The New Child Begins Out Sturdy

Montech is a comparatively new participant within the PC energy & cooling market. Though they’re borrowing expertise from their mother or father firm, Telon Co. LTD, Montech was solely first established in 2016, making the Taiwanese firm one of many youngest pc element producers with a world presence. As we speak Montech is concentrated on the manufacturing and advertising of PC circumstances, energy provide items (PSUs), and CPU cooler options.

The core philosophy of the corporate, in keeping with Montech, is to offer high quality merchandise at a aggressive worth. Subsequently, as anticipated, Montech is concentrated on the high-volume mainstream market, threading the needle between navigating an oversaturated market, whereas nonetheless grabbing a little bit piece of the pie because of the the sheer dimension of the market.

As we speak, we’re looking at a product that could be a little bit exterior the corporate’s core philosophy – the Century Gold 650W PSU. Though it positively is just not a halo product that’s designed for top-tier competitors, Montech designed the Century Gold sequence to be the model’s flagbearer. Consequently, the $90 price ticket is heftier than what most individuals would count on from a model whose focus is cost-effectiveness, and but the Century Gold 650W proves to be a extremely fascinating product.

Packaging and Bundle

We acquired the Montech in a well-designed and durable cardboard field. The paintings is fascinating sufficient to attract consideration, with out being extravagant. Packaging foam and thick cardboard partitions defend the unit from transport injury.

The bundle of the Century Gold PSU is frugal, with the corporate clearly attempting to maintain the price down as a lot as potential. Solely 4 commonplace mounting screws, a primary guide, and an AC energy cable might be discovered contained in the packaging.

Montech made the Century Gold an all-modular design, permitting for the elimination of each DC energy cable, together with the 24-pin ATX connector. The entire cables are naked, ribbon-like, with black wires and black connectors.

The Montech Century Gold 650W PSU

Exterior Look

Montech adhered to the ATX commonplace dimensions for his or her Century Gold PSU. The chassis measures 86 mm × 150 mm × 140 mm (H × W × D), making it absolutely appropriate with any ATX-compliant case. The metal chassis is sprayed with a satin black paint that’s immune to fingerprints however scratches slightly simply. The finger guard is a part of the chassis itself, that includes a hex design with the corporate brand above the fan’s engine.

The sticker with the unit’s certifications and specs covers the whole thing of the highest aspect. A good portion of the sticker is yellow and it’s prone to dishearten customers who don’t take pleasure in putting colours seen via the windowed aspect panel of their programs. Stickers with the elegant sequence brand cowl the edges of the unit.

A typical on/off swap might be seen on the rear aspect of the unit, proper subsequent to the usual AC energy receptacle. About half of the entrance aspect of the unit is roofed by the connectors for the modular cables, with a primary legend printed above every connector.

Inside Design

Yate Loon provides the 120 mm fan that’s liable for the cooling of the Montech Century Gold 650W PSU. The D12BM-12 is an easy however highly regarded fan, with a ball bearing engine and a most pace of 1700 RPM. It might not be the most effective or quietest of choices however it’s an extensively used and confirmed high quality design.

Montech is utilizing a highly regarded platform for the Century Gold 650W unit, immediately revealing that Channel-Nicely Know-how (CWT) is the OEM behind the creation of this PSU. CWT is a longtime designer and producer of PC PSU platforms, with the corporate primarily specializing in the center market vary.

The filtering stage of the Montech Century Gold 650W PSU is textbook, with a complete of 4 Y capacitors, two X capacitors, and two filtering inductors. The rectifying bridge is positioned on a plain heatsink with little or no warmth dissipation space. Nearly the identical goes for the energetic APFC parts, that are connected to a for much longer however equally plain heatsink throughout the aspect of the unit. Nippon Chemi-Con provides the 400V/390μF APFC capacitor, with a sizeable filtering coil.

Two transistors type a typical half-bridge inversion topology on the main aspect of the unit, whereas six MOSFETs generate the 12V line on the secondary aspect of the transformer. The three.3V and 5V traces are generated through the DC-to-DC conversion circuits. It is a very typical configuration for an 80Plus Gold-certified unit. The heatsinks of the energetic switchers on both aspect of the transformer are of upper complexity than these used for the APFC circuitry and the first bridge. The entire secondary capacitors, electrolytic and polymer alike, are offered by Nippon Chemi-Con and Nichicon, each of that are extremely respected Japanese producers.