NZXT is an organization that has come from pretty humble origins, beginning issues off again in 2004 with simply a few PC circumstances. They have come a good distance since then, slowly by certainly increasing their ever-growing product portfolio. Nowadays, NZXT is likely one of the most outstanding PC case, cooling, and energy provide producers, with a really sturdy international market presence.
We have reviewed a number of NZXT merchandise prior to now, but only a few of their PSUs ever discovered their method into our labs – the truth is it has been practically a decade since our final NZXT PSU overview. That counter resets at the moment, as we’re looking at NZXT’s newest upper-class PSU design, the C-series C650.
Among NZXT’s PSU lineup, the C-series may be very a lot the producer’s bread and butter for PSUs, with C-series PSUs making up the overwhelming majority of its product lineup. At a excessive degree, the C-series is designed for superior PC customers and fans alike, and with the remainder of NZXT’s lineup solely going larger nonetheless, it is clear that the corporate is taking goal at a selected area of interest of the PSU market slightly than going after a broad swath of the PSU market. Along these similar traces, NZXT has additionally dialed in to the center of the market by way of capability; with three C-series fashions starting from 650 Watts to 850 Watts, the PSUs fall right into a typical vary for at the moment’s high-end single CPU/single GPU techniques.
As for our overview, at the moment we’ll be looking as a minimum highly effective unit of the collection the 650 Watt C650.
| Power specs ( Rated @ Unknown °C ) | |||||
| AC INPUT | 100 – 240 VAC, 50 – 60 Hz | ||||
| RAIL | +3.3V | +5V | +12V | +5Vsb | -12V |
| MAX OUTPUT | 20A | 20A | 54A | 3A | 0.3A |
| 100W | 648W | 15W | 3.6W | ||
| TOTAL | 650W | ||||
We obtained the NZXT C650 PSU in a comparatively easy cardboard field. The art work on the field is simplistic, but interesting, with only a fantastically taken image of the unit adorning the entrance aspect of the field. Its thick cardboard partitions and inner foam padding present satisfactory transport safety.
NZXT caught to the fundamentals with regards to the C650, supplying solely 4 mounting screws, some modular cables, and an AC energy cable alongside the PSU. The modular cables do nonetheless come inside a easy purple bag, to allow them to be contained. Otherwise there aren’t any cable straps, cable ties, or different equipment of any sort.
The NZXT C650 PSU is a completely modular design, that means that no cables are hardwired to the chassis. All of the cables are fabricated from all black wires and black connectors. The SATA and Molex cables are “flat” sort cables, with uncovered wires which can be hooked up to one another, whereas the PCI Express, CPU, and 24-pin ATX cables have nylon sleeving protecting the wires.
| NZXT C650 | ||
| Connector sort | Hardwired | Modular |
| ATX 24 Pin | – | 1 |
| EPS 4+4 Pin | – | 2 |
| EPS 8 Pin | – | – |
| PCI-E 6+2 Pin | – | 4 |
| PCI-E 8 Pin | – | – |
| SATA | – | 8 |
| Molex | – | 6 |
| Floppy | – | – |
External Appearance
NZXT designed the C650 to be aesthetically delicate and practical. The chassis is totally black, with the corporate emblem and product title printed with darkish reflective fonts on its two sides. A black sticker with the unit’s electrical certifications and specs might be discovered on the highest aspect of the chassis. Other aesthetic enhancements are restricted to easy chassis upgrades, comparable to rounded edges and an built-in fan finger guard. Although the PSU is 150 mm deep – just a little longer than what the ATX customary dictates (140 mm) – it’s suitable with the overwhelming majority of ATX-compliant circumstances obtainable. Only only a few proprietary case designs could trigger compatibility issues.
At the rear aspect of the PSU, we are able to see the everyday AC cable receptacle and on/off change, in addition to a toggle change that controls the…
