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Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W
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 Today we are taking a look at another high wattage power supply, the Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W 80 Plus Gold Certified modular power supply. This power supply looks to be a great competitor against the Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W PSU as they are both modular but they also have some hard-wired cables. Additionally, they are also both 80Plus Gold certified for efficiency, and both are advertised for their low acoustic levels. The Silent Pro Gold is currently on sale at Newegg.com for $239.99, which is a more ideal price for what the power supply is designed for: wattage and efficiency.
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Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W Power Supply
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Today, we will be taking a look at Thermaltake's flagship 80Plus Gold Certified ToughPower Grand 1200W Modular Power Supply. While this power supply is designed for overclockers and gamers that use multi-GPU setups, it is not 100% modular. This usually is not a problem with users that run high-end gaming hardware, but it might be a bit frustrating for those that just want to have a powerful PSU for the future but might not be running high-end hardware at first. For instance, its double 8-pin CPU power connector is hard wired into the power supply. Only a very limited number of motherboards support dual 8-pin power connectors, and this type of setup is only necessary for extreme overclockers for extra stability.
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SilverStone Strider Plus 500 W Power Supply
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"The SilverStone Strider Plus is a power supply series with a full modular cabling, with models ranging from 500 W to 1,000 W. The 500 W and 600 W models have 80 Plus Bronze certification, while the 750 W, 850 W, and 1,000 W models have 80 Plus Silver certification. We've already reviewed the 750 W model, which received our Golden Award. Let's see if the more inexpensive 500 W model is also a good buy."
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OCZ Fatal1ty 750W Review
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The new OCZ Fatal1ty has been made and designed for the gamer in mind; the Fatal1ty offers stable performance while enabling you to play games with an 80-Plus® Bronze certified product."The new Fatal1ty 750W features maximum and efficient power distribution, a thermally controlled 135mm double-ball bearing fan for airflow at near-silent audible noise levels, extremely tight and well regulated electrical noise and ripple, and an ideal array of connector types for multiple power-hungry drives and video cards. Offering excellent energy and cost savings, converting up to a full 85% of AC to DC power at typical loads." says OCZ, so let's take a look at what performance we can get out of it ourselves our HardwareLOOK system which is going to feature a heavy duty ASUS 6970 GPU.
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Enermax MaxRevo 1350W Power Supply Review
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Enermax has long been a favorite of ours when it comes to power supplies for heavy hitter enthusiasts pushing huge system wattage loads. Today it is launching a new flagship product that comes to up touting a huge 1350 watt usage rating. Does Enermax continue its top shelf legacy?
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Topower 1000W Gold Power Supply
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"Whilst not the best power supply out there the Topower 1000W is far from the worst but its performance fell a little short of what is expected from high end enthusiast units. The DC voltage load regulation is good but when combined with borderline AC ripple/noise and poorer than expected efficiency it equates to a good but not great power supply. The AC ripple/noise levels were borderline and if measured under different circumstances, lower ambient temperature or slightly lower mains input voltage for example, it may have even scraped a pass but high-end power supplies are expected to be well under the limits set down by the ATX12V V2.2 specification and not borderline."
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Kingwin Lazer Platinum 550W Power Supply
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The only 80 Plus Platinum level PSU on the market, with over 92% maximum energy efficiency, is also said to be one of the quietest. We analyze the Kingwin LZP-550 for efficiency, electrical performance and noise.
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Coolmax V-500 Power Supply Review
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"The Coolmax V-500 costs only USD 22 at Newegg.com and, therefore, we were very skeptical that it could deliver its labeled wattage, 500 W. Wattage, as we always explain, isn't everything. Let's see the other downsides of using a cheap power supply."
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Aurum Power Supply Unit Series: in Chase of Gold
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FSP Company, which has fallen a little behind competition in the PSU field lately, decided to catch up in one powerful dash and introduced an entire new series of power supply units built on a completely new platform.
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Kingwin Stryker Fanless 500 W
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The Kingwin Stryker 500 W is an amazing little PSU. It is one of the few models that offers 80PLUS Platinum efficiency, which means well over 90%, even at low load. In addition to that the power supply is completely fanless, emitting no noise at all - great for a quiet office PC or media PC system.
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OCZ ZS Series 650 W Power Supply Review
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"The ZS Series is the latest mainstream power supply series from OCZ. Available in 550 W, 650 W, and 750 W versions, these models don't come with a modular cabling system. Let's see if the 650 W version is a good buy."
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Sparkle Gold Class (GW-EPS1250DA) 1250 Watt Power Supply Review
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"Now that we have taken a look at a power supply on the lower end of the Wattage spectrum with the Kingwin LZP-550, we are going to take a look at something capable of more than doubling that out. The unit that we have sitting on the bench today is from Sparkle Computer Corp. We have taken a look at several of their power supplies in the past with the SCC-750AF and SCC-850AF. Both units scored really well and we are expecting the very same out of what we are testing today."
The unit that we are testing today is the GW-EPS1250DA power supply. It is the third model in their Gold Class line of power supplies that we have managed to test to date and is manufactured by Great Wall, just as the others have been. This unit offers enough power for up to three graphics cards and still has plenty of power to spare for additional peripherals. The unit looks quite impressive on paper featuring six 12V rails, 100% continuous output at 50C and more."
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In Win Commander II 1200W Power Supply Review
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“In Win, the company that brought you many different types of cases in the past is now upgrading one of its power supply series into the 80PLUS age. The Commander II series of power supplies, the successor to the original Commander, are available in three different models: 750W, 850W and the 1200W, which we have to review today. All three models are 80PLUS Bronze certified, have an army green color scheme and a silent 135mm fan in them."
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XFX ProSeries 1000W Power Supply Review
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Over the past five to six years, the name XFX has become synonymous with enthusiasts and for many good reasons. XFX made a huge push during the era of the NVIDIA 6xxx and 7xxx series cards and were always pushing the limits of the clock speeds. This gave them some of the fastest cards on the market and enthusiasts naturally flocked to them for better performance. Since then, the company has expanded quite a bit and now not only offers NVIDIA cards, but AMD cards and power supplies as well. XFX`s motto is Play Hard, and their power supplies allow you to do just that. They offer a wide range of units to fulfill any need, from the low power user to the full enthusiast. XFX recently introduced a few new power supplies to their ProSeries line and we are going to take a look at a few of the new units over the coming weeks. Today we are taking a look at the new ProSeries 1000W Platinum PSU. It should offer enough power for nearly everyone out there and do so at high efficiency."
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Thortech Thunderbolt Plus 1200W PSU Review @ Vortez
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Today we will be taking a look at Thortech`s Thunderbolt Plus Series. The Plus series has a subtle difference under the hood - having a single +12v as opposed to a quad +12v rail on the non-plus versions. The Plus series also comes accompanied with the iPower Meter, an LCD screen that connects directly to the PSU to provide critical statistics and information. The Thunderbolt Plus is available in 800W, 850W, 1000W and 1200W variants, we will be taking a look at the latter - the 1200W."
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Cougar G1050 - GX 1050W Review
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Overclock3D power supply reviews are back! With fresh chains on the load tester Jim takes a look at the G1050 from Cougar.
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