The CORE Series is the brand new series that completes the Seasonic lineup. The 80 PLUS? Gold certified CORE Series comes in all three cabling setups, including the fully modular CORE GX, semi-modular CORE GM, and lastly the fixed-cabled CORE GC. The Seasonic Smart and Silent Fan Control automatically adjusts the fan speed according to the temperature inside the power supply. As part of the TUF Gaming Alliance, the CORE Series is the perfect unit to go with your gaming PC.

80 PLUS? GOLD
The CORE GC Series achieves 80 PLUS? Gold certification with its 90 % efficiency at 50 % system load.

S2FC – SMART AND SILENT FAN CONTROL
The intelligent thermal circuit feature is designed to find the optimal balance between the necessity to cool the components and the need to run the power supply in the most silent manner possible.

At-a-glance
105 ?C Japanese Capacitor
80 PLUS? Gold certified
DC to DC Converter Design
Fixed cables
S2FC – Smart and Silent Fan Control
Tight Voltage Regulation

Reasons to buy
105 ?C Japanese Capacitor
80 PLUS? Gold certified
DC to DC Converter Design
Fixed cables
S2FC – Smart and Silent Fan Control
Tight Voltage Regulation
Specification
Technical Description: Seasonic CORE GOLD GC 500

Design
On/off switch:Yes
Fan location:Top
Number of fans:1 fan(s)
Fan diameter:12 cm
Cooling type:Active
Product colour:Black

Operational conditions
Operating temperature (T-T):0 – 50 ?C

Other features
Manual:Yes

Packaging data
Package type:Box
Cables included:AC

Performance
Certification:WEEE, ErP Lot 6, REACH
Safety:cTUVus, TUV, CB, CCC, BSMI, CE, FCC
Mean time between failures (MTBF):100000 h
80 PLUS certification:80 PLUS Gold
Power supply unit (PSU) form factor:ATX
Purpose:PC

Ports & interfaces
Cabling type:Non-Modular
PCI Express connector:Yes
Floppy disk drive cable length:10.1 cm
Floppy disk drive connector:Yes
Floppy drive power connector:1
ATX power connector (20 4 pin):Yes
CPU power cable length:65 cm
CPU power connector (4 4 pin):Yes
PCI Express power cable length:75 cm
PCI Express power connectors (6 2 pin):2
Peripheral (Molex) power cable length:470,690 mm
Peripheral (Molex) power connectors (4-pin):3
SATA power cable length:450,600,700 mm
Number of SATA power connectors:4
Motherboard power cable length:61 cm
Motherboard power connector:20 4 pin ATX

Power
Power protection features:Over current, Over power, Over voltage, Overheating, Short circuit, Under voltage
Max output current ( 5Vsb):3 A
Max output current (-12V):0.3 A
Max output current ( 5V):20 A
Max output current ( 12V):41 A
Max output current ( 3.3V):20 A
Combined power ( 5Vsb):15 W
Combined power (-12V):3.6 W
Combined power ( 5V):100 W
Combined power ( 12V):492 W
Combined power ( 3.3V):100 W
Input current:7 – 3.5 A
AC input frequency:50/60 Hz
AC input voltage:100 – 240 V
Total power:500 W

Technical details
Sustainability certificates:RoHS, ENERGY STAR

Weight & dimensions
Height:86 mm
Depth:140 mm
Width:150 mm