Thermaltake Releases New Smart RGB Power Supply Series
by Joe Shields on July 28, 2017 2:00 PM EST- Posted in
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The Thermaltake Smart lines of power supplies have been in the market for a few years now. Since its inception, the line expanded and updated with the introduction of the Pro and White lines, all suitable for a wide range of opreations. Capacity of these lines range 500W to 1000W which cover the vast majority of users needs. One item these lines initially did not address were consumers appetite for RGB lightning - even on a power supply. While the Smart Pro line already came out with RGB offerings several months ago (around the perimeter of the cooling fan), the regular Smart line had not.
Cue the recent release of the Smart RGB series from Thermaltake. The RGB nomenclature added to the product name quite obviously implies the use of RGB LEDs somewhere on these power supplies. In Smart RGB product stack, Thermaltake moved the RGB LEDs from the outside of the cooling fan to the fan hub illuminating the entire fan in the process. The 10 RGB LEDs come pre-installed on the 120mm fan and support 256 colors with 15 lighting modes ( Pulse Red/ Green/ Blue/ Yellow/ Purple/ Light Blue/ White, 256 color RGB cycle, Solid Red/ Green/ Blue/ Yellow/ Purple/ Light Blue/ White, and a LED Off). Each different mode is selected by pressing the RGB lightning button. These cannot be controlled via software.
Outside of the RGB LEDs, Thermaltake Smart PSUs use an “Ultra quiet” 120mm fan with intelligent RPM control. The fan cruve ramps up fairly slowly until you reach around 60% load where it ramps up a bit more aggressively. Thermaltake shows these fans under full load reaching a maximum of 28.6dB (700W model – a bit less for the 500W). As far as efficiency goes, the Smart Line is certified at a basic 80 Plus.
Thermaltake Smart RGB 500W, 600W, 700W Specifications | ||||||
Smart RGB 500W | Smart RGB 600W | Smart RGB 700W | ||||
Rated | Combined | Rated | Combined | Rated | Combined | |
+3.3V | 20A | 100W | 22A | 105W | 24A | 120W |
+5V | 15A | 17A | 17A | |||
+12V | 35A | 420W | 42A | 504W | 54A | 648W |
-12V | 0.5A | 6W | 0.5A | 6W | 0.5A | 6W |
+5Vsb | 2.5A | 12.5W | 2.5A | 12.5W | 2.5A | 12.5W |
Total Power | 500W | 600W | 700W | |||
Connector Type | Smart RGB 500W | Smart RGB 600W | Smart RGB 700W | |||
ATX 24 Pin | 1 | |||||
EPS 4+4 Pin | 1 | |||||
PCIe 6+2 Pin | 2 | |||||
SATA | 6 | |||||
4P Molex | 3 | 3 | 5 | |||
Floppy | 1 |
All models in the series use a single 12V+ rail eliminating the opportunity for system limitations due to multi-rail power caps. The Smart and Smart RGB lines can also be found in 230V form for those located in Europe and other areas which have higher voltage at the wall.
Pricing and availability were not on hand at the time of publication. But we can expect the RGB version to fetch a bit more than the non-RGB versions.
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Source: Thermaltake
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Chaitanya - Saturday, July 29, 2017 - link
RGB gaming chairs are already on the way also RGB Tables are available from Lian-Li.petteyg359 - Monday, July 31, 2017 - link
Your desk, chair, and mouse pad. Your headset. Your keyboard and mouse cables. If you're silly and using wireless (no real gamer will tolerate that extra latency, but there are lots of posers) then they can have RGB strobes that pretend to show the radio waves. Your SD cards will need lights, as will your phone. Then you'll want them on your car to make sure everybody knows you're a GAMER (tm). When you have kids, you'll implant RGB LEDs in their bones.m16 - Saturday, July 29, 2017 - link
The lighting is a nice to have, but hopefully they're high quality PSs. While I personally wouldn't but RGB units, it's going to be popular with those seeking the looks.DanNeely - Saturday, July 29, 2017 - link
They aren't. The specs indicate that these are build around a low efficiency and obsolete design.doubledeej - Saturday, July 29, 2017 - link
RGB lightning... that's something I'd love to see.petteyg359 - Monday, July 31, 2017 - link
You see it every time you see lightning already. Rods and cones.bill.rookard - Saturday, July 29, 2017 - link
One thing that isn't spec'd - are these modular or not?DanNeely - Sunday, July 30, 2017 - link
Almost certainly not. It'd be advertised if they were; and the first picture shows a bundle of fixed cables coming out, but no modular connections.WinterCharm - Saturday, July 29, 2017 - link
Why.petteyg359 - Monday, July 31, 2017 - link
Because adding "RGB" to old trash products is easy and cheap and idiot GAMER(tm) morons will buy them purely for the lights.