you have measurements of the cable lengths of your unit?
 
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