Antec Announces CP-850 Power Supply, New Form Factor
Antec Announces CP-850 Power Supply, New Form Factor
Posted 02/09/2009 at 12:12pm
| by Andy Salisbury
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Today Antec announced a brand spankin’ new PSU that will feature a new form factor designed specifically for their cases.
The new power supply, the CP-850, will swap over from the standard PS/2 form factor, the current standard for power supplies, in order to improve airflow, allow for better component selection and even operate quieter (or so Antec claims).
It’ll be available for $149.95 through major retailers (online and in store), and will come with a 5-year warranty
Image Credit: PC Perspective , and thanks to commenter Xtomik for the find!
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Bender2000
February 10, 2009 at 7:05am
I'm happy to see manufacturers taking the chances to move the PC form factor foreward. I like the way HP built out their Blackbird and Firebird, and I'm waiting to see how Antec levereges the PSU to change their cases for the better. Its time they change the form factor because now HDDs and SSDs take up less room and integrating sound and decent video on the MoBo means smaller cases.
So what ever happened to the Voodoo Omen and its monolithic case?
zstadt
February 09, 2009 at 4:56pm
Hooray for proprietary components!
I hope you all can sense my sarcasm. As an owner of a Dell XPS 400, I've seen my share of upgrades blocked by my form factor. Who knew BTX would never take off??
MAXPCreader07
February 09, 2009 at 1:43pm
Ehh...Antecs were never my top favorite cases or power supplies anyways.
Keith E. Whisman
February 09, 2009 at 1:43pm
Yes I've seen this new PSU and let me tell you that it is shaped like a 16" in diameter Star of David. I hear they have a Christian Crusifix shaped PSU on the way as well.
Not really it just sounds funny.
nekollx
February 09, 2009 at 1:08pm
Antec's new case design isthe number one knuckle headed ninja of Konaho?
iNNeR_KaoS
February 09, 2009 at 12:49pm
When it comes to hardware, proprietary designs tend to fail.
It seems that everything has to be backwards compatible in order to keep afloat.
I do, however, applaud the move. If everything has to be backwards compatible, we'll never move forward.
Xtomik
February 09, 2009 at 1:20pm
Just looks like a boxier power supply, not as thin.
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Computex 2008 - Power Supplies, Cooling and Cases"
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=573(scroll down past the Antec skeleton case pics)
-Greg
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