" The new Toughpower Grand RGB Gold power supplies are equipped with 256 colors 'Riing' RGB fan"
I guess someone at Thermaltake figured they should leave room for 2017's 65,536 color model and 2018's 16,777,216 color models. I OTOH suspect that copycat models will hit 24bit color levels by mid 2017, and would be shocked if someone doesn't have a model that varies color based on your power usage in some way.
Most high quality (higher end models) PSUs from reputable brands now offer 10 years warranty. Corsair is an example, with their AX and RM series having such long warranties. As their models trickle down, so does the warranty period (I believe their budget CX series has 3 years, heh).
As a general comment - not picking on Thermaltake in particular because everyone else does it too: But am I the only person who thinks that in the rush for the maximum possible number of connectors on every string that PSU companies are missing half the potential benefit of modular cabling.
Yes, it means we no longer have entire useless strings of connectors to ball up somewhere out of sight; but we still do have to do that with the ends of each cable. Increasingly builds only need 1 or 2 sata connectors in the front drive bay area (for an SSD and either an HDD or ODD but not both). In cases that're short front to back, even if there is an ODD opening, it's probably by itself with the other drives either below or behind the mobo. But, depending on brand we either get 3 or 4 connectors on every stand; and they're all sized for maximum reach.
The lone molex strand bundled in if anything is worse. At this point it's a moribund standard; and the only group of users who still are likely to need several of them in a single spot are people running large 120xWhatever radiators with older fans but not a fan controller. Beyond them, usage is mostly down to people recycling an old fan controller/dvd drive/lighting kit in a new build because it still works; who only need a single connector in a given area. Like the floppy connector that's almost universally on a mini adapter dongle, I'd like to see a few Sata to Molex adapters bundled in the kit, instead of an entire string of them.
I'd rather see an industry wide standard for the connector to the PSU. Imagine if you could buy after market cables in lengths, colors and plug counts that you needed. Plus if you needed to replace the PSU you'd just unplug the cables from it (and assuming that you had a little slack) plug the cables into a new PSU and you'be be back up and running in no time.
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DanNeely - Friday, December 30, 2016 - link
" The new Toughpower Grand RGB Gold power supplies are equipped with 256 colors 'Riing' RGB fan"I guess someone at Thermaltake figured they should leave room for 2017's 65,536 color model and 2018's 16,777,216 color models. I OTOH suspect that copycat models will hit 24bit color levels by mid 2017, and would be shocked if someone doesn't have a model that varies color based on your power usage in some way.
vladx - Friday, December 30, 2016 - link
10 years support? Wow that's pretty rare.LordanSS - Friday, December 30, 2016 - link
Most high quality (higher end models) PSUs from reputable brands now offer 10 years warranty. Corsair is an example, with their AX and RM series having such long warranties. As their models trickle down, so does the warranty period (I believe their budget CX series has 3 years, heh).marksteaven11 - Saturday, March 18, 2017 - link
Yep it is very good to know that it provides 10 years support. http://www.hackourlives.com/gbwhatsapp/DanNeely - Friday, December 30, 2016 - link
As a general comment - not picking on Thermaltake in particular because everyone else does it too: But am I the only person who thinks that in the rush for the maximum possible number of connectors on every string that PSU companies are missing half the potential benefit of modular cabling.Yes, it means we no longer have entire useless strings of connectors to ball up somewhere out of sight; but we still do have to do that with the ends of each cable. Increasingly builds only need 1 or 2 sata connectors in the front drive bay area (for an SSD and either an HDD or ODD but not both). In cases that're short front to back, even if there is an ODD opening, it's probably by itself with the other drives either below or behind the mobo. But, depending on brand we either get 3 or 4 connectors on every stand; and they're all sized for maximum reach.
The lone molex strand bundled in if anything is worse. At this point it's a moribund standard; and the only group of users who still are likely to need several of them in a single spot are people running large 120xWhatever radiators with older fans but not a fan controller. Beyond them, usage is mostly down to people recycling an old fan controller/dvd drive/lighting kit in a new build because it still works; who only need a single connector in a given area. Like the floppy connector that's almost universally on a mini adapter dongle, I'd like to see a few Sata to Molex adapters bundled in the kit, instead of an entire string of them.
ender8282 - Sunday, January 1, 2017 - link
I'd rather see an industry wide standard for the connector to the PSU. Imagine if you could buy after market cables in lengths, colors and plug counts that you needed. Plus if you needed to replace the PSU you'd just unplug the cables from it (and assuming that you had a little slack) plug the cables into a new PSU and you'be be back up and running in no time.