Silverstone nightjar, power supplies with passive ventilation

This year's Computex has left us very interesting points for the future of technology. Among the highlights, we could mention the passive ventilation of Noctua , which withstood good temperatures. However, here we will see another approach to this problem with Silverstone Nightjar, totally passive power supplies.

The dilemma of passive cooling

Passive cooling is an invention that has always been dormant in the industry. Although the probability is small, the fans wear out and break, and in liquid cooling the pumps can become stranded, the circuit will fail…

Silverstone Nightjar 450-SXL Passive Power Supply

The solution to this? One of them is to do without any dynamic piece. If it doesn't move, it can't fail.

As a positive point, these systems have hardly any problems, since the only way to break them would be to melt the conductive material (before the circuit would be burned). In addition, the ventilation is completely silent since nothing moves.

As a negative point, it is evident that not having a flow of air or water transporting heat affects performance. These systems are much more clumsy when it comes to cooling high temperatures, so for top teams with a lot of power they are not recommended.

Following these bases, Silverstone has developed these two power supplies with two different approaches to the problem. Both fonts will be fully modular, a feature we appreciate.

Silverstone Nightjar 500-PT

This first version of a power supply chooses the air solution. As you can see, it has numerous grids all over its body, so we can see (almost without problems) its interior. The fountain has numerous heatsinks inside and seeks to take advantage of the surrounding air for cooling.

It is 80 PLUS Platinum certified , so the efficiency will be excellent, and we will have a power between 450W to 600W .

Silverstone Nightjar 450-SXL

The choice of the Silverstone Nightjar 450 is completely opposite to its twin. While the 500-PT sought to take advantage of the air around it, this source relies entirely on its conductive metal body for ventilation.

The interior is totally foreign to us and we can only see the numerous black crests that increase the surface to be able to ventilate better. Like its other version, we will have a power between 450W and 600W with the 80 PLUS Platinum certification .

We are likely to see how this technology evolves, in part, with these power supplies. The one that ends up triumphing the most will be the path Silverstone chooses to create future passive ventilations, these are the precursors.

Be that as it may, both sources reach good powers with which we can feed our equipment without problems. If you do not plan to overclock or have a hundred knick knacks decorating your PC , 500 or 600W is a good number. In addition to being a pioneer or pioneer, you will enjoy a 100% silent diet.

What do you think of passive refrigerations? What do you think their future is? Tell us your ideas below!

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