Cooler Master 350W Super Silent Power Supply Review

Manufacturer: Cooler Master

Author:  Brymo

Cooler Master Super Silent Description

Let us face it; computers are useless without electricity, unless of course you are in the market for an expensive boat anchor. Now from Cooler Master™, the all-new Real Power RS-350-AMSR cannot only supply your sensitive computer equipment with 350 Watts of Pure reliable power, but it can achieve this in near silence! The specialized circuitry in the RS-350-AMSR gives you an added edge of reliability by monitoring and regulating over and under voltage, current, temperature and full short circuit protection and has an industry efficiency rating of over 100,000 hours at a full load. And because it is a Cooler Master, it does this all while keeping power supply related heat in your case to a minimum, and meeting Blue Angel and Energy Star green power standards.

The Cooler Master RS-350-AMSR is equipped for today’s newest drive technologies with two built in Serial ATA power connectors. The main board power connectors include the standard 20 Pin ATX connector that has been wrapped in wire sleeve for better airflow and decreased case temperatures, and the 4-pin Pentium 4 power connector. It also has four standard 4-pin Molex connectors and two dedicated fan connectors.

Cooler Master Real Power Box

Front:
• Cooler Master “Technology of Evolution”
• Real Power 350W
• Super Silent
• SATA
• Real Power
• Green power
• Double Reliability
• Full Protection
• Intelligent Fan Controller

Key Features:
• Super Silent 350W with intelligent fan control ( <23dB )
• Fully supports Intel ATX 12V V1.2 for Intel® and AMD systems
• High efficiency and reliability ( MTBF > 100,000 Hrs @ full-load / 25 Degree C )
• Green power design to meet blue angel and energy star ( <1W@ Standby Mode )
• SATA and external fan connectors for next hard drive and system fans
• Real power capacity satisfy hungry hi-end system operation
• Over voltage, current, temperature, and short circuit full protection

General Specifications:
• Type: ATX Form Factor
• Maximum Power: 350 Watts
• Power Good Signal: 100 ~ 500 ms
• Hold Up Time: > 16ms
• Efficiency: >70% Typically
• Input Voltage: 90~132V & 180~264V / 90 ~ 264V
• Input Frequency Range: 47~63 Hz
• Input Current: 10A @ 115Vac / 5A @ 230Vac
• Output Capacity: 350W Continually
• MTBF: > 100,000 Hours
• Dimension: Standard ATX 150 x 140 x 86 (mm)
• Operation Temperature: 0~50 ◦C
• Safety: UL / cUL / TUV / NEMKO / CE

Cooler Master Super Silent Power Supply Intro

From the first look at this new power supply from Cooler Master, I knew I was in for a great experience. The only thing is, it may be a quite experience because this power supply is extremely quiet. Now looking at the price tag on this product, you may look past it because you always hear “with power supplies, spend a lot more money because the more money they are, the better they will perform.” In most cases that is very accurate but Cooler Master has gone away from the cheap is bad aspect. Into a cheap power supply that is comparable to an expensive unit, which Cooler Master has accomplished with the Real Power models.
 

Cooler Master Super Silent Packaging

The box that protects the power supply is a quite nifty addition to the whole experience. The box has the picture of the power supply on the front and back, with a great purple and white background. The most interesting part about this background is the use of a programming language that is very vague but is still is visible.

Continuing onto opening the box, pulling out the “safety tab” so the box does not just fling open. Once you have this out, you can open the box to expose its inners. The top of the box opens all the way, so it is flat with the table or a flat surface, so you are guaranteed to be able to get a good grasp onto the power supply.

The set up of the power supply, power cord, screws, and the manual is quite nice and uses the full box. With all the separate parts helping each other stay in one place. There is no need for those annoying zip ties to hold everything in place. There is just one, and that has to hold the power cord in a tight fashion. Only bags are the ones to hold the power supply, power cord, and screws. There is no excess usage of packing supplies in this package, which is very nice.

The User’s Manual is soaked with information, and has a lot of useful information as well. It is 32 pages in length, and four pages are in English.

Product:

This Cooler Master Real Power 350W power supply offers very interesting characteristics such as various systems of protection, energetic saving, and smart controlled speeds. As saying before the necessary protections from overstrain does not lack excess current, short circuit. The efficiency that arrives beyond 70% @ full load is a sign of someone taking care of the planning of this power supply.

Here is the label on the back of the power supply.

On the side where the wires come out of the power supply, are bundled up with a zip tie at the very base of them all. The strange part about the wires in this power supply set up is that they are all different lengths.