Antec Neopower 650W: Solid Orange
Here Comes Sound
Everyone wants great performance for what they pay, but no one wants that at the cost of horrible fan sound pip-popping like a dead beat car. WhatIfGaming features an extensive look into acoustics for anything air-cooling related in regards to specific cubic feet per time measurements. In addition to a dB scale, we calculate for our own notes the dB-relative results to determine the energy output that each dBA emits. All tests results are based on calculations at sea level using a weighting filter because when consumers buy products, they don’t joke around nor do we.
The Antec Neopower 650W performs admirably to the sound tests which we conduct primarily at sea level. The Antec Neopower 650W starts on a light load from ~2.93BA, a great starting point. Midway we see a sharp rise possibly due to the capacitive changes due to some crazy potential across the plates, and then we see an overall rise to near ~4.673BA, a .3829BA approximated increase. You can definitely hear it in your case, maybe a little louder than a whisper which is a slight problem and something that Antec needs to work on given the fan speeds.
Phew. That was a handful, but I can tell it was very concise and to the point. Thanks WhatIfGaming
IBKING91 replied on June 23, 2008 3:17 PM:
Yeah I saw 10 pages, but they’re shorter sections.
Don’t worry..they aren’t going totally boring on us.
Wow, it really hold up against the tests. Glad to see more tests this time with Acoustics. And wow cap. load. That’s just crazy. These guys are officially where I go for my PSU reviews now
ceebz replied on June 23, 2008 3:23 PM:
Yeah, but the sound..the soundd!
Been looking for a moderate one. This is for me. Thanks
Apollodorus replied on June 23, 2008 3:39 PM:
It’s not moderate. It’s really high quality. 650W for 159.99 still, very good
Bought it just now, but can we see a 1000W review from them? Really can use it.
Wow just that’s it. No words to describe this review. CONFIRMED for newegg
Hrm. I’m kind of a sound guy and seeing 4 BA…maybe. That’s a tad bit loud, but I’ll think about it
JoshDargie replied on June 23, 2008 3:24 PM:
Oh get over it. Lol.
Thanks for this review. Loved it as always
Oh woah! woah. Thank you soooo much. I was thinking about getting the Blue version, but this one seems much better since I know more. Merci beaucoup.
Very grand review. Thanks
Convinced here. Bought it
Do they have a 1200W yet?
SWEEEET
Paramount. Thanks so much
Monolith2001 replied on June 23, 2008 3:40 PM:
I like this as well. haha Love the word usage here Venom
Highly impressed with the professionalism of this site and how they don’t make everything boring like OCP or Anand. And they have better grammar too. What else can we expect. Didn’t he go to Princeton U ?
genieinthebottle replied on June 23, 2008 3:32 PM:
Yeah. I don’t think everyone in Princeton has such great grammar, but I like it as well
Thank you for this brilliant review. And not so obvious either I love that about this place
Give me memory review this week plz! But I like this A whole bunch as well. Thanks
This PSU is really something. Here’s to hoping their 1000W is good as well because instead of this, I’ll buy that. Gives me confidence in Antec
Really like these reviews like always.
Love it and buying it for that new Case
Great product
Thank you for this.
not sure if anywhere in India ship this. : (
Really detailed and moreover not boring or long review. I’m in heaven here
I really do like everything on the IF board. Must have then
Haven’t posted in a while. But really leaning towards buying it. Need some money first. MMO fees killing.
This will fit 2 crossfire 4850′s. Cool! Yeah I’m on a quad core, I did the math. 2 gigs ram–this–2 4850′s. Thank you very very much whatifgaming. Buying it when I get home from work
Read the ripple test in detail from the chart. How were the averages used is what I don’t get—with vrms?
Ohhh nevermind I got it.
Haha. Yeah, amazing review again. Like always though. But it really lights my day when I see these.
Unique reviews. Check this out…he says “you’re fucked” Hahhaha. Who does that come on.