Unboxing, product pictures and scope of delivery
The box has a clear design; on the front you will find a photo of the power supply with the fan grille and the modular panel in view. The ATX v3.1, Cybenetics, Warranty and 80 Plus badges are located in the bottom left corner. The most important thing in product packaging is protection, and the C1500’s packaging is very good in this area as foam spacers fully protect the PSU inside. There is also a pocket for the large amount of modular cables, which is very helpful as you probably won’t use all of them.
The exterior design is simple but beautiful. The fan grille has lots of relatively large perforations that don’t obstruct the airflow. The grille could be even less restrictive to further increase the performance of the fan. There are two switches on the front of the power supply, one for the main power supply and the other for switching the passive operation of the fan on and off at low load.
The modular panel on the back houses sixteen sockets, including two native 12V-2×6. A warning on this page states that you should not use cables from other PSUs as there is no standard pinout for the modular PSU panels, which I think is a shame. At some point, all manufacturers and brands should agree on a standardized pinout. This doesn’t seem to be possible at the moment, but hopefully it will happen in the future.
The ATX cable is long enough at 600 m. The EPS cables are also long at 700 mm, and all PCIe cables are slightly shorter at 650 mm. The number of peripheral connections is high and the distance between the 4-pin Molex connections is sufficient at 150 mm. The SATA connectors have a distance of 145 mm, which should be sufficient for most application scenarios. Finally, all cables have the standard round shape and are painted black to be inconspicuous in a case with a dark interior. For a power supply that costs over 300 euros, you might expect individually sleeved cables.
The table reads like this:
Modular Cables | ||||
Description | Cable Count | Connector Count (Total) | Gauge | In Cable Capacitors |
---|---|---|---|---|
ATX connector 20 4 pin (600mm) | 1 | 1 | 16-20AWG | No |
4 4 pin EPS12V (700mm) | 1 | 1 | 16AWG | No |
8-pin EPS12V (700mm) | 1 | 1 | 16AWG | No |
6 2 pin PCIe (650mm) | 6 | 6 | 16AWG | No |
12 4 pin PCIe (650mm) (600W) | 2 | 2 | 16-24AWG | No |
SATA (500mm 145mm 145mm 145mm) | 3 | 12 | 18AWG | No |
4-pin Molex (500mm 150mm 150mm 150mm) | 1 | 4 | 18AWG | No |
AC Power Cord (1370mm) – C19 coupler | 1 | 1 | 14AWG | – |
Protection circuits
The 12v OCP trip points and the OPP trip points are conservatively set. Still, I’d like to see a clear difference between the hot and cold OPP trip points, and the same goes for the 12v OCP trip points. The secondary rails don’t have high OCP trip points either, but again, the trip points should be much lower under hot conditions. Finally, this power supply is one of the few that have fan failure protection.
OCP (Cold @ 28°C) | 12V: 147A (117.6%), 11.963V 5V: 29.3A (133.18%), 5.032V 3.3V: 28.2A (128.18%), 3.306V 5VSB: 4.9A (163.33%), 4.878V |
OCP (Hot @ 42°C) | 12V: 145A (116%), 11.951V 5V: 28.6A (130%), 5.042V 3.3V: 28.3A (128.64%), 3.3V 5VSB: 4.8A (160%), 4.871V |
OPP (Cold @ 30°C) | 1839.09W (122.61%) |
OPP (Hot @ 43°C) | 1839.08W (122.61%) |
OTP | ✓ (120°C @ secondary side) |
SCP | 12V to Earth: ✓ 5V to Earth: ✓ 3.3V to Earth: ✓ 5VSB to Earth: ✓ |
PWR_OK | Proper operation |
NLO | ✓ |
Fan Failure Protection | ✓ |
SIP | Surge: MOV Inrush: NTC Thermistor & Bypass relay |
On the next page we go inside, please turn the page!
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