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Four SLI-Ready PSU Round-Up Posted

by Yaroslav Lyssenko

[ 08/29/2005 | 11:25 PM ]

Pureoverclock.com has posted a comparison of four power supply units (PSUs) that are aimed at gamers and performance enthusiasts. Enermax Noisetaker 600W, PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510W SLI , Seasonic S12 600W and Silverstone Zeus ST65ZF 650W power PSUs are designed especially for power-hungry systems containing top-of-the-range central processing units as well as a pair of graphics cards running in a multi-GPU mode.

“It’s difficult to write a coherent conclusion to this roundup. Essentially there are two groups of power supplies in this review. The mainstream, low noise, high performance units (Seasonic S12 and Enermax Noisetaker) and the industrial class units with no consideration to noise levels, just reliable 24/7 continuous power (the Silverstone and PC Power & Cooling units),” writes the author.

“The Seasonic S12 600 simply stood out above the rest on the merit of its price/performance. Out of all the units here the S12 hits that balance like no other. It has extremely tight voltage regulation and superb power efficiency. It’s not the best looking unit here but it’s by no means ugly. If the leads were braided black I’m sure it would look as good as the PC Power & Cooling 510 SLI. It’s those twisted wires for all the connectors, they are the worst looking cables of all the units here. Another plus point that made it an easy Editors Choice is the fact that it has the lowest noise levels of all the units here which is once again due to its high power efficiency. Add to that a 3 year warranty and the little extra goodies in the box and you simply cannot go wrong buying this one! It’s a special power supply in its own right,” concludes Pureoverclock.com.

• Pureoverclock.com: SLI Ready Power Supply Roundup.