OCZ ZT Series 650 W Power Supply Review

Primary Analysis

As we have mentioned in other articles and reviews, the first place we look when opening a power supply for a hint about its quality, is its filtering stage. The recommended components for this stage are two ferrite coils, two ceramic capacitors (Y capacitors, usually blue), one metalized polyester capacitor (X capacitor), and one MOV (Metal-Oxide Varistor). Very low-end power supplies use fewer components, usually removing the MOV and the first coil. 

In this stage, the OCZ ZT Series 650 W power supply has two Y capacitors and one X capacitor more than the minimum required, but it doesn’t have an MOV, which is the component in charge of removing spikes coming from the power grid.

Figure 8: Transient filtering stage (part 1)

Figure 9: Transient filtering stage (part 2)

On the next page, we will have a more detailed discussion about the components used in the OCZ ZT Series 650 W.