Montech is a comparatively new participant within the PC energy & cooling market. Though they’re borrowing expertise from their guardian firm, Telon Co. LTD, Montech was solely first established in 2016, making the Taiwanese firm one of many youngest laptop element producers with a world presence. At present Montech is targeted on the manufacturing and advertising and marketing of PC instances, energy provide models (PSUs), and CPU cooler options.
The core philosophy of the corporate, in keeping with Montech, is to supply high quality merchandise at a aggressive worth. Due to this fact, as anticipated, Montech is targeted on the high-volume mainstream market, threading the needle between navigating an oversaturated market, whereas nonetheless grabbing just a little piece of the pie because of the the sheer measurement of the market.
At present, we’re looking at a product which may be just a little outdoors the corporate’s core philosophy – the Century Gold 650W PSU. Though it positively shouldn’t be 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 anticipate from a model whose focus is cost-effectiveness, and but the Century Gold 650W proves to be a extremely fascinating product.
| Energy specs ( Rated @ 50 °C ) | |||||
| AC INPUT | 100 – 240 VAC, 50 – 60 Hz | ||||
| RAIL | +3.3V | +5V | +12V | +5Vsb | -12V |
| MAX OUTPUT | 20A | 20A | 54A | 2.5A | 0.3A |
| 100W | 648W | 12.5W | 3.6W | ||
| TOTAL | 650W | ||||
Packaging and Bundle
We obtained 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 harm.
The bundle of the Century Gold PSU is frugal, with the corporate clearly attempting to maintain the fee down as a lot as attainable. Solely 4 customary mounting screws, a primary handbook, and an AC energy cable could 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.
| Montech Century Gold 650W | ||
| Connector sort | Hardwired | Modular |
| ATX 24 Pin | – | 1 |
| EPS 4+4 Pin | – | 2 |
| EPS 8 Pin | – | – |
| PCI-E 5.0 | – | – |
| PCI-E 8 Pin | – | 4 |
| SATA | – | 8 |
| Molex | – | 3 |
| Floppy | – | 1 |
The Montech Century Gold 650W PSU
Exterior Look
Montech adhered to the ATX customary dimensions for his or her Century Gold PSU. The chassis measures 86 mm × 150 mm × 140 mm (H × W × D), making it totally appropriate with any ATX-compliant case. The metal chassis is sprayed with a satin black paint that’s proof against fingerprints however scratches fairly 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 facet. A good portion of the sticker is yellow and it’s prone to dishearten customers who don’t get pleasure from hanging colours seen via the windowed facet panel of their techniques. Stickers with the elegant sequence brand cowl the edges of the unit.
A typical on/off swap could be seen on the rear facet of the unit, proper subsequent to the usual AC energy receptacle. About half of the entrance facet 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 answerable for the cooling of the Montech Century Gold 650W PSU. The D12BM-12 is a straightforward however extremely popular fan, with a ball bearing engine and a most pace of 1700 RPM. It is probably not the most effective or quietest of choices however it’s an extensively used and confirmed high quality design.
Montech is utilizing a extremely popular platform for the Century Gold 650W unit, immediately revealing that Channel-Effectively Expertise (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. Virtually the identical goes for the energetic APFC parts, that are hooked up to a for much longer however equally plain heatsink throughout the facet of the unit. Nippon Chemi-Con provides the 400V/390μF APFC capacitor, with a sizeable filtering coil.
Two transistors kind a typical half-bridge inversion topology on the main facet of the unit, whereas six MOSFETs generate the 12V line on the secondary facet of the transformer. The three.3V and 5V strains are generated through the DC-to-DC conversion circuits. This can be a very typical configuration for an 80Plus Gold-certified unit. The heatsinks of the energetic switchers on both facet 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 supplied by Nippon Chemi-Con and Nichicon, each of that are extremely respected Japanese producers.
