![]() Both the ToughPower 750 and the OCZ PowerStream have a similiar Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) ratings. That leaves just the Thermaltake ToughPower 750 and the OCZ GamexStream 700 left for the award. The Antec Neo HE 550W passed and has a killer price, but at 550W isn't ready for the future and the rails were not 100% stable. The OCZ PowerStream and Mushkin eXtreme both don't have modular cables and don't use Active PFC. With ATI's R600's and DirectX10 slated for 2007 (and decent DX10 titles coming much later) these upcoming power supplies will be interesting and Thermaltake said they are built as good if not better than the Thermaltake 750W, which is a killer PSU. 700 WATTS STANDARD POWER SUPPLY SLI CROSSFIREX READY SERIESThe ThermalTake ToughPower series is great their 750W model rocks and from their upcoming 800W, 1000W and 1200W ToughPower power supplies will be coming out here in the coming months. I ask because my proc is running hot at about 50C (Athlon 64 3700) and was wondering if my PSU (ThermalTake Pure Silent 450) might be contributing to the issue. I find it odd though that you gave the OCZ the editors choice when it doesn't have modular cable connectors which seem to be a standard feature now.ĭo you think there is any coloralation between PSU power and case temperature. Being a ThermalTake user for years it's a shame they've fallen so far, even if the Tough Power held it's own. Skippman wrote:I'm really disappointed to hear ThermalTake had done as poorly as they did. In all honesty with many having 14cm fans and smart cooling they all were so close the audio meter couldn't show a major difference. One might notice that we didn't mention noise levels from these power supplies. We hope that you enjoy this roundup and that the results will help you in future purchases. Justin West and Nathan Kirsch (myself) spent a good number of WEEKS testing these 8 power supplies and re-tested duplicates to confirm our results. Three of the eight power supplies are worth avoiding and we tell you which ones and why.Īrticle Title: 8-way SLI and Crossfire Power Supply (PSU) Roundup What did happen was shocking, but expected. We put together everything we could think of that would simulate a high-end system with SLI and Crossfire than then ran it balls to the wall to see what happens. To top off our base systems we added watercooling, numerous casefans, a DVD-Rom and even Ageia's PhysX processor card. Armed with a pair of GeForce 7800GTX 512mb video cards in SLI on AMD's new AM2 platform with a 5000+ processor and two X1900XT's in Crossfire on an Intel's 975 Bad Axe motherboard with a 965 Extreme Edition our core testing platforms are what enthusiasts are running. Our goal was to take a sample of the SLI and Crossfire approved power supplies and put them through some torture testing to make sure they perform up to our standards. ![]()
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