One of the biggest mistakes I see from people building their computer, is the lack of thought put into the power supply.  It seems like it's the last thing they buy and usually they just go buy the cheapest 450 or 500 watt power supply that they can find.  Then if they are lucky, that power supply will last them a week or so and then they'll have to go get a new one.  This doesn't mean that you have to go out and drop $500 on the latest 1000watt power supply, but it means that you do need to look for a quality power supply and not a cheapo.  Spire sent us over their latest and greatest 600w power supply so let's take a look at it and see how it stacks up.

Product Details

• Intel ATX 2.01 Specification Compliant
• Supports Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon XP and Athlon 64
• 3 Speed Variable Fan Speed Auto-Control
• I/O Short Circuit & Overload Protection
• Redundant Cooling System
• SATA Power Connector
• 3 Year Warranty

Specificatons

SP-ATX-600W RockeTeer IV

Application: Intel ATX 2.01, ATX 12V Power Supply Design Guide Ver. 1.3

Voltage : 100~120 Vac / 200~240 Vac (Select Switch)

Frequency : 47Hz ~ 63Hz

Current : 10.7 / 6.2 Amps

Hold-up Time : 16 ms

Nom. Power : 600 Watts

Max. Power : 620 Watts

P.G. Signal : 100 ~ 500 ms

Voltage Protection : +12V trip point 13.4V - 15.6V | +5V trip point 5.74V - 7.0V | +3.3V trip point 3.76V - 4.3V

Cooling : One (1) 120mm crystal blue silent LED

Noise Level : 21.0 dBA Max.

Dimensions : 163mm (L) x 150mm (W) x 85mm (H)

Connectors : 20+24pin ATX (Motherboard) x1 | 4-pin 12V (Motherboard) x1 | Multi-use x6 | SATA x4

Cables : ATX adapter x 1 | 4-pin (3IDE) / (1 Floppy) x 2 | 4-pin (HDD/VGA) x1 | 4-pin (3 IDE Multi-use) x1 | 15-pin (2 SATA) x2

MTBF : 300.000 hours

Warranty : 3 Year Limited Warranty

Safety : UL, FCC, CE, CSA, TUV

* All technical data shown above are measurements from our own laboratory. Product images shown may differ from actual product. Specifications are subject to change without prior notice.