Introduction

A name like Zalman doesn't really need an introduction. The Zalman brand is well known around the world for their noiseless and excellent performing products. Despite the fact that computers have become commonplace at home and at workplaces for a long time, true user-friendliness of the computers is still a long shot. At Zalman, they strive to make that goal a closer reality through extensive research and development of their products. They were the world's first in reducing computer noise down to lower than 20dB, thus creating a more user-friendly computing environment.

Zalman introduced the ZM460-APS power supply around 2 months ago as an ultra quiet 460W power supply supporting Intel and AMD based systems. We have gotten the opportunity to shed some light on this new powerful but noiseless power supply which meets the latest ATX power standards. Zalman has on top of their older already very silent power supplies improved their noise prevention system by using an auto controlled cooling fan. So without holding you all up let's dig into the new Zalman ZM460-APS power supply.

Zalman ZM460-APS 460watt Noiseless Power Supply

As usual Zalman is sticking to its colors. All previous power supplies that Zalman has brought to market have been with a black finish and a professional design. The Zalman ZM460-APS is no different, a high efficiency design and building upon their noiseless switching technology. This power supply has a continuous wattage of 460W which is adequate power for today's computer systems. The noiseless aspect becomes each day a more important focus point and Zalman certainly has the advantage by have made that one of their strong points for all their products.

Features

As already mentioned Zalman is know for their noiseless products and the new 460W power supply surely sticks to that. The goal of Zalman behind the ZM460-APS is delivering an ultra quiet PSU conform to the high standards of the power hungry needs of today's computer architecture. The main feature taking care of this goes by the abbreviation CNPS, which stands for Computer Noise Prevention System combined with an auto controlled cooling fan.

• ATX Ver 2.03 / ATX12V Ver 2.01
• Compatible with both 20-pin and 24-pin
• 4+4-pin CPU power connector
• EZ grip connectors for easy disconnection
• SLI supportable PCI-Ex connectors
• 120mm NMB fan for ultra quiet operations
• 2 channels of +12V output

The Zalman Noiseless Box

We will dig into what we received from Zalman, and what you get exactly with the ZM460-APS package. Zalman is shipping their ultra quiet 460W power supply in a plain paperboard package. Well you can't really say plain, because it has more to it than that. The box has a shining finish and black color with a picture of the PSU on the front. Upon touching the box it feels very solid and strong.

The package received from Zalman came in a brown paperboard box. When opening the brown box, we found inside the actual black Zalman package. The Zalman package came with a plastic transparent protection foil. And that is how you will find it on the shelves at your local store.

Once the transparent fail has been removed we get a better view on the package and how it looks and feels. The top of the box details the product with the main features, on left and right side we find more details on the specifications. What else? Well the back just comes back with in big letters mentioning it is a noiseless switching power supply.

Opening the cover we discover the content of the Zalman ZM460-APS package. All items of the bundle are well placed and can't move around in the box. The main part that attracts our attention is of course the PSU itself. This one it also secured by some bubbled bag. The extra cables that come with the power supply are placed on the side and the manual is put on top.