Review: Tagan TG480-U01

by Ryszard Sommefeldt on 23 March 2004, 00:00

Tags: Tagan TG480-U01, Tagan

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Physical Layout



Physically it's standard PSU size; 150x86x160m. Cabling runs to the following:

  • ATX 24-pin power connector with 24-to-20 pin convertor
  • 8 and 4-pin ATX12V auxiliary power connectors
  • Ground/return loop connector
  • 5 x 4-pin Molex loops, two Molex per loop, two loops have floppy connectors
  • 2 x SATA power connectors
Cable lengths are generous. For all power runs, you get 50cm to the first connector and on the Molex power runs, you get 15cm extra cable length for each extra connector. 50cm for the main ATX power cable means that you'll need a case outside of the largest ATX specification to run out of cable length.

This is both a blessing and a hindrance. For smaller cases, you'll be left tying cables out of the way a lot of the time, ten Molex 4-pin connectors see that there'll be plenty spare to keep tidy. The main ATX cable has a braided sheath to keep the twenty four separate cables bunched together for easy routing. Tight direction changes aren't its forté; it's a bulky cable, but not massively so.

The SATA power connectors, only a pair (I'd have liked to have seen four, sacrificing one of the two-Molex cable runs), are clearly labelled, you can't mistake them for anything else.

The ground/return loop comes with a screw, for attaching to your case. Tagan recommend you use it to reduce ripple noise effects under high PSU loads.

There's a definite air of quality about how it's assembled, from the braided ATX power cable, to the ATX 24-to-20 pin power adaptor, meaning you can use the PSU on server boards too. Tagan take the presentation of their flagship PSU very seriously.