| BFG Tech LS-680 680W Power Supply
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Cables:
The final image in this section takes a look at the cables. With this review closely following the one of the Rosewill RX640-S-B, I was interested to see if BFG Tech would provide more connections and/or longer leads. The answer was yes to both questions. Here we have eight SATA connections and four PCI Express connections, two of which are 6-pin and two of which are 6+2-pin. Twice as many of each type of connection as was found on the Rosewill unit... Nice!
The list below details the quantity of each connector provided:
» 1 x 24-Pin (20+4-Pin) Motherboard Connector
» 1 x 8-Pin (4+4-Pin) CPU 12V Power Connector
» 2 x 6-Pin PCI Express Connectors
» 2 x 8-Pin (6+2-Pin) PCI Express Connectors
» 6 x 4-Pin Molex Connectors
» 2 x 4-Pin Floppy Connectors
» 8 x SATA Connectors
As mentioned, you not only get more connections, but the leads are longer. The 24-pin and 8-pin motherboard leads are long enough to reach anywhere in a mid-tower case, and sizing things up in a few full tower cases on hand tells me things will work just fine there, too.
Internal Inspection:
Taking a look inside the unit was not as exciting as I had hoped. After finding potentiometers under the hood of the Rosewill unit, I had my fingers crossed for the same here. Instead I opened it up and was surprised to see how boring it was. Not only does the board look rather lightly populated, some of the components don't look particularly robust (note the small size of the heatsinks). There is plenty of open space to see down to the rather generic looking off-white PCB that is screen printed as if more components could/should be installed.
 
While none of this will matter if the unit can get the job done, the rather wimpy impression made by the internal components doesn't do much for my confidence in this being a strong and capable power supply. Undersized internal components don't usually go hand-in-hand with high efficiencies, low heat, or high stability, but I hope that is not the case here.
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