Thermaltake Purepower Butterfly 480w PSU

As was the case with the last Tt PSU we reviewed, the Purepower 560w, all the power lines have color coded sleeves with shrink wrap at the ends.  Blue for your traditional Molex, Orange for your 12v and AUX line, Green for SATA and Black for your ATX power line.  Thermaltake saw fit to include plenty of connectors.  Each of the three Molex lines has three 4-pin Molex connectors and one FDD connector.  The single SATA line has two power connectors for any Serial ATA drives you have.

Opening up the Butterfly we see two large blue anodized aluminum heatsinks.  Missing was the copper plate we found in the Purepower 560w unit.  We also found the circuit boards that control the LEDs.  The LEDs are split type meaning that each larger bulb (below on right) has a red, green and blue lamp in it.  These lamps pulse with the lights coming on individually and in combinations to produce several colors: red, green, blue, violet, white, yellow and light blue.  I have to tell you it is quite a show to watch.

Butterfly in Action

When it came time to install the Butterfly, I thought what better place than in my LAN box.  There is already enough neon and UV in there to make Brian start dancing so I'm guessing the Butterfly will throw him over the edge and he'll be getting fitted for a white tux by noon tomorrow.  The first two shots below are with the PSU side cover in place.  In the third shot it is removed.

Here are the red, blue and green colors individually.  The colors shifting and pulsing reminds me of the Mad Lights we looked at a few months back.  Very hip.

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