WEBVTT 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:12.639 buy an Intel knock barebones PC and get a limited edition t-shirt and in-game 00:00:10.360 --> 00:00:17.439 items for Planet Side 2 click now to learn more welcome to my unboxing of the 00:00:15.200 --> 00:00:21.800 be quiet! power Zone power supply this particular one is 650 watt although it's 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:25.920 available in a variety of wattages and what is the point of the power zone line 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:30.000 you might ask well to deliver what would traditionally be very premium features 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:36.440 such as their silent Wings fan so very quiet cooling as well as a fully modular 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:38.960 interface 80 plus bronze certification 00:00:36.440 --> 00:00:42.960 for its efficiency and all of that noise to a well a more reasonable price point 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:47.600 so let's go ahead and start opening this baby up a lot of their branding for this 00:00:45.039 --> 00:00:51.800 power supply has to do with zones so the performance Zone they're using DC todc 00:00:49.800 --> 00:00:56.840 conversion and a single 12vt rail cooling Zone you can actually cool up to 00:00:54.680 --> 00:01:00.440 three different parts of your case using the thermal control and the power supply 00:00:58.680 --> 00:01:03.960 with a built-in extension lead which I think is pretty darn cool connection 00:01:02.239 --> 00:01:09.880 zone so full cable management or modularity quiet zone so it has 135 mm 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:14.000 silent Wings fan green zone so 80 plus bronze which is not that exceptional 00:01:11.600 --> 00:01:17.840 these days I mean come on um and the safety zone so of course it has the full 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:21.520 SED of protections which you shouldn't take for granted to be perfectly honest 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:25.439 many power supplies even if they say they have them don't necessarily have 00:01:23.360 --> 00:01:30.720 them implemented correctly and finally quality the capacitors internally are 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:32.040 rated for operation at 105° which means 00:01:30.720 --> 00:01:37.600 that if they're operating at lower temperatures than that which they will unless you live in the desert and you 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:40.240 have your heat on in the house uh then the power supply will last for a very 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:43.759 long time and now that we've got it opened up we can have a look at what be 00:01:41.960 --> 00:01:46.799 quiet includes with the unit so you've got your user manual which tells you 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:51.520 what other products you could have bought or well I mean they're just reusing the users manual for different 00:01:49.759 --> 00:01:55.960 you know products you've also got a little sleeve that you will never put 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:59.439 your power supply back in ever because who would do that but you can use it for 00:01:57.880 --> 00:02:02.799 other handy dandy little things like you know I don't know know tools or whatever 00:02:01.039 --> 00:02:06.560 else I I usually hold on to these they're extremely useful you've got some 00:02:04.520 --> 00:02:10.840 cable ties as well as screws these are longer extended screws which will become 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:14.760 apparent why you need those in just a moment as well as the full complement of 00:02:12.959 --> 00:02:17.879 modular cables and don't worry they will include whatever is the actual 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:21.879 appropriate power cord for your region for you the only reason I got a European 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:27.480 one is because I got this uh sampled directly from be quiet! so let's start 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:30.519 with the PSU itself over here we've got 00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:32.360 that 135 mm cooling fan on the bottom as 00:02:30.519 --> 00:02:36.800 well as their very unique Aesthetics so it's a powder coat finished grill that 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:39.959 instead of having a you know a circular shape to it or whatever else just has a 00:02:38.480 --> 00:02:43.200 very straight shape and I personally find looks quite striking it's similar 00:02:41.959 --> 00:02:47.159 to what they have even on their higher end units like the dark Power Pro 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:51.959 they've also got a be quiet! logo that has that filled in sort of shiny color 00:02:50.040 --> 00:02:55.879 resin thing going on with it looks quite nice as well so this is the side that 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:58.920 you would normally see from this angle when it's installed in your case or you 00:02:57.599 --> 00:03:03.680 could flip it over the other way and you could see all the SA safety certifications and all that speaking of 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:09.000 safety certifications like I said before 648 watts of the 650 watt it can pump 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:11.599 out can all be done on the 12vt rail and it is a single 12volt rail so you're not 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:16.560 going to have to worry about accidentally plugging something into the wrong thing and accidentally triggering 00:03:14.640 --> 00:03:21.040 the overcurrent protection on the back of the unit you find U again sort of a a 00:03:19.440 --> 00:03:25.560 bit of a different aesthetic and that's the reason why you need those slightly 00:03:23.040 --> 00:03:29.760 longer screws I personally don't prefer this approach I would have liked to see 00:03:26.959 --> 00:03:33.720 the power supply just be you know a fraction of a centimeter shorter and 00:03:31.760 --> 00:03:38.080 just use standard screws because this isn't rubber it's plastic so I don't 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:41.599 imagine that it's going to reduce the uh vibration that'll be transferred to the 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:45.239 case by the fan inside which would have maybe been the intention on the side we 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:48.840 find their power Zone branding as well as a stamped texture that I think looks 00:03:47.200 --> 00:03:52.959 quite nice as well without being over the top I mean I think uh the last power 00:03:51.519 --> 00:03:57.920 supply I saw with black and orange cables had black orange and white and 00:03:55.680 --> 00:04:01.599 had like like an outlandish orange and silver color scheme on it and that I 00:03:59.239 --> 00:04:05.599 didn't find as tasteful as something like this so now let's head on to the 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:09.760 business end of the power supply you've got two spots where you plug in the 20 00:04:08.079 --> 00:04:15.200 pin or however many pins that is it's a split connector for the 24 pin as well 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:17.359 as up to three PCI Express cables that 00:04:15.200 --> 00:04:21.120 can be plugged in two eight pin connectors can be plugged in with four 00:04:19.320 --> 00:04:25.080 auxiliary connectors so that's Molex or SATA and finally there's those three fan 00:04:23.320 --> 00:04:28.919 leads that you can use to control separate fans with the fan controller 00:04:27.080 --> 00:04:32.000 that's built into the power supply one feature that it does have although I 00:04:30.440 --> 00:04:36.080 personally don't see much of a value to it is that it can keep your fan spinning 00:04:33.880 --> 00:04:39.600 even once your power supply is turned off so that or not once your power 00:04:38.280 --> 00:04:43.680 supply is turned off once your PC is turned off so that components will cool 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:47.120 down even after you've shut down but when they're not running there's really 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:50.440 no danger of damage to the components so I personally don't worry about that too 00:04:48.479 --> 00:04:55.120 much what it can be useful for is Hardcore benchmarking where you want to 00:04:52.400 --> 00:05:00.199 keep the fans going to um not have any of the Subzero coolants cause you know 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:04.960 condensation on the the components or anything like that once it's turned off and it's not generating any heat anymore 00:05:03.320 --> 00:05:08.240 then you can use those fans to to blow it away so there's something it could be 00:05:06.400 --> 00:05:11.560 used for although I don't know how many hardcore benchmarkers are going to be 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:15.120 using power zones compared to dark Power Pros or something a little bit higher 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:19.720 end so what you might notice now that we have all of the cables plugged into the 00:05:16.960 --> 00:05:25.080 power supplies there are actually still empty ports left so we have one 00:05:22.280 --> 00:05:28.880 peripheral One open we have one PCI Express One open and we have one of 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:32.360 those 8 Pin CPU connectors open this is interesting to me because be quiet! 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:37.240 includes actually more ports than you need and fewer cables than fits in it 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:42.440 and I understand why this is only a 650 wat power supply each of those PCI 00:05:39.520 --> 00:05:46.680 Express connectors supports two 6 plus two pins so that means you can run two 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:50.600 graphics cards natively off of this power supply and SLI or Crossfire but 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:54.639 you shouldn't be running three so even though it had three connector spots I 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:58.199 mean you shouldn't be doing that so they just include two cables so okay I get 00:05:56.560 --> 00:06:01.680 that and then same thing goes for the eight pin so you've just got a single 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:04.720 eight pin reasonably long cable on here I like that you're going to be able to 00:06:02.840 --> 00:06:08.680 reach in almost any case with that it's a it's a 4 plus4 you probably shouldn't 00:06:06.479 --> 00:06:13.360 be using a 650 wat power supply and any kind of rig that would require two eight 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:14.520 pins and three PCIe 8 pins so there you 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:20.080 go okay so I kind of look at that and I go okay that's interesting you've got your 24 pin connector which is um about 00:06:18.400 --> 00:06:23.680 average length which is good because when this one's too long it can just be 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:27.039 a cable management mess and then this is the one where I sort of scratch actually 00:06:25.440 --> 00:06:30.720 no let's go with this first so next up we've got those custom cables where you 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:37.039 can plug them into the power supply and then those will lead to either Molex if 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:38.720 you prefer or to a three pin small fan 00:06:37.039 --> 00:06:42.199 connector if you would prefer that totally up to you just make sure guys 00:06:40.599 --> 00:06:45.960 that you don't plug this Molex into something that isn't a fan see it's 00:06:43.599 --> 00:06:49.400 clearly labeled fan because it only has 12vt power it doesn't actually have an 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:52.319 additional ground and 5vt power so you don't want to risk damaging anything 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:58.400 next this is the one that made me scratch my head a little bit they only include three peripheral or drive 00:06:56.280 --> 00:07:02.199 connector harnesses so one of them is purea four SATA connectors that's good 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:06.720 because that you can run over to your drive cages next up they've got this is 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:10.840 something B quiet does actually quite a good job of is sensible Arrangements of 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:14.639 the connectors on their cables so this one is two SATA and I would have 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:18.120 preferred to see SATA maybe a little bit further away from the power supply 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:22.199 itself here because your drive cages are sometimes a bit of a distance and then 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:26.400 two four pin molexes and then another one to match that except it also adds an 00:07:24.280 --> 00:07:31.280 additional floppy so I would have liked to see one more 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:35.479 included but if you're not going to plug in more than I guess eight you know 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:39.360 drives and four auxiliary things plus a floppy connector then I guess it's not 00:07:36.960 --> 00:07:42.919 really a huge issue for you and I guess with a 650 W power supply you probably 00:07:41.520 --> 00:07:47.720 shouldn't I just like the way that with a lot of their units they give you a lot of options in terms of the cables you 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:50.319 can connect but of course you have to make compromises on the more value 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:53.919 oriented products and the fact that you're getting full modularity and all 00:07:52.159 --> 00:07:57.280 those other great features makes it pretty compelling thank you for checking 00:07:55.639 --> 00:08:01.520 out my unboxing and overview of the be quiet! power Zone don't forget to subscribe to Li Detective more unboxings 00:07:59.840 --> 00:08:04.759 reviews and other computer videos like this video if you liked it dislike it if 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:09.360 you disliked it and leave 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