Introduction

Feeling down in the dump? Well then this might not be the review for you. Reason being, this power supply is very VERY blue! It's made by FSP Group, which has been around since 1993 and currently is the 10th largest power supply vendor world-wide. They are focusing on green power products and looking forward to strengthening their product line as well as the range. The company is based Taiwan and for further information about them visit their site.

First Looks

The Blue Storm comes in a fairly small retail box. The packaging itself is reasonably attractive, its also a fairly blue package. The weight of the box is somewhat heavy, which lets you know its not some shabby unit. On the box is has a decent amount of information about the PSU along with pictures, it is also in three different languages: English, German and French. The unit which I received for review is the Blue Storm 500 with (passive) PFC, they also have three smaller sizes and these all have the option to have PFC or not.

Here are the specifications taken directly from the FSP-Group website:

Features
- Blue-coated casing
- LED lighted power switch
- Automatic airflow control
- 12cm blue fan
- Mesh sleeving on output cables
- Flexible smart housing connector
- Under 30dBA low noise design
- Power consumption on standby(<1W)
- BSCC (Blue Storm Cooling Control) with optimized structure for whisper-quiet operation
- Environmentally friendly with the incorporation of PFC technology
- Voltage stability even under heavy loads

Specifications
- Supports Prescott CPU
- Latest ATX12V v2.0 with backwards compatibility
- Compatible with the latest Intel and AMD processors
- Manufacturer-Time Before Failure of over 100,000 hours
- High efficiency (over 70% up to 80%)
- Input voltage: 115V-230Vac
- Input Frequency: 47Hz to 63Hz
- Hold-up Time:
115V/60Hz: 16.6mS
230V/50Hz: 12.0mS
- Over-voltage, over-current, and short-circuit protection (OVP, OCP and SCP)
- Separate 12V rails for CPU and peripherals, in accordance with TUV safety requirements, providing extra voltage stability on the 12V on heavy loads.
- S-ATA power connectors for new HDD’s and optical drives