Protection Features
| OCP (Cold @ 24°C) | 12V1: 49.7A (155.31%), 11.902V 12V2: 47.8A (149.38%), 11.779V 12V3: 61.3A (153.25%), 11.608V 12V4: 63A (157.5%), 11.616V 5V: 34.6A (138.4%), 5.028V 3.3V: 33.9A (135.6%), 3.317V 5VSB: 4.5A (150%), 4.841V |
| OCP (Hot @ 37°C) | 12V1: 49.4A (154.38%), 11.888V 12V2: 47.5A (148.44%), 11.772V 12V3: 59.8A (149.5%), 11.595V 12V4: 60.2A (150.5%), 11.615V 5V: 34.7A (138.8%), 5.029V 3.3V: 33.9A (135.6%), 3.316V 5VSB: 4.5A (150%), 4.841V |
| OPP (Cold @ 28°C) | 1425.09W (142.51%) |
| OPP (Hot @ 37°C) | 1317.11W (131.71%) |
| OTP | ✓ (115°C @ secondary side) |
| SCP | 12V to Earth: ✓ 5V to Earth: ✓ 3.3V to Earth: ✓ 5VSB to Earth: ✓ -12V to Earth: ✓ |
| PWR_OK | Accurate |
| NLO | ✓ |
| SIP | Surge: MOV Inrush: NTC Thermistor & Bypass relay |
Whenever we have to test a multi-12V rail PSU, we have a tough time because you need to isolate each 12V rail on the fixture and re-arranging the connections, and this is easier said than done. As you can see, all 12V rails have sky-high OCP triggering points to cope with power spikes. In ATX v3.0 PSUs, it is tough to implement multiple 12V rails. Moreover, OCP triggering points are extremely high on the minor rails, too, without any reason, especially at 3.3V.
FSP set the unit’s over power protection above 140% at room temperatures, but thankfully it drops close to a more realistic percentage at high temperatures. Lastly, the over temperature protection is present and operates well since it didn’t bother me during testing.
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Does your Dark Power model suffer from a fan that spins with an “rrrrrrrrrrrr” noise?
I have a Dark Power Pro 12 and some user reviews of the Dark Power 13 in the UK report that the fan noise is persistent.
There are some areas where then noise is increased, because of the bearing noise, but it is too low in general.
RPM Noise (LAeq) – Corrected
380 6
386 6
389 6
390 6
391 6
392 6
393 6
394 6
395 6
396 6
398 6
399 6
400 6
401 6
404 6
406 6
442 6.8
443 6.1
450 9.2
471 7.9
572 13.2
648 17.6
656 14.4
693 16.5
848 24.4
1027 27.5
1090 28.6
1133 32.6
1240 33.0
1321 34.1
1398 35.8
1556 39.1
1614 40.4
1684 42.7
1938 45.0
1951 45.1
2011 45.8
2013 45.8
2014 45.8
2015 45.8
2016 45.8
2017 45.8
2019 45.8
2020 45.9
I got two Dark Power 13 100W from two different online retailers and they both have obvious bearing noise. Stay away.
A bit of further messing about, it seems that the one I tried it with would make no irregular fan noise when placed fan up, but makes obvious bearing noise when oriented fan down.
A review of the be quiet! Dark Power Pro 13 1300W (or 1600W) would be very welcome.
The 1600 is on my list 🙂
Great! Do you have a time frame for the release of your review?