Antec P190 Black Mid Tower Case Review

The NeoLink PSU

Now for the hart of the case, the NeoLink dual PSU. What Antec has done is instead of having one massive 1200 watt PSU they split the load between two small PSUs. In this case a 650 watt PSU (on the right) for the CPU and add-in cards, and a 550watt (left) for the drives, fans, and other peripherals. Lets take a look at the specs of the NeoLink

• Universal Input, automatically adjusts for 100V to 240V power grids
• Active Power Factor Correction (PFC) helps reduce electrical waste
• Supports EPS12V v2.91 and ATX12V systems
• Six +12V output circuits provide supreme system stability
• Up to 85% efficient
• 80mm low noise cooling fan
• Heavy duty protection circuitry prevents damage resulting from short circuits (SCP), over voltages (OVP), and under voltages (UVP)
• 2 x 8-pin and 2 x 6-pin connectors for PCI-Express graphics cards
• MTBF: 80,000 hours
• Safety approvals: UL, CUL, FCC, TV, CE, C-tick CCC, CB
• Gold plated connectors for superior conductivity
• AQ5 Antec Quality five-year parts and labor warranty

To get the two to power up at the same time they removed the motherboard, CPU, and PCI-e power connectors from the 550w PSU and replaced it with a two wire umbilical cord of sorts to the 650w PSU; in turn removing all molex and SATA connectors from the 650w PSU. This basically renders the both PSUs useless if separated.

The power connections themselves are numerous as is, but Antec also has modular hook ups on the 550w PSU to give you more connections if you need them.

NeoLink 650P connections

• 24 pin main power
• 1x 4 pin CPU
• 1x 8 pin CPU
• 2x 6 pin PCIe
• 2x 6+2 pin PCIe

NeoLink 550S connections

Hard wired

• 6x molex
• 4x SATA

Modular

• 9x molex
• 4x SATA
• 1x molex to 2x floppy adaptor