HuntKey Jumper/R90 300W 80Plus Gold
by Martin Kaffei on March 5, 2011 12:00 AM ESTCables and Connectors
As mentioned before, the R90 has cable sleeving like Enermax. Both PCIe connectors are bright blue, making them easy to spot. The fan grille sits flush with the rest of the casing, and in general the design looks decent. We'd prefer plain black cable sleeving, but there's nothing horribly wrong with the current setup.
| Cables and Connectors | ||
| Fixed | Main | 24-pin 45cm |
| ATX12V/EPS12V | 4+4-pin 45cm | |
| PCIe | 6-pin + 6/8-pin 45-60cm | |
| Peripheral | 3x SATA + 1x PATA 45-90cm | |
| 3x PATA + 1x SATA 45-90cm | ||
Considering this is only a 300W PSU, it's not too surprising that some of the cables are a bit short. The main 24-pin connector should be long enough for most cases, but the 4+4-pin one could use a bit more length, especially if you try to use this in a case with a bottom-mounted PSU. The two PEG connectors are nice, even if they are both on one cable. In addition there are two peripheral cables with four SATA and four Molex connectors. Some users might miss the FDD connector, and considering the price it would be nice to at least get an adapter in the package, but thankfully we're mostly done with floppy drives these days.
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JasperJanssen - Monday, March 14, 2011 - link
Comparing to other high quality, low wattage, lowfeatured units, $80 seems way over the top. If it goes over $60 they'll be lucky to sell a single unit.JasperJanssen - Monday, March 14, 2011 - link
I just checked my local pricewatch, there's a Jumper 550 in there for 60 euro (which contrary to popular belief means 60 dollars, despite the exchange rate). The 550 is a different animal, it has hex grates on the end, but companies generally don't price the 300W low end model above the 550W near-top-end model in a given (Jumper) product range.AnnihilatorX - Saturday, March 5, 2011 - link
In specification page, the sticker photo shows a logo which looks like battery levelIt reads, very high safety margin - can continuously and stabily output 400W
Then why don't they just brand this as 350W?
Something to do with 80Plus certification regarding efficiency at certain load levels?
Concillian - Saturday, March 5, 2011 - link
"Something to do with 80Plus certification regarding efficiency at certain load levels?"Indeed, check the efficiency chart and 110% load shows 86% efficiency.
80+ gold certification requires 87% @ 100% load.
If it were rated at 330W, they'd have to back it down to 80+ silver.
Martin Kaffei - Sunday, March 6, 2011 - link
Correct. 400W e.g. is the rated power for room temperature and 80Plus Bronze.The power and efficiency is always temperature-dependent.
WintersEdge - Monday, March 7, 2011 - link
When and where do you guys think this will be available for purchase? This is definitely the front-runner on my PSU shortlist for my upcoming sandybridge build. I was going to go for the SS X400 but 400W is overkill considering I plan to use the IGP, and it's also quite expensive.And what is up with those other PSU units cited at the very beginning of this review?? How come I can't find them for sale?? I looked up the FSP Group 250W model:
http://www.fsp-group.com/english/1_product/2_detai...
It looks uglier than butt-ugly, but I still wouldn't mind buying it if it was available somewhere... What's up with that?
bobbozzo - Monday, March 7, 2011 - link
s/Season/Seasonic/7Enigma - Monday, March 7, 2011 - link
Thanks for the great review Martin.This is exactly the kind of PSU most of us want. I'd personally like a 400w unit of the same quality for <$130 since I run a high-end video card, but for everything else this 300w unit is just about perfect. It is a bummer about the American version not having the sleeving and black paint job, but it's still a great PSU!
Martin Kaffei - Monday, March 7, 2011 - link
I'm glad that you like the review.Maybe HuntKey will add sleeving for the final edition and has found a distributor in the USA. I've just heard they start to ship this PSU to France now. For about 60-65 €uro. Hope we get more informations soon.
iamkyle - Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - link
AT!!! Seriously - we need bar graphs like the other articles so we can COMPARE the efficiency of the PSU's you review!