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500W-1000W Power Supply Review Roundup

Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

2010-09-16 07:20:00.0


eTeknix, HardwareHeaven, Hardware Secrets, JonnyGURU, KitGuru, and ThinkComputers have reviewed various 500W to 1000W power supplies from Cooler Master, Enermax, Kingwin, NZXT, PC Power & Cooling, Thermaltake, and XFX.

Let's see what they had to say:

  • eTeknix: XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply Video Review:

    "This particular power supply is stylish with substance, offering stable rails and a steady 650watt stream of power from a manufacturer that we all know and trust. This power supply should be more than ample for most computer systems out there, including extreme gaming rigs with high end graphics cards to boot."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • HardwareHeaven: Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 800W Power Supply Review:

    "Cooler Master have created a good, well balanced power supply in the form of the Silent Pro Gold 800W. It has great build quality, a good design, impressive performance and is priced appropriately."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • Hardware Secrets: Enermax PRO87+ 500 W Power Supply Review:

    "The performance of the Enermax PRO87+ 500 W is terrific, with efficiency peaking 90.8% at 115 V, extremely low noise and ripple levels, and voltages always within the allowed range. The cable configuration is perfect for a 500 W product."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • Hardware Secrets: PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk II 650 W Power Supply Review:

    "The new PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk II 650 W is a very good power supply, presenting better performance than practically all 650 W power supplies we’ve reviewed to date. It only loses to Seasonic X-Series 650 W, but this model with 80 Plus Gold certification is more expensive."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • JonnyGURU: NZXT Hale90 850W Power Supply Review:

    "NZXT has gone fishing in the pond of power supplies and caught themselves a winner here today. The Hale90 850 watt unit is a very stable, very efficient, and very powerful example of power supply engineering, and there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't run out and buy one posthaste. It certainly doesn't hurt that it looks good, either. It looks different, and different is good today."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • KitGuru: ThermalTake ToughPower Grand 750W Power Supply Review:

    "The Thermaltake ToughPower Grand 750W PSU is an extremely impressive unit which met and exceeded 80 PLUS Gold requirements throughout the full range of our testing.

    Aesthetically the Toughpower Grand rates highly with the curved edges, sexy black graphite colour with overlayed red accented stripe (shame we had to tear it to open the chassis however). It proves to be both sexy in appearance while remaining subtle enough to fit into a wide range of system builds.

    On a performance level it is difficult to be unimpressed with such a fantastic set of results. Efficiency levels are very high, rating over 92% at 50 percent load. Additionally the ripple results are right up there with the class leading Corsair AX power supplies which we reviewed recently."


    Click here to read the full review.


  • ThinkComputers: Kingwin Lazer Gold 1000W Modular Power Supply Review:

    "Besides being super efficient and stable the Lazer Gold has a great design. I really like the Crystal Cube modular plugs, they not only look cool, but they make it very easy for you to plug in your modular cables. The modular cables have a neat design on them that stands out. The 140mm lights up bright blue, which is pretty cool. The fan is also a smart fan, which means it is only on when it needs to be."


    Click here to read the full review.

Enjoy!

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