When building a PC, what is the single most important component you should choose with plenty of thought and care? CPU? Motherboard? Sure, those are extremely important, but do not forget what will power it all; the power supply. Many people just don't realize how important a PSU is. Some just assume that any old PSU will do. The problem is, this assumption is dead wrong and is one of the biggest factors in system failures today. The PSU we used just a few years ago is no longer compatible with today's high end systems. Both Intel and AMD have special power requirement and if those requirements are not met exactly, the system will not function properly or not at all. I've even seen system builders RMA motherboard and CPUs one right after the other, but never stopped to think that their old off the shelf power supplies were the cause of all their problems.

     Over the last couple years, several companies have worked very hard to bring us the best PSUs money can buy. One of those companies is Fortron/Source Tech. Many people know Fortron/Source from their budget PSUs that come in many of today's prebuilt computers or in case & PSU combos. What many people don't know is these guys also make aftermarket products as well. One of these aftermarket products is the new FSP350-PN.

     Although this PSU doesn't come in fancy colors, or have flashing circus lights with optional clown act, Fortron/Source has taken their PSU in a new direction when it comes to cooling. No, there isn't a dozen cooling fans to make your case levitate, but it does have ONE BIG FAN. When I say BIG, I mean BIG! 120mm x 120mm big!

     As you can see in the picture above, the cooling fan nearly takes up the entire bottom of the PSU! There are no other cooling fans, just one massive fan to blow copious amounts of air across the guts of the PSU. As far as extra external features, there are none. What you see is what you get. Then again, this may not be a bad thing as it leads me to believe that Fortron/Source concentrated more on what is on the inside, than how the PSU looks.