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Ultra High-End Power Supply Unit Roundup

Web-Sites Tests High-Performance PSUs

by Anton Shilov

[ 04/16/2006 | 03:41 PM ]

Purchasing an ATI CrossFire or Nvidia SLI multi-GPU graphics system is only the first stage in building an ultimate gaming machine. A powerful CPU should also be installed, so that it won’t become the performance bottleneck of the multi-GPU system. To provide enough power for such a system, a high-quality power supply unit (PSU) should be obtained.

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A number of modern PSU manufactures claim to provide end-users with 550W or even 600W of output. ByteSizedReviews web-site compares latest PSUs from Antec, Enermax, Hiper, OCZ, Seasonic and Tagan in order to determine the best in terms of power supplying stability under heavy loads.

“The Seasonic was without a doubt the best PSU in the group test. Its rails were rock solid, it was extremely quiet and has all the right connectivity. It is also small enough to go in the most compact of PC cases, as unusually for a premium PSU actually follows the ATX size guidelines to the letter. Couple all of this to an ATX 2.01 spec and you have a winning combination,” writes the author.