Wednesday, March 4th 2020
Seasonic Rolls Out its First Connect 750W Power Supply
Way back in Computex 2019, Seasonic showed us the Connect, a concept PC power-supply that greatly de-clutters your build's power cabling spaghetti by introducing the Connect device. This is essentially a power connector spinal back-plane that runs along the height of your tower, with shorter cables emerging from it. The company announced the product's market release with a 750-Watt model, the SSR-750FA. The contraption connects to the main unit through fewer, high-gauge cables.
The business-end of the Seasonic Connect SSR-750FA is a slightly modified Prime 750 W, which is just 14 cm long, and has just the high-gauge cable emerging from it, which leads to the Connect module. Under the hood, the Prime 750 W offers single +12V rail design, 80 Plus Gold efficiency, DC to DC switching, most common electrical protection mechanisms, and a 135 mm fluid dynamic bearing fan to keep cool. Downstream connectivity of the SSR-750FA include a 24-pin ATX, two 4+4 pin EPS, four 6+2 pin PCIe power, 8-10 SATA power, and up to three 4-pin Molex. Seasonic is backing this PSU with a 10-year warranty.
The business-end of the Seasonic Connect SSR-750FA is a slightly modified Prime 750 W, which is just 14 cm long, and has just the high-gauge cable emerging from it, which leads to the Connect module. Under the hood, the Prime 750 W offers single +12V rail design, 80 Plus Gold efficiency, DC to DC switching, most common electrical protection mechanisms, and a 135 mm fluid dynamic bearing fan to keep cool. Downstream connectivity of the SSR-750FA include a 24-pin ATX, two 4+4 pin EPS, four 6+2 pin PCIe power, 8-10 SATA power, and up to three 4-pin Molex. Seasonic is backing this PSU with a 10-year warranty.
30 Comments on Seasonic Rolls Out its First Connect 750W Power Supply
- Less clutter near the PSU with wires.
- Less time wasted messing with wires from the PSU to components.
- Modular approach still allows only using what wires you need.
The negatives:- Will need to be explicitly advertised how it will be mounted.
- 750 Watts is a little low for more capable rigs (e.g. I would personally need more power).
I really like this idea and how effective Seasonic will be in listening to the concerns of potential customers and in turn address those concerns in their marketing materials will determine the level of success (or lack thereof) this product will have. I really like it though and I hope they succeed. Also I have zero interested in 12v-only PSUs.Anyone questing it, look inside a modern prebuilt from one of the large vendors. The shear lack of cabling and efficiency of space is much better than anything in the custom world.