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Seasonic Super Tornado 300watt PSU PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jason Owens   
Monday, 18 June 2007

Thanks to Seasonic for the product sample.

The Super Tornado is a 300watt PSU is targeted towards the enthusiast, gamer and overclocker. The Super Tornado seeks to combine a laundry list of features with above average performance to entice those in the enthusiast market into purchasing it. With features such as the Dr. Cable cable management kit and the Universal Free Input, Seasonic has primed the Super Tornado with a set that is quite extensive. Without further adieu, let us take a look at the Features and Specifications of the Super Tornado before discussing its merits.

Specifications:
  • Specification complies with latest ATX/ATX 12V
  • Support Intel P4, PIII, Celeron, AMD Athlon XP, Duron, and Via C3
  • 4 in 1 total protection ( OVP, OPP, OTP, and SCP)
  • MTBF > 100,000 @ 25 C
  • Additional connectors: +12V for P4, auxiliary power and fan monitor
  • Power supply size: 5.9”*5.5”*3.4” (150mm*140mm*86mm)
  • PFC harmonics compliance: EN61000-3-2 class D
  • EMS Compliance: EN55024 & EN6100-6-2
  • Safety compliance: IEC60950, IEC60950-1, EN60950-1, UL60950 & UL60950-1, GB4943, GB9254, GB17625-1
  • PSU efficiency: 80%
  • PSU power factor: 99%
  • Working power: 375W
  • Electrical bill: 378.8VA
  • Electrical bill per year (est.): 365
Features:

120mm Cyclone cooling fan [>70CFM]
  • Double airflow with half the RPM & noise
  • Outperforms all dual-fan units on the market
  • Cools your system more quickly and quietly
  • Longer lifespan due to high CFM, lower RPM and strategic fan placement
Smart & Silent Fan Control (S2FC)
  • Silent enthusiast's best choice
  • Reduces noise without increasing temperature
  • Extends fan life by eliminating unnecessary rotation
  • Automatic temperature adjustment prevents manual errors
Ultra ventilation [honey comb structure]
  • Maximum ventilation & minimum air resistance
  • Optimum-balanced structure for strength and ventilation
  • Enhances airflow to solve thermal and noise problems
Active Power Factor Correction (99% PFC)
  • Conserve electricity & our environment
  • Improves working power fact from the typical 50% to a near-perfect 99%
  • Improves energy utilization to cut your bill in half
  • Environment friendly technology
Super high efficiency (up to 80%)
  • Cool, quiet, reliable & energy saving
  • Surpasses the market average efficiency of 68%
  • Saves 15% energy; runs 40% cooler
  • Optimal solution for low noise, thermal & high reliability
Forward Converter
  • Advanced design for reliable power
  • More reliable
  • More efficient
Universal free input (100-240V full range)
  • Plug & run safely anywhere in the world
  • Eliminates manual selector
  • Eliminates potentially harmful mistakes
Cable management kit [Dr. Cable]
  • Make your PC tidy & neat
  • Tidy up messy wires quickly
  • Eases access to the connectors
  • Smoothes airflow to improve cooling
3-Year Warranty
  • Our commitment to superior quality

As you can see the Super Tornado comes replete with a rather large list of features, some more important than others. One of the major features of the Super Tornado is Seasonic’s S2FC, or Smart and Silent Fan Control. S2FC is a temperature controlled fan control that does not increase the speed of the fan linearly with the temperature of the power supply, but rather uses a combination of delayed increase in RPM and exponential increase in RPM to produce the desired result. As you can see in this Seasonic diagram, the fan speed increases at a faster rate as the power load on the PSU increases, resulting in a higher heat output and more required cooling. The fan speed is therefore not directly linked to the load upon the power supply, but is still indirectly linked.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 June 2007 )
 

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