“Aim for the world”
It is a word that is commonly encountered in everyday life, but is never uttered by anyone. This is because the world is the stage where you can target once your skills are recognized in Korea or reach a certain level.
Aiming at the world like that is by no means a formidable task, but there are always those who do not give up and challenge themselves. This is because, in any field, only when it is extended to the world can one’s skills grow further, and if they are recognized by the world, they can achieve economic success.
Most companies who are aware of such an advantage do not settle for being complacent and aim for the world even if they succeed in Korea. In particular, as a PC hardware manufacturer has to constantly compete fiercely with foreign companies in Korea, entering the world stage is also a pioneer.
‘Hanmi Micronics’ (hereinafter Micronics), which is famous as a power supply manufacturer in the domestic market, has recently officially launched the power supply products of its new brand ‘WIZMAX’.
WIZMAX Power Supply is a product that Micronics prepared and completed to target the global market. In this article, we will look at one of them, ‘WIZMAX 750W 80PLUS GOLD’ (hereinafter WIZMAX 750W 80 Plus Gold).
Power supply brand ‘Wizmax’ targeting the global market
Micronics introduced the Wismax brand for the first time at a new product presentation held in March of this year. Micronics has already been recognized for its quality by many consumers as a ‘Classic’ brand power supply in the domestic market.
Wismax is a name created by combining ‘Wisdom’, meaning wisdom and wisdom, and ‘Maximum,’ meaning the best and greatest. The intention is to provide maximum output on top of smart technology created for efficiency and stability.
The Wizmax power supply maximizes efficiency by applying a Full-Bridge LLC Resonant Converter that realizes high efficiency and low noise while enabling high output even in an environment where various voltages are applied. It is differentiated from Nyx power supply products.
In the third quarter of this year, Gold Full Modular and 80 Plus Platinum models are also scheduled to be released, which will correspond to Intel’s next-generation power supply standard ‘ATX 3.0’.
Wizmax 750W 80 Plus Gold Appearance
Wizmax 750W 80 Plus Gold is a power supply designed in standard ATX specifications. The size is 150 x 140 x 86mm (W x D x H), and the ventilation hole in the part where the cooling fan is installed is similar to the pattern of the window frame of a hanok, giving personality to the plain appearance.
There are five types of cables. Mainboard power supply cable (20+4-pin connector), CPU auxiliary power supply cable (8-pin 4+4-pin connector), PCI-E auxiliary power supply cable for graphics card (6+2-pin connector), HDD · SSD Power cables (SATA connector), power cables for cooling fans and other devices (IDE connector), etc.
The mainboard power supply cable has several thin cables gathered in one place in a weaving way, so there is little risk of tangle, and the other cables are in a flat shape with several strands arranged flat, making it easy to organize the wires inside the case.
Also, since 4 cable ties are provided as a basic component, it is no problem to bundle the power supply cable and other hardware cables together inside the PC case. Because cable ties are not disposable, they are fixed by inserting them into holes, so they can be recycled.
The Wizmax 750W 80 Plus Gold is equipped with a 120mm cooling fan. HDB (Hydraulic Dynamic Bearing) is built into the central shaft of the cooling fan to reduce noise and increase durability. HDB features reduced internal bearing friction, self-lubricating function and a lubricant leak-proof design.
Micronics’ second-generation after-cooling technology was also applied. Although PCs tend to retain heat inside the power supply even when the power is turned off, this product with second-generation after-cooling technology detects the temperature and automatically operates a cooling fan to cool the heat.
Unlike the first-generation after-cooling, the cooling fan speed is automatically adjusted according to the temperature and operates in a way that gradually decreases, so it is even better in terms of noise.
2nd generation GPU-VR technology and 5-layer protection circuit
Micronics’ second-generation GPU-VR technology is applied to this product. The 2nd generation GPU-VR is a technology that allows the +12V voltage for CPU and graphic card to be kept constant, and the voltage fluctuation rate is maintained at ±0.4%, so power can be supplied to each hardware stably at any time.
In addition, +12V is output in a single rail method, and a DC to DC (DC-DC) circuit design that can supply stably while reducing power loss is applied.
The primary capacitor (capacitor) is a Taiwan-made capacitor that can withstand even 105°C. Most heat sinks are attached to parts that generate a lot of heat, such as other capacitors, rectifier circuits, and transformers (AC voltage converters), so it is easy to dissipate heat.
In addition, the Wismax 750W 80Plus Gold is equipped with Active Power Factor Correction (PFC) that provides 99% of the maximum power factor (active power divided by the total power delivered from the power supply). Through this, it is possible to reduce the waste of electricity bills by minimizing the reactive current, and to suppress the generation of harmonics (physical electricity equivalent to an integer multiple (2 times, 3 times, etc.) of the fundamental frequency).
On the other hand, the power supply is exposed to more external electricity than other hardware, so it is more likely to be in a dangerous situation. So, it is basic to apply a safety device to prepare for various accidents, and the Wismax 750W 80 Plus Gold is no exception.
First, ‘SURGE 4K’, which prevents sudden surges caused by lightning or power outages, and ‘ESD 15K’ technology that prevents fatal static electricity in PC hardware, is applied. became
In addition, five protection circuits such as OVP (overvoltage protection circuit), UVP (undervoltage protection circuit), OPP (overpower protection circuit), SCP (short circuit protection circuit), and OTP (overheat protection circuit) are applied, so that the power supply fails in various situations. I can prevent things.
80 Plus Gold Certified Power Supply
The Wizmax 750W 80 Plus received the ’80 Plus’ (80PLUS) certification, which allows you to check the quality by classifying the power supply output efficiency by grade.
Efficiency is the ratio that tells you how much power is actually output from the electrical outlet to the power supply excluding the amount lost in the process of being converted for PC hardware. It can be said that the higher the efficiency, the less power wasted, the better the power supply, and most of the high-end power supplies are given a high 80 plus rating.
80 Plus, depending on the power supply efficiency, ‘Standard’, ‘Bronze’, ‘Silver’, ‘Gold’, ‘Platinum’, ‘Titanium’, etc. There are six grades. The Wizmax 750W 80 Plus Gold is said to have passed the 80 Plus Gold grade as the product name suggests.
As for the power supply, the higher the efficiency, the lower the power consumption. To find out how much difference there is, we measured and compared the power consumption of the Wizmax 750W 80 Plus Gold and the 80 Plus Bronze power supply with a rated output of 700W.
Power consumption was measured in the idle state with no work done after booting the operating system, and under the maximum load state in which the CPU and graphics card usage rates were raised close to 100% by running Prime95 and 3DMark at the same time. The test system specifications are as follows.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Memory: GeIL DDR4-3200 CL19 PRISTINE 8GB x2
Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B550M-PLUS (Wi-Fi)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition
SSD: Seagate FireCuda 510 M.2 NVMe 1TB
As a result of the measurement, the power consumption of Wizmax 750W 80 Plus Gold was measured to be around 50W in idle state and 410W in maximum load state.
And the comparison target 80 plus bronze power supply came out around 50W in the idle state, similar to the Wizmax 750W 80 Plus Gold, but it was measured around 425W in the maximum load state, showing a difference.
At first glance, this may not seem like a huge difference, but the longer the PC is used, the bigger the difference, so the WIZMAX 750W 80 Plus Gold provides ample benefits for those who want to reduce their electricity bills as much as possible.
WIZMAX Power Supply Challenges the Global Market with Quality
The PC hardware market is always highly competitive. In particular, in the global market where manufacturers from different countries compete, they are often dismissed without attracting the attention of consumers with acceptable quality.
Micronics, who understands this well, designed the WIZMAX power supply with safety in mind above all else to make it a quality and reliable product, and did not forget to obtain 80 Plus certification for consumers who want high efficiency.
For those who value quality above all else when selecting PC hardware, I recommend paying attention to the WIZMAX power supply, which was completed to target the global market.