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Review on πŸ”΄ SilverStone Gemini 400+400W PS2 Mini Redundant Power Supply - 80 Plus Silver Efficiency (PS-GM400-S) in Striking Red by Chad Gravely

Revainrating 5 out of 5

SilverStone 500W Redundant Power Supply

This is no ordinary power supply. There's no reason to put this on the desktop. This power supply is designed for time-critical applications. This. Minutes of downtime cost a lot of money. For example I have Dr. A who treats patients every hour, he makes $300 per patient. If the power supply fails, he must call an IT specialist or try to restore the power supply himself. Let's say it lasts at least an hour. (Which is pretty short considering how long it would take to diagnose a power outage and the amount of time it would take IT to do so). The doctor just lost $300 in that hour and needs to buy a new PSU (500W is about $60-80 for a good brand) and pay an IT technician to diagnose/shutdown the PSU (200 to 300 for emergency IT excursions). ). Now the total loss for that hour is about $300 + $200 + $80 = $580). if dr A now had backup power, he would hear a beep when one of the blocks failed and could replace it by simply pulling out the failed block that caused the computer to turn on and replacing it with a new one. No downtime. A UPS serves a different purpose than a redundant power supply. Pros: - It's actually 80+ Silver certified instead of 80+ Bronze as Revain's description states - 500W standby power - Relatively low price - Audible alarm - LED indicator if you prefer a visual alarm - Suitable for medium to full ATX towers (even if it is Mini/PS2). Much more depth than an ATX power supply - very noisy (around 50 dBA, see the decibel table to see how loud it is)

Pros
  • PMBus 1.2 Support
Cons
  • Security