In Win Glacier 900 Watt PSU Test Drive

Posted by Gilgamesh on February 7th, 2012

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The outside appearance of the Glacier 900 Watt PSU is quite good looking with the black and gold theme applied to it. The 135mm fan has a black grill over it which adds to both the safety and looks.

The rear is made up of a honeycomb mesh and is also where you find the power cord connection and the on/off rocker switch. One side of the Glacier 900 Watt PSU is solid black with no venting but the other side has a very sharp looking black and gold label applied to it. The label is protected with a plastic cover to protect it during transit and also has some branding printed on it.

The top side of the Glacier 900 Watt PSU is printed with detailed information on the amperage outputs, wattage capabilities and AC input requirements.

The In Win Glacier 900 Watt power supply is a modular unit, but it does have some power leads hard wired to it. The hard wired leads are comprised of the 20+4 Motherboard, 8-Pin AUX CPU, 8-Pin (4+4) AUX CPU, and two 8-Pin (6+2) PCI-e leads. If your motherboard has two 8-Pin AUX CPU power connections and your video card needs two power leads, then you have just the right amount of hard wired leads. We would like to see only one of the 8-Pin CPU AUX leads hardwired because a lot of motherboards only use one, and the motherboards that have two 8-pin headers do not require them to be used unless extreme overclocking is being performed.

Both the hard wired cables and the modular cables are of excellent quality and nicely sleeved, the attention to detail and the quality craftsmanship really show through.

The front of the power supply is home for all the modular cables to plug into. The red connection points are for the PCI-e cables and the black for peripheral and SATA power cables.

Next we removed four screws to separate the housing so we could have a look inside. The included 135mm fan is made by Globe Fan, Model#RL4Z-B1352512H. The fan features eleven blades and is capable of 1500rpm, 106.86 CFM at 29.2dBA. Globe fans are a popular choice for many power supply manufacturers because of their design, quality and longevity.

Our first look at the interior of the In Win Glacier 900 Watt power supply reveals ATNG Power Co. as the OEM manufacturer. If the inside of a power supply can be considered pleasing to the eye, this would be the one. Everything inside is neat and orderly.

The two 400v, 270μF Japanese primary capacitors are Nichicon branded and certified for up to 105c. The remaining capacitors in the Glacier are both CapXon and Nippon Chemi-Con branded and are also rated at 105c.

The In Win Glacier 900 Watt power supply features a modern DC to DC design for the minor rails which is fed by the +12v.

All of the soldering work seemed to be of good quality and the internal wiring was properly secured to prevent unwanted tension at the solder points.