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Ultra Grid ATX case |
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Power Supply
The Ultra Grid includes a V-Series 500W power supply. It is quite sturdy and sports a 12cm fan. The casing is powder coated black, which looks nice.
| Connectors | Main Power | 5.25" | Floppy | 4 Pin CPU | SerialATA | PCI-E Aux Power |
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| ATX 20+4 Pin | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
The ATX power, 4 pin CPU and PCI-E cables are all around 50 cm long, while the 12V molex end up being more than twice the length. You will have a hard time cleaning out the cabling in your case with such a configuration. Especially if you are forced to use both 110cm 12V molex strings.
Ultra V-Series 500W | ||||||||
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| AC Input | 115V/230V 10A/6A 60/50Hz | |||||||
| DC Voltage | +3.3V | +5V | +12V1 | -5V | -12V | +5VSB | ||
| Max. Output | 32A | 20A | 28A | 0.6A | 0.6A | 2.0A | ||
| 180 W | 336 W | 3 W | 7.2 W | 10 W | ||||
| 480 W | 20 W | |||||||
| 500 W | ||||||||
The 500W power supply is rated quite nicely and will surely power any single VGA system. Still, it does not compare to today's dual rail 450W to 550W power supplies, which supply between 32A to almost 40A. The power supply has a rated efficiency of 70% which is mediocre at best.
The power supply has a voltage switch toward the inside of the case where the user can choose between 110V and 220V. Here it is switched to 220V and ready for use.
The power supply has a few stickers on it to show what quality tests it has passed. The cable tree comes out of a fairly large hole in the power supply chassis. This increases the risk of damage if the cables are pulled to hard. The cables are not sleeved, which will drastically increase cable clutter inside the case.
