We have talked many times about how important the power supply is to the overall well being of your entire system. After reviewing more power supplies than I can count I have developed this ability to pick out what I consider to be poor - average and good power supplies by just doing a cursory look at them and feeling how much they weight. This is not a magic trick by any stretch of the imagination it is a known fact that if a power supply weights more then more than likely the unit has heavier parts in it and thus it is a better unit.
With that said we going to look at another power supply for X-Spice, this particular power supply is the X-Spice Croon BF 850 watt unit. The BF in the name refers to "Big Fan" which happens to be a 135mm in size. The fan is a fully temperature controlled 135mm quality fan with blue LED lighting which allows almost inaudible cooling. The CROON BF series comes with an automatic input voltage selector of 100V–240V for universal application. All connecting cables are cable sleeved. The CROON BF series is the perfect choice for exceptionally silent, energy-saving and environmentally friendly high performance PC systems.
Specifications
AC Input
Voltage 115V~ 230V~
Current 15A 7.5A
Frequency 50/60Hz
DC Output
+3-3V
+5V
+12V1
+12V2
+12V3
+12V4
-12V
+5Vsb
24A
30A
20A
20A
20A
20A
0.5A
3A
Max. 850W
170W
760W
6W
15W
829W
Chroma Testing Report 80Plus certified testing programm
I RMS
1,88
4,45
9,24
PF
0,97
0,99
1,00
I THD (%)
7,3%
2,2%
3,6%
LOAD (%)
20%
50%
100%
Fraction of load
Light
Typical
Full
Input Watts
209
508
1057
12V1
12,3/2,9
12,2/7,3
12,1/11,7
12V2
12,3//2,9
12,1/7,4
12,1/11,7
12V3
12,2/2,9
12,2/7,3
12,1/11,7
12V4
12,4/3
12,2/7,4
12,1/11,8
-12V
12,2/0,1
12,1/0,2
12/0,5
3.3V
3,4/2,6
3,4/6,4
3,3/12,9
5V
5/3,2
4,9/8
4,8/16,1
5Vsb
5/0,6
4,9/1,5
4,8/3
Output Watts
173
430
850
Efficiency (%)
82,83%
84,66%
80,36%
The CROON BF 850 provides the following connections
