Amacrox Calmer 560: Silence is Golden
by Christoph Katzer on April 2, 2008 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Package and Appearance
The power supply comes in a very uncommon large box with a metal handle on top. Once the paper shell is removed, we find a very nice steel case.
The power supply ships in this steel case for protection during shipping. After installation, the case can of course be used for other purposes. The quality of the case is decent and it shouldn't break under normal use. This is a great marketing idea: you can get a new PSU and give your wife a nice gift as well! (Ed: Perhaps some kitchen appliances for her birthday as well?)
Opening the case, we find finally the power supply itself with its accessories. There is not much to see: just the power cord, screws, and a manual.
The power supply is black and has a very thick heatsink as the top of the casing (or bottom after installation in most cases). The extruded fins are easily recognized. Antec was the first to use this kind of design with the legendary Phantom power supply a few years ago. A heatsink of this size in theory should be able to dissipate the heat from inside the PSU into the surrounding air. There is no fan installed, making this power supply totally silent. The sides are perforated but partially blocked with a transparent plastic cover to prevent the internal parts from coming into contact with the metallic casing.
The power switch on the back of the power supply is somewhat unusual, but it serves the standard purpose. You can also see heatsink and the openings above the inner heatsink and main capacitor.
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Super Nade - Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - link
Interesting concept though. I wonder how this will hold up with an 80mm fan?yyrkoon - Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - link
I use the Antec EarthWATTS 500 which also uses a 80mm fan, and i works fine. Matter of a fact the fan is barely audible most of the time.I do have do agree with the OP here though. At first I thought he/she was referring to the outside of the PSU, which I think does not look bad(except that ugly red button). The innards of this thing looks like it was put together by preschool children with construction paper, elmers glue . . . So . . . One cannot help but wonder if child labor is involved here.
They sent this thing out looking like it does(including the heat sink that looks like it was cut out of an aluminum block with a rock) knowing that you would take it apart ?
sprockkets - Thursday, April 3, 2008 - link
Well, since those heatsinks have to touch the external one, that is probably why they look like that, big and covered with thermal interface.