Another fanless 300W ATXV12 v.1.3 PSU - Etasis

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 12:25 pm

Saw an ad for this in the latest c't magazine:

Etasis EFN-300

- 300W
- ATX12V v.1.3
- 2x sata
- Active PFC
- led indicator for showing overheating

Available from Maxpoint.de probably now or in April:

http://www.maxpoint.net/PROD_Detail-txt_774.php

RRP: 199 euros.

Haven't seen any reviews yet.

sthayashi · Post by **sthayashi** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 12:29 pm

Another nice PSU that will never see the face of North America?

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 12:59 pm

I feel for you.

But you guys have to get off the "bigger is better, let's buy a SUV that burns fuel like ten tractors combined" -tip

Maybe then somebody'll start shipping small and efficient stuff there

Now, us Europeans... our problem is that mistakenly we think anything only gets done well once and that no newer model can be better, because the older one is more robust (and really expensive!). So we get skipped 2-5 generations of improvements and when the improvements hit our shores two years late, we pay twice the price

For example, I'm really envious of US/Canadian/Australian watercooling scene. Some really good stuff is available there that never even gets a mention here.

Jest aside, this does bring up an interesting point:

There are big PSU producers in the US (or at least big distributors / subsidiaries of them).

Why don't they make a fanless PSU that offer everything for a cheaper price than the EU imports do?

I'd think there's demand for such a product, if there's enough demand in Europe for half a dozen different manufacturers.

sthayashi · Post by **sthayashi** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 1:06 pm

halcyon wrote:But you guys have to get off the "bigger is better, let's buy a SUV that burns fuel like ten tractors combined" -tip

Maybe then somebody'll start shipping small and efficient stuff there

Funny you should mention something like that. Smartis going to enter the US Market in 2006. We'll see how well it does.

halcyon wrote:There are big PSU producers in the US (or at least big distributors / subsidiaries of them).

Why don't they make a fanless PSU that offer everything for a cheaper price than the EU imports do?

I'm still waiting to see Antec's Phantom. Hopefully it won't be vaporware.

CharlieChan · Post by **CharlieChan** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 4:17 pm

Now avaliable in the UK.