Rosewill Fortress Platinum 450W
by Martin Kaffei on September 14, 2012 12:00 PM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
- PSUs
- Rosewill
- 80Plus Platinum
- ATNG
- Fortress
- 450W
Voltage Regulation
| +3.3V Regulation/Ripple and Noise | |
| Load | Voltage |
| 5% | 3.34V (9mV) |
| 10% | 3.33V (14mV) |
| 20% | 3.31V (17mV) |
| 50% | 3,31V (22mV) |
| 80% | 3.29V (24mV) |
| 100% | 3.27V (27mV) |
| 110% | 3.27V (30mV) |
| Crossload +12V max. | -0.30% |
| Crossload +3.3V/+5V max. | +1.52% |
| +5V Regulation/Ripple and Noise | |
| Load | Voltage |
| 5% | 5.10V (7mV) |
| 10% | 5.10V (11mV) |
| 20% | 5.10V (16mV) |
| 50% | 5.08V (19mV) |
| 80% | 5.02V (23mV) |
| 100% | 4.99V (27mV) |
| 110% | 4.97V (29mV) |
| Crossload +12V max. | +1.00% |
| Crossload +3.3V/+5V max. | -0.80% |
| +12V Regulation (Worst Ouput)/Ripple and Noise (Worst Output) | |
| Load | Voltage |
| 5% | 12.14V (20mV) |
| 10% | 12.10V (24mV) |
| 20% | 12.10V (29mV) |
| 50% | 12.08V (33mV) |
| 80% | 12.06V (37mV) |
| 100% | 12.00V (42mV) |
| 110% | 11.99V (44mV) |
| Crossload +12V max. | -0.16% |
| Crossload +3.3V/+5V max. | -0.42% |
Noise Levels
| Sound Pressure Level (Ambient: 16dBA, 1m distance) and Temperatures (Δϑ to 23.4 °C ambient temperature) | |
| Load | Opinion |
| 5% | 18 dBA (0.9°C) |
| 10% | 18 dBA (2.0 °C) |
| 20% | 18 dBA (5.1 °C) |
| 50% | 22 dBA (6.2 °C) |
| 80% | 27 dBA (8.6 °C) |
| 100% | 27 dBA (9.5 °C) |
| 110% | 27 dBA (11.2 °C) |
Efficiency and PFC
| Efficiency and Power Factor 115 VAC | ||
| Load | Efficiency | PFC |
| 5% | 71.25% | 0.812 |
| 10% | 84.97% | 0.842 |
| 20% | 91.03% | 0.939 |
| 50% | 91.64% | 0.945 |
| 80% | 91.22% | 0.972 |
| 100% | 90.79% | 0.989 |
| 110% | 90.38% | 0.990 |
| Efficiency and Power Factor 230 VAC | ||
| Load | Efficiency | PFC |
| 5% | 73.29% | 0.735 |
| 10% | 86.85% | 0.829 |
| 20% | 91.84% | 0.877 |
| 50% | 92.42% | 0.925 |
| 80% | 91.85% | 0.956 |
| 100% | 91.08% | 0.972 |
| 110% | 90.72% | 0.983 |
Looking at the tables, all rails are within specification and acceptable for an expensive power supply. In fact, 12V didn't even drop below 12.00V at full load. However, ripple is much more important. Here the Fortress 450W can keep up with most other brands, even if Seasonic is still the best. Even at 10% load Rosewill delivers 85% to 87% efficiency. 115VAC reaches up to 91.64% efficiency, while 230VAC delivers slightly better results. From 0% to 50% load the Fortress remains silent, but once the load goes beyond this level the fan RPMs increase rapidly. The good news is that the bearing is absolutely inaudible and we didn't hear the chokes singing.
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benji720 - Friday, September 14, 2012 - link
Not to be a dick but there are so many grammatical errors and awkward or fragmented sentences in this article that it made it hard to read."convert to an 6-pin connector"
"According to that Rosewill stands up to Antec."
"At best GlobeFan is slightly better than Yate Loon, but we don't want to overdo things." ??
"All cables got the same black cable sleeving."
These are just a few examples. Maybe I'm being nit-picky but one of the reasons I read this site is for well written, well thought out articles and I did not feel this article was either of those.
pattycake0147 - Friday, September 14, 2012 - link
Seconded. I had to re-read the first sentence "Since we've had a ~40$ PSU roundup of late" I questioned if it should have read "we haven't had." Perhaps "Since we've had a ~$40 PSU roundup recently" would have made it more clear.TrackSmart - Friday, September 14, 2012 - link
We know from previous reviews/comments that English is a second language for the author. Most of us would be hard pressed to be write as fluently in a language outside of our native tongue.I appreciate the author's considerable knowledge of power supplies, including fans, bearings, and internal components - minor grammatical errors or awkwardness aside.
aliceyoung - Friday, September 14, 2012 - link
I also get agitated when I read poor English, especially when sentences could be interpreted in two different ways depending on how I try to "fix" then in my head. But you know what? Screw it. It's a great review from someone who knows their stuff, and I'm paying for it with little more than my free time.Keep on writing articles like these, grammatically correct or not.
JarredWalton - Friday, September 14, 2012 - link
Sorry -- Martin posted without going through one of the native-English speakers. I'm editing/proofing the article now, but it will be a couple hours before I can finish. Thanks for your patience!extide - Friday, September 14, 2012 - link
The Ripple Results link at the very end is wrong, it goes to the admin side, instead of the public side. It should be http://www.anandtech.com/show/5698JarredWalton - Friday, September 14, 2012 - link
Fixed, thanks! I didn't check all the URLs as I didn't expect any to link to our admin pages. :-)The0ne - Friday, September 14, 2012 - link
Agreed. This is quite bad.JarredWalton - Friday, September 14, 2012 - link
Still? I just finished editing, so if you find any major grammar/spelling issues remaining please let me know.benji720 - Friday, September 14, 2012 - link
No, it is much better! Thank you for your editing prowess, sir.