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TR2-500 PP (W0093, 500W)

If you haven’t grasped the idea that model numbers don’t mean much in Thermaltake’s power supply nomenclature, you may be a little surprised to see that after discussing two high-wattage and expensive products we now return to the low-end TR2 series. This time it is a newer, ATX12V 2.0-compliant model.

There’s no use to try to guess the actual manufacturer of this power supply by comparing it externally with the above-tested models. The W0093 is made by Channel Well, the supplier of PSUs for Foxconn and Antec. So, this is a fourth Thermaltake’s PSU contractor after Sirtec, HEC and Seventeam that we know about.

The PSU looks quite ordinarily for an inexpensive model (relatively inexpensive I should say; yes, the W0093 belongs to a low-end series, but its price is $70-80 due to its high wattage). I don’t have any complaints about the quality of this modest design, though. The PSU is equipped with passive PFC (the large coil in the top left of the photograph).

Quite a lot of the PSU’s electronics reside on a separate card that is placed near the side panel. The case has an L-shaped rather than U-shaped cover, i.e. one side of the case is always closed.

There is a two-color LED next to the Turn on/off switch and the input voltage switch. The LED shows the operation mode of the PSU as “turned on” and “standby”. Make sure the input voltage switch is set at the correct position when you’re installing this power supply because the switch isn’t protected against accidental presses and it’s just too easy to set it wrong with fatal consequences for the PSU.

There are additional vent holes in the side panel. A rather hot stream of air comes through it when the PSU is working – the output diode packs and the group regulation choke are located nearby. Some users hold an opinion that the power supply should never blow hot air back into the system case, but you shouldn’t block these vent holes. This would greatly worsen the thermal conditions inside the power supply while the computer doesn’t feel much worse for a weak stream of hot air.

The PSU is equipped with the following cables and connectors:

  • A mainboard power cable with a 24-pin connector (with a detachable 4-pin part), 48cm
  • A CPU power cable with a 4-pin ATX12V connector, 49cm
  • A graphics card power cable with a 6-pin connector, 49cm
  • Two cables with four Molex connectors and one floppy mini-plug on each; 49cm from the PSU case to the first connector and 15cm more to each next connector
  • Two cables with two SATA power connectors on each; 49cm+15cm

The cables are all sleeved.

The PSU offers two +12V output lines (“virtual”, of course) with a combined current of 29A (348W). What’s interesting, the original model name by the CWT catalogue is mentioned – PSF450S-30 – and the number 450 in it gives me some suspicions about the real wattage of this power supply.

 
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