Installation:

Installing or replacing a power supply is fairly simple...  It's basically the same process as the last time I reviewed a power supply: 

• Unplug
• Unscrew
• Out with the Old
• In with the New
• Screw
• Plug
• Go

Very, very easy!   Total installation time about 35 minutes (if you take the time to route and tie wires correctly).  Okay, we know it's easy to install, but how good does it perform?

Performance:

I'm impressed with how it performed for me.   This is a difficult area, too.  Since I don't have an oscilloscope to measure the consistent power under load and at idle.  But,  I didn't notice any audible fan slow down under high disk access load or any other operations that cause immediate draws of power from the supply.   Here's the system it's powering: 

I thought that the added fan would add some additional noise.  I was wrong.  I guess they didn't put "Ultra Cool" in the name for no reason...  It's very quiet. The additional fan not only keeps the power supply cooler, the increased exhaust airflow also decreased my ambient case temp. 

Here's a somewhat crude graphic showing the basic airflow concept.

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