Seasonic Super Tornado 400
Power Supply Unit
March 21, 2004
Manufacturer: Seasonic
Introduction
Picking up a power supply unit for your computer is certainly something that one has to choose carefully nowadays. It is this very hardware that can make or break your high performance system. One can go cheap and of course expect below standard quality. One can also go expensive by buying well known and proven reliable brands. Some opt for power supplies that look liked it was made in Vegas with all those light effects or you can have a solid, state of the art, well priced power supply unit with all the latest technology but still looks very simple.
The last one will probably describe the power supply unit that we have on our test bench today. Armed with the latest improvements in PC power supply technology, the Seasonic Super Tornado 400 offers what most power supply doesn't have in terms of advance electrical features. Let's find out why this power supply is different from the others...
Who is Seasonic?
I have to admit the Seasonic brand of PSUs sounded a bit new to me. Unlike Enermax, Antec, Thermaltake, etc which are probably familiar to most, Seasonic's presence here is just starting to get noticed. You would think it's because they are new but really, Seasonic has been on the PSU business since 1975. In fact, because of their very long experience, they have amassed so many certifications and approvals than most company in the same business. Certainly a proof of the quality of their products.
In 2000, they became the first PSU maker to provide PC and IPC market cost-effective Active PFC solutions. That year they also designed and applied S2FC (Smart and Silent Fan Control) towards PC and IPC products. These achievements have been the benchmark for current PSU makers applying the same technology in their PSUs.
The brand says so much about their products. And in this respect, I can safely say just by knowing the PSU maker, that Seasonic is not some cheapo brand that just popped out of nowhere and started producing PSUs.
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