Zalman Goldrock Series PSUs Detailed

btarunr · Aug 2, 2012

Korean company Zalman is on the verge of launching its Goldrock series mid-capacity PSUs. Available in capacities of 550W, 650W, and 750W; the PSUs are 80 Plus Gold compliant, with 87% to 92% efficiency at 20% to 100% load. The Goldrock series PSUs strike a cost-performance sweetspot by providing high-end PSU features, and making up for it with fixed cabling.

The Goldrock series PSUs from Zalman pack high-grade Japanese capacitors, active PFC, LLC resonant circuit, DC-DC switching. A single +12V rail design is implemented, which can deliver 45A of current on the 550W variant, 54A on the 650W, and 62A on the 750W variants. A 5VSB green IC gives the PSU ErP Lot 6 compliance. A secondary protection IC gives it protection against over/under voltage/current, overload, and short-circuit. The 550W, 650W, and 750W variants are expected to be priced at US $134, $145, and $158, respectively.

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entropy13 · Aug 2, 2012

OEM: Enhance

Frick · Aug 2, 2012

I want cheap PSU's.

entropy13 · Aug 2, 2012

Frick said:
I want cheap PSU's.

There are a lot of cheap PSUs out there.

TheDeeGee · Aug 2, 2012

Frick said:
I want cheap PSU's.

Why? You want to blow it up and damage your other components?

Aksh_47 · Aug 2, 2012

I feel their priced too high.. With a market already dominated by Corsiar's TX and HX series of PSUs, zalman may have a bad time.

de.das.dude · Aug 2, 2012

Svarog said:
Why? You want to blow it up and damage your other components?

good components dont cost a much. i know this because i am from india and i can buy chips and transistors here at a fraction of the price of what people buy from radioshack or etc.

m1dg3t · Aug 2, 2012

Can we get a review crmaris?

Svarog said:
Why? You want to blow it up and damage your other components?

CHeap price

Steven B · Aug 2, 2012

PSU is the one thing you should never feel bad about spend a tiny bit more for. Cheap os.
Anyways i like their marketing with the electronics, at least they aren't saying it is the best.

Frick · Aug 2, 2012

Svarog said:
Why? You want to blow it up and damage your other components?

Cheap doesn't automatically mean crap. Look at Corsair CX, Chieftech, FSP..

TheDeeGee · Aug 2, 2012

Corsair got PSU's made by SeaSonic. And Corsair PSU's are known not to be crap by default.

Frick · Aug 2, 2012

Svarog said:
Corsair got PSU's made by SeaSonic. And Corsair PSU's are known not to be crap by default.

And some of them are still cheap.

D4S4 · Aug 2, 2012

how the hell do they come up with those names?

"goldrock". a gold rock. with a golden grill. :cry:

Zubasa · Aug 3, 2012

Svarog said:
Corsair got PSU's made by SeaSonic. And Corsair PSU's are known not to be crap by default.

Actually a lot of Corsair's PSUs are made by CWT.

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