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The BZ 800:
The left side of the unit is inset with this stylized nameplate designed to look like part of the housing. Its a shame this side will be hidden in most installations and the orientation would be upside down in the BTX style case mountings. Why do so many manufacturers make you look at the ugly, stickered side of their power supplies in a standard windowed installation?
The back of the unit is open mesh to aid in the airflow across the heatsinks. The plug and switches are central with the power switch covered by a clear membrane. The right side houses the +12V Turbo Mode selector. Interestingly enough this switch shipped in the Turbo setting. I can't wait to see what that does.
Here is the obligatory label side. Maybe I complained a bit too harshly as this is the only other sticker to mar the soft black finish. As you can see the power is split out to the 6 +12 V rails in equal 20A amounts and the other rails received 26A each.
The bottom of the unit is taken up by the 135mm fan. The fan is tagged a Tagan as well with the ABS sticker you see mounted on the protective grill. The power supply not overly heavy so we will have to open it up to see how they managed the power internally.
With the unit open, you can see the large
amount of open space near the back of the unit. Perhaps a
two fan version is in the works as well. The smaller size
of the heatsinks may lead this unit to run bit hot but the
construction is clean. A simple search online reveals this
unit is most likely manufactured by Top Power, a major power
supply manufacturer out of China. You may not be as
familiar with the name, but they make a lot of other power
supplies for companies you should already know. To the
less technical user, a look inside reveals a lot about the
component quality and the attention to detail given to the
construction. The BZ800 scores well in both cases.
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