Zalman 600w Heatpipe

[nefariouscaine]

I'm getting another one of the crazy deals I ever of often run into locally for me (love Los Angeles for that)

And I got a guy selling me this thing in a few hours - Zalman 600w Heatpipe PSU BNIB

I looked at a few reviews and it looks to be a bit better than my current Ultra unit but I wanted to know if any of my fellow Anandtech'ers had experience with it.

Ups and downs of it if you will

Please post and/or PM me

thanks,
Nefariouscaine

 

[JEDIYoda]

http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=46 -- here a review

Performance (weight of 40%): The ZM600-HP is a very solid PSU with excellent voltage regulation. It is efficient (although not 80 Plus material,) has active PFC and is very quiet. I'm giving it a 9.5 with the only thing keeping it from perfection is better efficiency and just a little more juice for those using G80 SLI or a Quad Father (which I've yet to be able to boot with anything less than a 700W when running SLI.)

Aesthetics (weight is 10%): The housing of the Zalman lacks any kind of "gloss" or shine. It's a flat black metal housing, but the fact that it's compact, has all sleeved cables, is modular and has the blue LED's inside, helps it considerably. I easily give this PSU a 9 here. With a black chrome finish or maybe a nicer looking fan and fan grill, we could have had a 9.5 here too.

Value (weight of 30%): With a street price of about $130, the ZM600-HP is a bit more than most 600W power supply units. But given it's performance, the fact that it's quiet and is modular, it is actually quite the value. I'm awarding the ZM600-HP a 9 in the value department.

Functionality (weight is 20%): Functionality is pretty good here. It's compact, modular, plenty of connectors. No, it doesn't have four PCI-e, but I wouldn't use a 600W PSU for a rig that needed four PCI-e connectors. 6 SATA connectors is a fairly decent quantity and seven peripheral Molexes should be enough for most folks. I'm giving the Zalman a 9 here.

Performance 9.5
Aesthetics 9
Value 9
Functionality 9
Total Score 9

 

[nefariouscaine]

sounds like I might be getting a steal for the $40 i'm getting this at

 

[Ika]

Sounds awesome for $40. Nice deal.