Antec Neopower 650W Blue Power Supply Review

Product Number: Neopower 650 Blue
Price: $134.82 @ Directcanada
Packaging: Retail
Fan Size: 1x 120mm
Warranty: 5 Years
Availability: Soon
Manufacturer’s Product Page: Antec.com - NeoPower


Cable Lengths and Connectors:

- Molex: 6 Connectors (modular)
o 2x 30” (3 connectors each)

- SATA: 4 Connectors (modular)
o 2x 30 1/2” length (2 connectors each)

- PCI-E 6+2 Pin: 1 Connector (modular)
o 1x 23” length

- PCI-E 6 Pin: 1 Connector
o 1x 20” length

- 4-Pin Floppy: 1 Connector
o 2x 6” length (dedicated cable can be attached to Molex connectors)

- 20+4 ATX Connector: 18” length

- 4+4 Pin CPU connector: 19” length

- 4 Pin CPU connector: 21” length


Antec is one of those companies that release a steady stream of new and exciting products into the market on a regular basis. They have plenty of highly-regarded enclosures in their stable but their power supplies have been lagging behind in the past few years. To rectify this, they have begun an aggressive push to replace and upgrade what amounts to almost their entire power supply line-up. Gone are their old Truepower units which they have replaced with the Earthwatts series and it wouldn’t be surprising to see them replace their Truepower Trio power supplies with the newly expanded Neopower offerings. Antec has also expanded into the higher end of the spectrum by introducing their new flagship Quattro series which we will be taking a look at in an upcoming review. In the meantime, we are reviewing a power supply with much less lofty expectations than the Quattro series: the Neopower 650W Blue.

The Neopower series has been around for quite a while and now Antec has decided to expand this highly-regarded series with a few more Seasonic-built power supplies. The Neopower 650W comes in two flavours: one called “Blue” and the other without a tacked-on moniker. The vanilla Neopower 650W can be distinguished by its single 80mm exhaust fan while the Blue holds a single 120mm top-mounted fan with blue LEDs (hence the “blue” in its name). Both have a modular interface as well as APFC, 80% and higher efficiency, low noise characteristics and are backed by Antec’s 5-year warranty. The Neopower 650W Blue is priced a few dollars more than the regular Neopower 650W but its price still comes in at a pretty decent $134.

Considering its Seasonic heritage, I have high expectations for this power supply.