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Super Talent Atomic Juice PS-700 Power Supply

Let's face it, when you use the words, "Super" and "Talent" to name your company, then come back with "Atomic" and "Juice" to brand one of your computer power supply product lines, there has got to be a story to tell hardware enthusiasts.

Overview

The first thing we are going to look at with the Atomic Juice PS-700 power supply is its packaging, accessories, and documentation. While none of these items is a real make or break item for a power supply the packaging quite often contains a lot of information about the product we are purchasing. The inclusion of an owner’s manual that provides actual information about our product is also of great help. Accessories are almost unnecessary with a power supply as the unit is self contained, unless it is modular, but there cases where a manufacturer can include useful accessories to make installation, routing and use more efficient.

The Atomic Juice PS-700 packaging is certainly all aglow as one might expect atomic juice would be if it existed beyond here. Featured on the packaging are the connector count, power label (pictured below), the usual assortment of marketing points, and the listing for a “Progressive 5 year warranty.” 5 years is certainly a decent length on a warranty but how this warranty is “progressive” is certainly up in the air as the warranty is not listed in the manual, nor in Super Talent’s warranty documents.

Lastly, we see that the unit is billed as multi-GPU ready so a quick check of the SLIZone and CrossFire websites is in order. What we find is interesting; the Super Talent Atomic Juice PS-700 is certified under the nebulous “all other SLI configurations” while the OEM 700w FSP Epsilon is certified for up to 8800GTS. Why this separation occurs is unclear but the Epsilon is listed as the 80Plus version. As such, we checked the 80Plus website and found a number of entry’s for 700w products including 2 Epsilons( 1, 2 ). However, there was no listing for Super Talent at the time of writing.

The power label for the Super Talent PS-700 is certainly an interesting one. From the way the unit is labeled it is supposed to be capable of delivering up to 680w (56.67A) on the 12v rails which is good for ~97% of the units DC output capacity. However, the documentation goes on to list that there is a 1A minimum load requirement for the 5v and 3.3v rails as this unit is group regulated. This would make it virtually impossible to actually load the 12v rails to 680w without violating the collective 12v/5v/3.3v cap of 680w. Unfortunately, nowhere in the unit’s documentation does this unit indicate what the actual 12v load capacity should be thereby leaving us somewhat at a loss as to what to expect from the 12v rails with this unit. Moving on, the 12v rails of this unit are broken down in an interesting manner with 12v1 being dedicated to ½ of the EPS connector while 12v2 feeds the other ½ and an 8-pin PCI-Express connector yet both have a labeled capacity of 18A. This results in 12v4 having a single 18A 12v rail feeding a 6-pin PCI-Express connector which is a bit puzzling as it is going to have a peak draw of 75w while the 8-pin PCI-Express connector that is sharing a 12v rail with ½ the EPS connector peaks at 150w. Furthermore, according to the manual these rails really aren’t limited to the labeled 18A as the manual indicates the following OCP settings:

If these rails really are going to have their OCP violate the now routinely waived 240VA restrictions why not label them as such on the unit and documentation rather than burying it in the manual? Probably more of a cut and paste editing error rather than anything else.

Once we open the packaging for the Atomic Juice PS-700 we find the usual assortment of power supply items including the unit itself contained in a black Crown Royal-esque velvet bag, power cord, mounting screws, and user manual. The user manual with the unit comes in at 6 pages in English only spaced and printed in a font size sufficient for reading from 5-10 feet away. The manual contains some pertinent information like the power label, OCP settings, limited pinouts, and some basic installation/trouble shooting instructions. Conspicuously absent from the user manual is the warranty information that was also absent from the Super Talent website. Not listing the warranty information in any user accessible location is certainly not a good thing as the only time a user goes looking for this information they are typically not in the best/most forgiving mood so it would be pertinent to make this information easily accessible.