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Page 1 of 3  Tagan were one of the first manufacturers to bring us a modular cable power supply a few years ago. Today at OzHardware we take a closer look at the EasyCon XL Series, in the ‘not too over the top’ 700W guise.
The first thing that really hits you in the face when you first take possession of this power supply is the packaging. To say it’s extravagant is rather an understatement. Most power supplies, even rather high-powered top of the line models come in a cardboard box, they’ll look fancy for sure, but it’ll still be a cardboard box at the end of the day. The Tagan EasyCon arrives in its own specially designed paper gift bag, complete with carry handles. Inside the bag however it just gets better (or worse, depending on your point of view). Inside we find a leather-bound chest of drawers, yes that’s right, a small little chest of drawers, inside of which we find the power supply, as well as all the cables and accessories waiting for us. EasyCon XL Packaging  Drawers - Closed  Drawers - Open  I personally think the packaging is a bit over the top, and would rather have saved the $10 or so worth of packaging and had it taken off the price of the power supply and have it come in a plain cardboard box, but the good thing about these drawers is they can be used for whatever you want once the power supply is installed into your case. One likely use for the drawers is going to be to store all the modular cables that the EasyCon comes with that you won’t end up needing, the list of included cables and connectors is as follows: 1 x 20+4 Pin Main Power Connector 1 x 4+4 Pin ATX12V Connector 2 x 6-Pin PCI-Express Power Connectors 6+1 x 4-Pin Molex power Connectors (1 for VGA) 8 x 5-Pin SATA Power Connectors 1 x Ground Wire 1 x Molex to FDD Y-Splitter Cable
Contents of Box  As you can see, there is no shortage of cables and connectors, which is a very good thing, the EasyCon will have power available to 14 drives out of the box, SLI support thanks to the dual 6-Pin PCI-Express connectors (though even this won’t be enough connectors for some video cards in SLI), as well as support for just about any motherboard on the market with the 20+4Pin, and 4+4Pin main power connectors. All the cables are twisted together to reduce the mess and clutter inside your case, this also aids in reducing noise and interference. The PCI-Express and VGA Molex cables are braided for EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) reduction, as well as including ferrite noise filters. The included wall-outlet power cable is also shielded with a noise filter installed. Tagan seem very adamant about no noise or interference on the lines.
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