1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:06,640 this video is brought to you by Cooler Master featuring The siden 240mm 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:12,120 all-in-one CPU water cooling system check it out at www. coolermaster 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:16,600 usa.com this unboxing is actually meant to be an unboxing of a couple of 4 00:00:13,799 --> 00:00:20,840 different things so number one is going to be silverstone's Strider gold 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:24,359 Evolution power supply the golden standard for PSU performance efficiency 6 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:30,160 and quality is what they have to say for themselves about it it delivers 1,000 7 00:00:26,679 --> 00:00:31,840 watt sustained 1100 Watts Peak and has 8 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:35,960 basically just got all the other good stuff about it that Silverstone usually 9 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:41,360 has so there's a quiet 135 mm cooling fan this is a Strider series power 10 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:44,360 supply so it is presumably fully modular 11 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:46,440 although I actually am not 100% sure and 12 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:54,800 actually no I'm kidding yeah it's 100% modular um okay there's some manuals 13 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:57,039 inside there's some stuff inside here 14 00:00:54,800 --> 00:01:01,039 um don't worry I'm getting to the second part of the unboxing very quickly here 15 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:06,880 so we've got a power cable from do not eat there's that do not eat throw away 16 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:08,640 do not eat thank you uh we've got closed 17 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:13,280 cell foam which is of course very good for keeping your power supply safe look 18 00:01:10,799 --> 00:01:19,880 at this that's a nice touch that's a new thing so they've included a magnetic 19 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:22,400 dust filter so that's a 140 mm dust 20 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:25,159 filter you go ahead and pop that on your power supply or if you don't want to use 21 00:01:23,759 --> 00:01:31,439 it on your power supply you go ahead put it somewhere else it's up to you it's magnetic so it'll like stick to things 22 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:35,680 that aren't your face no doesn't stick to my face okay that's 23 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:41,880 okay uh power supply you've got some cable management velcro zip ties as well 24 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:44,000 as some regular zip ties some oh look at 25 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:48,000 that two sets of mounting screws so they include four thumb screws and then four 26 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:53,600 regular black screws for mounting the power supply to your case 27 00:01:50,479 --> 00:01:56,079 and the power supply itself which has AB 28 00:01:53,600 --> 00:02:00,920 actually just a gorgeous finish on it so it's got kind of a it looks very similar 29 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:04,200 to Mountain mods's black sprinkle finish and you can tell right away with a paint 30 00:02:02,719 --> 00:02:09,280 finish is it going to be durable is it not going to be durable this looks like one of the nicer this might be the 31 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:12,800 nicest finish on a power supply I've ever seen check that out that looks 32 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:18,519 absolutely gorgeous okay so uh FF 141 yeah 33 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:22,560 magnetized fan filter included 24-hour fully continuous power output with a 40° 34 00:02:20,879 --> 00:02:27,640 Centigrade operating temperature so that is extremely high um if you're actually 35 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:31,840 operating your computer in a 40° C environment then I feel really really 36 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:35,519 really bad for you in addition to your computer so that means that in all 37 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:39,280 likelihood this power supply can do more than 1,000 watt sustained if you're in a 38 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:44,720 reasonable room which is probably more like 20° C so about half of that it uses 39 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:49,200 a single 12vt rail to achieve its th000 watt output so that's 83 amps on that 40 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:53,280 single 12vt rail which means it can provide almost its entire th000 watt 41 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:58,360 output on that single rail meaning it's probably using a voltage converter as 42 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:02,599 opposed to having dedicated circuitry inside so it's actually going okay we're 43 00:03:00,879 --> 00:03:06,159 going to take the ac voltage coming in at the back we're going to convert it 44 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:10,040 all to 12vt DC and then we're going to convert that DC voltage to 5vt and 3.3 45 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:14,519 volt which are the other rails on the power supply this actually ends up being 46 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:18,080 more efficient than the more traditional approach of having dedicated circuitry 47 00:03:16,159 --> 00:03:20,920 for each one so it's a very very good way to do it and it also means that 48 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:24,840 you're not going to be limited in terms of how many graphics cards or how many 49 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:29,920 12volt heavy devices that you can plug into it CPUs for example also use 12vt 50 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:33,280 uh okay so that's pretty much it for that let's have a look at the cables 51 00:03:31,239 --> 00:03:37,319 included and then we're going to move on to the most special part about this 52 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:42,439 power supply unboxing which is that you don't have to use these cables so 53 00:03:39,439 --> 00:03:44,599 Silverstone has gorgeous power supplies 54 00:03:42,439 --> 00:03:50,360 they look fantastic but they're not always necessarily the ones that I would 55 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:54,040 want to use for a showcase build because the cables included while they have 56 00:03:52,519 --> 00:03:58,599 decent sleeving on them I mean you actually can't see the color of the cables underneath too much this is 57 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:02,079 better than most of the Silverstone power supplies I've seen before 58 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:06,159 often leave a little bit to be desired because these connectors you can see are 59 00:04:03,959 --> 00:04:09,239 using colored cables and there there's a little bit of bare area and all that 60 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:14,159 kind of stuff so I'm going to show you the alternative cables that you can use 61 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:20,440 that are the best cables I have ever seen uh so first of all harnesses so the 62 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:22,440 first harness here is quadruple Mo 63 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:27,160 rather triple Molex with a floppy connector on the end of each one and 64 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:29,320 it's about a hm looks like about a Linus 65 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:33,400 belly button to tip of Linus ARM in terms of of length all right the next 66 00:04:31,639 --> 00:04:38,840 one we have these are quad SATA harnesses and they are using sort of the 67 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:42,639 uh the upside down configuration so that means you have to run it up to the top 68 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:46,759 and then down to an optical drive due to the orientation of the connector itself 69 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:50,240 um this doesn't really bother me because generally speaking if I'm going down to 70 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:54,320 hard drives I don't mind kind of going like this because they're not that far away and if I'm going down to an optical 71 00:04:52,759 --> 00:04:57,160 drive I'm usually cable managing up the back of the case but not everyone 72 00:04:55,880 --> 00:05:02,120 prefers that so I'm going to go ahead and let you guys make a decision similar 73 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:04,000 length on that guy 24 pin connector very 74 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:08,360 short for the 24 pin connector which I do like to see because you don't need a 75 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:12,880 long 24 pin connector you don't route them that far all modern cases pretty 76 00:05:10,639 --> 00:05:18,280 much have a nice place to put them uh these PCI Express cables have capacitors 77 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:22,520 built into them this can actually uh improve the performance but it's not the 78 00:05:21,039 --> 00:05:27,560 kind of thing again that I'd like to see on the best cable managed system ever so 79 00:05:25,199 --> 00:05:31,319 there's two 6 plus2 connectors that have individual connectors on the ends and 80 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:35,560 then there's two more that have a 6 plus2 and an additional six pin and 81 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:39,759 these are ideal for graphics cards that have two connectors so you only actually 82 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:42,520 have to run one cable over to the whole thing and then you can plug in two 83 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:47,960 connectors to the graphics card itself so it's a total of four 6 Plus tws and 84 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:52,319 two six pin connectors and finally you've got two 4 plus4 connectors for 85 00:05:49,919 --> 00:05:58,720 high-end motherboards that ask for two of them 86 00:05:54,600 --> 00:06:01,880 now I promised to show you guys the best 87 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:04,120 sleeved CA that I have ever ever 88 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:08,720 encountered ever and if I could figure out where my knife was then I would do 89 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:13,800 that here we go so we're going to cut it open that felt 90 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:16,479 violent and there we have it so these 91 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:21,120 are not these are better than MD PCX folks these are the best I've 92 00:06:18,919 --> 00:06:26,199 encountered they actually are using more of a cloth Braiding on them as opposed 93 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:32,160 to a so they're individually sleeved and they're using not plastic no plastic and 94 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,639 it's um yeah just oh absolutely 95 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:39,479 beautiful I mean part of the point of sleeving is for looks part of the point 96 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:43,080 is for better air flow in the case which individually sleeving the cables kind of 97 00:06:41,319 --> 00:06:47,199 kicks in the teeth but it's fashionable right now so people do it um but the 98 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:50,680 last point of sleeving cables is actually to make them more durable so if 99 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:54,800 you were to accidentally slip with a screwdriver and hit something or with a 100 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:58,240 knife or scissors or pretty much almost anything else you'd actually have a 101 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:01,759 really hard time cutting these cables because they have an extremely durable 102 00:06:59,639 --> 00:07:05,759 leing or if you had like a cut out in the in a CPU tray or some or a CPU hole 103 00:07:04,319 --> 00:07:10,240 or something and it rubbed up against it for a long time if it was a just not 104 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:13,400 covered in sleeving at all if you had two cables that wore out they could 105 00:07:11,479 --> 00:07:19,199 short on each other whereas this that will not happen so I have a 24 pin I've 106 00:07:16,199 --> 00:07:20,479 also got uh some other ones here so I've 107 00:07:19,199 --> 00:07:25,319 actually got a wide variety of these cables you can pick them up they're good 108 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:29,080 for any uh okay for Silverstone power supplies only refer to website for 109 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:32,599 details is what they have to say for themselves but but they're available in 110 00:07:30,879 --> 00:07:36,759 a wide variety of different configurations and I think that pretty 111 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:42,199 much wraps it up so okay yes the Strider 1000 watt beautiful looking power supply 112 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:46,800 kind of ugly cables but you have the opportunity to put the nicest cables 113 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:52,520 available on it all right guys so this is officially the most gorgeous looking 114 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:56,440 power supply that uh I think anyone here 115 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:57,759 in the studio has ever seen so we've got 116 00:07:56,440 --> 00:08:02,759 a number of different kinds of connectors here so this guy right here 117 00:08:00,039 --> 00:08:05,800 is an individually sleeved 6 plus 2 the great thing about these individually 118 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:09,280 sleeved cables is if you want to run just a six you don't have to put the two 119 00:08:07,879 --> 00:08:12,120 right next to it you can actually just tuck them away somewhere here I me you 120 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:16,280 could even cut them off if you really wanted to but I'd feel like like I'm 121 00:08:14,199 --> 00:08:21,680 destroying a work of art with this uh particular power supply this one right 122 00:08:18,319 --> 00:08:24,360 here is a 6 plus 2 plus a six so that 123 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:28,560 way you could run one gorgeous sleeved cable to a video card that needs two 124 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:34,120 connectors I'm just going to put this down here so here's our 24 pin which 125 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:38,560 also oh wait no it isn't that's two 4 plus 4S there we go so those are for 126 00:08:36,399 --> 00:08:45,920 your CPU connectors oh looks so good so good like 127 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:48,600 So Pro so much better than even like Pro 128 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:51,839 sleeved individually done power supplies because if you even look at where 129 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:55,560 they're terminated there's no heat shrink on any but a few of the 130 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:59,440 connectors so this one's special because there's two wires going into into that 131 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:04,399 one so you can see that there's just there's nothing it's completely clean 132 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:08,200 it's very very rare that you see someone put the time and attention into plastic 133 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:11,600 sleeving to get that right because you'll actually have to pre-plan the way 134 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:17,279 the cable's going to curve to have them all terminate like that see something like Molex it's a little bit tougher to 135 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:23,279 do that because of the way that the pins are done but with anything like um here 136 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:25,519 we go where are they 137 00:09:23,279 --> 00:09:29,959 uh yeah there we go so there's the four pins so the four plus fours where are 138 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:34,680 the SATA ones SATA ones look very clean as well so there's no color to them 139 00:09:32,519 --> 00:09:39,839 whatsoever I think they're using black wires inside but it's so hard to tell 140 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:42,600 because this sleeving is so so opaque 141 00:09:39,839 --> 00:09:46,680 you just can't see through it at all so absolutely gorgeous um I think these 142 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:49,079 wires are a little bit no they're about the same length as the stock ones that 143 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:53,079 were included so I think that pretty much wraps it up thank you for checking 144 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:55,880 out this unboxing and first 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