Review: Nesteq ASM XZero 500W PSU
Posted by Donster on: 2009-11-06 17:00:24 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Review by Grace @ DriverHeaven
Today we are going to have a look at a product from Nesteq a German computer products designer, the ASM Xzero 500W power supply. What makes the Xzero unique is that although it has a cooling fan it only uses it when the internal temperature rises above a certain temperature, making it what we would call a semi-passive running unit. It also ships with a variety of distinct features which we will analyse thoroughly in our review today.
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Review: Kingwin LZ-1000 1000W Power Supply
Posted by Donster on: 2009-11-05 16:14:13 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Author: Paul Johnson @ HARDOCP
No matter how you look at it, 1 kilowatt, or 1000 watts, it is a lot of power that most computer enthusiasts will never need. Rest assured though, some of us do need all that power and we are generally very picky about that much power gets delivered to our enthusiast computer builds. Kingwin's LZ-1000 is up to that job?
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Review: Ultra X4 1200W PSU
Posted by Donster on: 2009-10-20 17:39:16 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Reviewed by Jake Mete @ PureOC
Ultra has a storied past in the power supply market, not all of it a shining beacon of success, but they're looking to improve on past lessons learned with the next-gen X4 series. Marketed for enthusiasts (particularly gamers), the new X4 has an entirely modular setup in a compact form, is 80PLUS Bronze Certified, and sports some nice features that look promising.
The X4 unit was announced today and hasn't even yet hit retail channels, so let's take a first look at this new power supply and see how it fares.
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Review: OCZ Z Series: Z850M 850W Power Supply
Posted by Donster on: 2009-10-08 17:09:54 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Author: Paul Johnson @ HardOCP
Today we see what OCZ means when it says, "True to our enthusiast roots..." OCZ claims ultra-high efficiency and has gotten an 80plus.org Gold Certification. The 850 watt realm has proved elusive for great power supplies. Now to see if this PSU can garner an [H] "certification?"
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Review: Sapphire Pure 1250W Power Supply
Posted by Donster on: 2009-09-28 16:48:34 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Review by Grace @ DriverHeaven
A few weeks ago Sapphire made another move into the PSU market. This time their move was much bolder, as the company released an entire new series consisting of four new products. Their new Pure series of units are designed to catch the attention of all kinds of technology enthusiasts.
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Review: Seasonic X Series: X-750 Power Supply
Posted by Donster on: 2009-09-25 17:48:28 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Author: Paul Johnson @ HardOCP
Fully modular, 750 watts of computing power, high efficiency, and a great build quality has been done before in the world of PSUs, but never quite like this. Seasonic's X Series is an evolution in the world of power supplies.
The Bottom Line? The Bottom Line is that users should have but one question about the Seasonic X-750. Do I want ground or accelerated shipping on my order?
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Review: BFG EX-1000 1000 Watt Power Supply
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-29 17:03:25 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Author: Paul Johnson @ HardOCP
BFG Tech has done a very good job at commanding respect in the computer power supply market in the last year. It has stepped up its game and along with that it is now entering the tremendously demanding 1 kilowatt PSU market. 1000 watts of power is not easy to deliver while doing a good job of it.
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Review: Enermax Galaxy EVO 1250W Power Supply
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-16 15:37:13 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Author: Paul Johnson @ HardOCP
When we buy new PSUs for ourselves here at HardOCP, a company that always makes our short list is Enermax. Its build quality and performance has been topnotch for years. Today we put its 1.25 kilowatt computer power supply to the test. Crash and burn or continue to shine brightly?
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Review: OCZ Fatal1ty Champion Series 700W PSU
Posted by Donster on: 2009-06-23 16:42:07 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Author: Lee Garbutt @ PC Perspective
The Fatal1ty 700W PSU from OCZ is a high-quality PSU that looks good inside and out. It was co-developed by a gamer for gamers and it delivers the goods! The OCZ Fatal1ty 700W unit we have up for review today features a single +12V rail and is both Nvidia SLI and 80 Plus certified. It features excellent cooling and comes decked out with a red LED fan, glowing Fatal1ty logo, and red sheathed cables (I hope you like red).
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Review: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 910W PSU
Posted by Donster on: 2009-06-05 15:44:47 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Review by Grace @ DriverHeaven
The reputation of PC Power & Cooling as a PSU manufacturer is legendary, ever since the company has been founded they have consistently delivered products with the highest electrical performance.
Today we will have a look at their latest and most powerful Silencer series unit, boasting a continuous output of 910W at 50°C. PC Power & Cooling markets the Silencer 910W as a mainstream product and sells it at a highly competitive price. We are going to thoroughly test the unit and see if it can also take on the competition in terms of performance.
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Review: In Win Commander 750W PSU
Posted by Donster on: 2009-05-11 15:35:08 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
By: Hilbert Hagedoorn @ GURU3D
We will be reviewing the In Win Commander series power supply. Commander, as in military. And that shows, army camouflage packaging, and an army green PSU. Quite funny to observe really. Marketing sure, but somehow .. this concept works out really well. A fairly high-end power supply. But is it any good ? Let's fire off some rounds and ground the PSU with some serious ammo.
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Review: Sapphire FirePsu 625W
Posted by Donster on: 2009-03-30 15:58:42 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Reviewed by Grace @ DriverHeaven
Today we review one of Sapphire's new products and their first PSU, the FirePSU 625W unit. The company claims that the PSU is optimized for workstations and it boasts some very good features and specifications, but is it good enough to compete against the many renowned companies in today's PSUs market?
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Review: BFG EX 1200 Power Supply
Posted by Donster on: 2009-03-24 16:28:39 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
By Hilbert Hagedoorn @ GURU3D
Last week BFG dropped a mail if we wanted to test their all new BFG 1200 Watt EX power supply. A power supply that is silent, efficient, has long cabling, is pure quality, has an ATX size chassis, is completely themed dark and perhaps after all these years might be able to replace my kilowatt PSUs. As what BFG is bringing to the table is comforting. This 1200 Watt piece of machinery is fairly close to what I consider perfection in terms of design and requirements .. and with a price just under 250 USD BFG might have something really special on their hands. And that my friends makes it very interesting.
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Review: Cooler Master Silent Pro M600 PSU
Posted by Donster on: 2009-03-18 15:13:54 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Review by Grace @ DriverHeaven
Today we will review the 600W version of the Silent Pro M series, a slightly improved product over the 500W version of the same series which we reviewed several months ago. The Silent Pro M 500W rated very well back then, so we have high hopes for the 600W version.
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Review: Hiper Type R MKII 680 Watt ATX Power Supply
Posted by Donster on: 2009-03-02 16:25:37 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Article by: Joe Anderson @ TweakNews
I get a fair number of power supplies in the lab for evaluation and, for the most part, they aren't the most exciting products I get to look at. While the PSU is one of the most critical elements in a system build, they just aren't very sexy. Most of the time, anyway. Hiper has a new power supply on the market that promises a bit more excitement. Stay tuned as we take a look at the Hiper Type R MKII 680W PSU and some of its attractive and innovative features.
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Review: FSP Group Booster X5 450 Watt Dedicated Videocard Power Supply
Posted by Donster on: 2009-01-22 15:59:18 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Article by: Joe Anderson @ TweakNews
Ok, let's just say, hypothetically, that your rich uncle Throckmorton sent you a Christmas present and, on the appointed morning, you opened it to find ... a new GTX 280 (or 4870 X2, if you're an ATI guy.) Awesome! But wait. On your last build, you cheaped out on the power supply (never a good idea) to save a few bucks, and you're pretty sure this new graphics card will let the smoke out of your lame PSU. So, what do you do? You could spend upwards of $300 on a new PSU, but who's got that kind of dough after Christmas?
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Review: BFG MX Series Power Supplies - 550W & 680W
Posted by Donster on: 2009-01-21 16:15:42 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Author: Paul Johnson @ [H] Enthusiast
High performance, check. Low noise, check. High efficiency, check. Modular interface, check. No BS...checking into that. BFG attempts to deliver middle market wattage with high end features. This may be exactly the PSU you have been looking for.
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Review: Corsair TX850W Power Supply
Posted by Donster on: 2008-12-19 15:43:54 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Author: Paul Johnson @ [H] Enthusiast
Corsair reaches out to grab the part of the power supply market that could easily be thought of as the enthusiast "sweet spot." 600 watts too little...1000 watts too much....ah, 850 watts, just right. Can Goldilocks stand up to [H] PSU testing?
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Review: SilverStone DA1000 vs. OP1000-E: Dueling PSU's
Posted by Donster on: 2008-11-24 15:57:37 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Author: Paul Johnson @ HardOCP
SilverStone is certainly no slouch when it comes to high end power supplies. HardOCP has been using its PSUs for quite a while with great success. Let's see what two of its best 1000 watt units has to offer.
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Power Supply Roundup: Part II : Our Second Round Of Mainstream PSUs
Posted by Donster on: 2008-11-07 15:41:23 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
By Daniel Schuhmann @ THG
In the second part of our mainstream power supply test, we compare seven additional units with a maximum power of 700 watts. To enable an easier comparison, the units from the first part have been included in the charts for this piece as well.
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Review: Enermax Revolution 85+ High Efficiency PSU
Posted by Donster on: 2008-11-06 15:07:42 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Author: Christoph Katzer @ Anandtech
Enermax has now officially launched their Revolution 85+ power supplies, boasting some of the highest efficiency scores in the market. We are happy to report there's some substance behind these claims.
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Review: Corsair TX750W Power Supply
Posted by Donster on: 2008-10-30 14:52:07 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Author: Christoph Katzer @ Anandtech
The Corsair TX series has admittedly been in the market for a while, but we wanted to add another Corsair power supply to our pile of results. Corsair tends to be somewhat conservative with their power supplies, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Their highest output power supply is "only" 1000W, the previously tested 'HX1000W' and today we are reviewing the TX750W. All of their other power supplies are rated at 400W to 650W. It's nice to see that Corsair doesn't feel the need to follow the current market trend of pushing extremely high wattage power supplies on users.
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PSU Roundup: Performance, Price, Efficiency : Mainstream PSUs Up To 700W
Posted by Donster on: 2008-10-17 16:04:58 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
By Daniel Schuhmann @ THG
Our German lab recently tested 10 current mainstream power supplies with power delivery of up to 700 watts. In part one (this one) we introduce the first five products. Look for part two shortly, when we’ll discuss the next five.
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Review: AXP Supernova 800W PSU
Posted by Donster on: 2008-09-30 16:17:11 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
By Grace @ DriverHeaven
Axpertec, also known as AXP in Europe and as Xion in the US, has been a relatively conservative company since the time of their foundation back in 2002 and therefore they aren't very well known among the enthusiast cycles. Nevertheless, they have released several high end products aiming towards gamers and modders lately, some of which are quite interesting.
Today we will have a look at one of their latest and better PSUs, the Supernova 800W unit. The Supernova units are made to deliver good performance as well as a unique design at a competitive price.
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Review: BFG LS-Series 680w Power Supply
Posted by Donster on: 2008-09-15 15:52:55 in category: Power Supply News [ Print ]
Written By: Temujin @ Virtual-Hideout
Things continue to advance in the video card area and we find them requiring less and less wattage realistically. So, smaller, more efficient wattage power supplies are all the rage and everyone wants more power for their money. One PSU that could very well be your next investment is the BFG LS-680 Power Supply. As the model number denotes, it offers at least a solid 680 Watts with four 12V rails. Let's open this PSU and see what it can do.
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