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today we'll be unboxing the silencer mark 3 series of power supply i mean i'm not going to i'm not going to do them all this is the 600 watt but it's actually available in a number of different wattages this is sort of meant to be an entry level and based on the fact that the him ocz technology group is using the pc power branding the positioning of this is that it is a value sort of low to medium wattage I mean 600 watt I remember back when I go into computers was like unheard of high but a low to medium wattage quality power supply it has a five year warranty which is in line with what we expect from the pc power and cooling brand here are the connectors that are included the non-modular and the flat black modular cable double look at those once we open it up what else we got on here look at that true to form a pc power power supply has a single 12 volt rail so a single strong 12 volt rail means you don't have to worry about what you connect to what cable meticulous dizzily designed with only premium components including 105 degree capacitors so it should provide its entire rated output even at 50 degree ambient temperatures which is pretty absurd that's a little bit on the high side for what you'd expect 80 plus bronze efficiency means that while it's better than the standard 80 plus it's not going to be as expensive as some of the 80 plus silver and 80 plus gold power supplies in this wattage range which haven't been that popular just due to the price increase engineered for you modular power cables yep he's mine with the five year warranty and engineering experience dating back over 25 years okay what else we got here technical specifications continued output rated yet okay large temperature controlled 120ml double ball bearing fan compliant all your usual protective circuitry including over voltage over power over short circuit hmm that's funny no over current I mean maybe that's what they need about over power but maybe you know some of the electrical engineers in the audience can post a comment and let me know what they think does overpower overcurrent protection alright modular cables included not all of them are flat black you can see there are some rated ones so our modular PCI Express connectors are braided and then the modular peripheral connectors are not braided we've got an instruction manual which presumably shows you how to plug the power supply into various things yes it does okay we've got some included black zip ties for included screws for mounting the power supply we've got the usual closed cell nice high durability foam here and then we've got a great look to this particular power supply that would actually make it go very well with one of the other things that I have here that's behind me the phantom 410 which I'll be unboxing soon so we have a white and black finish that feels already incredibly durable so it's a bit of a textured finish that is going to be about a scratch proof as I think the power supply finish is going to get and then you've got kind of silver accents so white black silver color scheme and let's have a look at the included cables before we look too closely at the power supply unit itself so let me just undo this so we can check the lengths here alright so our 24-pin connector is a non modular cable as as we expected and it is about one Linus arm in length just a little bit less okay and then we've got one in okay this is interesting so this is a sort of a different mix of reconnected cables than what I've seen in the past so we have a single pcie 6 plus 2 pin included and this goes on yeah that side right there so that's a 6 or an 8 pin and then we have a single included four plus four so that's your 8-pin eps connector oh not one is about yay long so unless you have a tall case you're probably not going to have to get an extension although if you do have a tall case you probably will have to get an extension with this guy then we have aha okay so we have another included for another four plus for this is a modular one so that would go there and then we have another six plus two so you have up to 28 pins and two PCI Express connectors with this power supply and then I would have normally like to see a few more modular peripheral connectors but let's see what they've included here okay so we have three molex we have a three sada and then we have a three SATA and yeah like I said I would normally like to see more peripheral connectors included in fact in this case with this power supply they have included actually for peripheral connections on the power supply unit itself but only three actual cable harnesses to go on them so you're left with one additional one I guess if you find another one that happens to be compatible than you could use that normally ok modular power supplies to be the point of the modular power supply and why they originally came out was cable management so that was one and then the second generation of modular power supplies was more about options so that was back when a lot of the standards were really changing sometimes we had molex connectors on the backs of video cards sometimes we had PCI Express sometimes we had a 20 pin sometimes we had a 24-pin connector on the motherboard sometimes we had a four pin or an eight pin at the top sometimes you had ide drives using your four pin standard molex and sometimes you had SATA drives using the SATA power connector so that was why modular power supplies were so important because it gave you the option of which cables to install so I always used to get a bit of a chuckle out of modular power supplies that only included exactly as many cables as fit in the in the sockets on the power supply itself because I was like oh well then you're not really having any options at all you're just plugging in whatever you need so it sort of gets the one point where you get improved cable management and better internal appearance but if this is the other point which is giving you options in terms of what you want to install and I've never seen one that comes with fewer cables than actual sockets so it's possible if someone bought one of these already and it does normally come with more cables this was a review unit so it's possible they made a mistake so let post a comment and let us know but there you go there's my little spiel about that so on the top of the unit we find the general specs again which we already saw on the outside so it's up to 550 550 to watts on the 12 volt rail total power 600 watts continuous so some power supplies are not rated for continuous waters this particular one is and it better be any good quality power supply is rated for continuous wattage on the side here you see the silencer MK 3 branding on the bottom we've got a nice little silencer MK 3 badge with our 120 ml cooling fan on the side we find also right side up again I love seeing this because for the longest time some manufacturers we're putting them right side up and right side up which means that when you actually go and install it in the case it would be upside down if you wanted your fan side up which I usually prefer so there you have it and then on the back we find when has become standard honeycomb mesh and on/off switch and our power port I don't think I showed you but it does include a power cable as well so thank you for checking out my unboxing your first look at the silence or mk3 don't forget to subscribe to Linus tech tips from our boxing's reviews and other computer