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Anyone Heard of The XG Duro 900?
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memphis_1220
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I have never heard of the brand. But I would not trust it with a high spec system. Also, take a look at the spelling!
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memphis_1220 said:
That's a pretty solid reason right there.
At least they TRY to speak two languages (Chinese and English,) unlike most Ameican companies that can't even speak one very well.
Matt,
Typically MGE makes the differentiation between the MGE and XG brands because of build quality. From what I've seen, straight up MGE's are Youngyear while XG's are typically Wintech or Seventeam.
I'm going to say that is probably a Seventeam unit since Wintech doesn't have any frames that can put out more than 600W. That said, I didn't know Seventeam was up to 800W. I thought they were only up to 700W. Of course, give a PSU company a year and they can figure out another 100W, right?
I would say it could be an Andyson because of the blood-line back to Wintech and the fact that they have an 800W PSU (AD-800) but because of the design of the fan in the back and the lack of venturi grill holes in the back, I'm going to say no.
It be better if they posted their specs, but for whatever reason they did not.
Either way, it's going to be a good unit. When you get it, open it up and look at the PCB. If you see "ST-800", for example, it's a Seventeam. If you see "AD-800", it's an Andyson.
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Is that a plastic twist tie sticking out of the PSU in that picture?
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That's right.
I think that's the corner the cables come out, so they're probably just zip tying the harness to the housing so the wires don't scrape against the metal housing. Those plastic rings only do so much.
You know who has a killer solution to that? Enermax. That donut thing they use is the shit.
I think that's the corner the cables come out, so they're probably just zip tying the harness to the housing so the wires don't scrape against the metal housing. Those plastic rings only do so much.
You know who has a killer solution to that? Enermax. That donut thing they use is the shit.
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jonnyGURU said:
They have two 750W quad 12v units, so I'm with you on this one. It's probably one of them.
http://www.seventeam.com.tw/front/detail.asp?lang=eng&ID=112
http://www.seventeam.com.tw/front/detail.asp?lang=eng&ID=130
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Definitely. It even LOOKS like it. They didn't even bother changing the housing, power switch, etc.
Maybe we should just call XG "Seventeam USA" or something.
Maybe we should just call XG "Seventeam USA" or something.
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Thanks guys, I'll definitely rip it open, see what's on the PCB and let you know when I get it in.
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It's a Seventeam built unit. MGE calls it a 900W supply (at 50C no less) yet Seventeam goes at 750W. The XG only has one fan as well. I've got to hand it to them though, it's got good airflow and it's actually quieter than the 850W PC P&C PSU I put in a customer's rig back in December.
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I've found that Taiwanese manufacturers are a lot more conservative with their numbers than the US importers. So it may be a 750W, but at 50C with 115V input. Which can certainly be 850W sustained/900W peak at 20C with 230V input.
Mind you, they're not even CLOSE to as bad as Aspire with this. Aspire's happy even if the rails go as much as 10% out of spec! Unfortunately, what they do is common and not unlike what almost everyone else does. The Tagan 900W, for example... That's 900W at 20C and 110V input. IMHO, 750W is plenty of power. But in a marketing driven world where people don't know/understand environmental variables, it's the higher wattage that wins.
Mind you, they're not even CLOSE to as bad as Aspire with this. Aspire's happy even if the rails go as much as 10% out of spec! Unfortunately, what they do is common and not unlike what almost everyone else does. The Tagan 900W, for example... That's 900W at 20C and 110V input.
IMHO, 750W is plenty of power. But in a marketing driven world where people don't know/understand environmental variables, it's the higher wattage that wins.
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Yeah, I know that they can be conservative but MGE is claiming 900W continuous @ 50C. It says it on the packaging and at one point in the manual as well.
On a side note it has active PFC and is a dual board PSU unlike the PC P&C which is set up like a conventional PSU with a single PCB.
As far as I can tell one PCB has the PFC circuitry and some of the rails and the other carries all the 12V rails although it's impossible to tell for certain without splitting the PCBs apart. I'd do that but they've glued the plugs into the sockets where the wiring for one PCB crosses to the other. At least it's not two smaller PSUs stuffed into one chassis, it's pretty obvious that these PCBs were designed to be run in one PSU.
On a side note it has active PFC and is a dual board PSU unlike the PC P&C which is set up like a conventional PSU with a single PCB.
As far as I can tell one PCB has the PFC circuitry and some of the rails and the other carries all the 12V rails although it's impossible to tell for certain without splitting the PCBs apart. I'd do that but they've glued the plugs into the sockets where the wiring for one PCB crosses to the other. At least it's not two smaller PSUs stuffed into one chassis, it's pretty obvious that these PCBs were designed to be run in one PSU.