Power Supplies

Thermaltake is revamping its power supply offerings this month with the new ‘TT Premium Edition' Toughpower GF1 1000W and 1200W PSUs. Both new units are 80Plus Gold certified and feature a hydraulic bearing fan with intelligent RPM controls. Like many modern power supplies, the Toughpower GF1 will stop the PSU …

During the 2021 Thermaltake Expo June Virtual Exhibition, the PC components manufacturer has introduced new colour variants to some of its most popular products and new real leather gaming chairs. Anyone thinking about getting a Tower 100 mini chassis can now choose between three additional colours. The Tower 100 mini …

This 850W power supply will set you back £95, making it a bit of a bargain in 2021

The team over at be quiet! is expanding its power supply range this month. Today, the company announced the new Pure Power 11 FM series, consisting of fully modular power supplies with 80 PLUS Gold efficiency. The Pure Power range is all about dependability, which is why every unit in …

Corsair's RMx series has been updated for 2021 - is this a unit to consider?

Leo goes hands-on with a bunch of NZXT hardware to build a high-end gaming PC

A new power supply from be quiet! - if you can find one in stock, it's well worth a look

bequiet! is launching three new Dark Power 12 power supplies. Available with 750W, 850W, and 1000W, the Dark Power 12 PSUs feature an 80 PLUS Titanium certification, a 135mm cooling fan, modular design, and a switch to change between multi-rail and single-rail. Unlike the Dark Power 12 Pro models, the Dark Power …

Silverstone is expanding on its power supply line-up, this time with a focus on RGB enthusiasts. The new Silverstone ET500 is rated with 80Plus Bronze efficiency and comes with an ARGB fan.  Rated with a minimum noise output of 18dBA, this PSU comes equipped with a 120mm ARGB fan with …

SilverStone is introducing a new model to the NightJar series of fanless PSUs. The new NJ700 is an 80 Plus Titanium certified power supply, featuring a modular design with a 700W capacity and 0dBA acoustics. Besides the 80 Plus Titanium certification, this PSU is also certified with Cybenetics Titanium and …

Plug Load Solutions, the entity responsible for the 80 Plus program, is reportedly increasing the testing and licensing fees to certify a PSU in its program. If the cost of testing and licensing fees increases, PSU vendors may end up increasing consumer pricing to compensate.  The 80 Plus certification program has been …

A killer new unit from FSP. If you can find it anywhere

Looking for a new power supply? How about this 80+ Bronze offering from Corsair - with RGB lighting

FSP's latest addition to its PSU portfolio is the Hydro PTM Pro series featuring 80Plus Platinum certification. This series consists of 5 models with varying wattages, starting at 650W and up to 1200W, ” serving mid-range to enthusiast and workstation PC systems”. Featuring “Off-Wet” conformal coating on the outside and 3-layer …

During Nvidia's GeForce RTX 30 series graphics card announcement, the company also unveiled a new 12-pin power connector for its higher-end GPUs. Seasonic is already prepared to support this new connection and has a plan in place to send out new 12-pin GPU cables to customers free of charge. The …

Today we take a look at the latest flagship power supply from be quiet!

MSI has announced its first series of power supplies. Named ‘MPG GF', these new power supplies will be available in three models: the A650GF, the A750GF, and the A850GF. Rated with 80Plus Gold efficiency and featuring a modular design, the MPG GF power supplies are aimed at gamers and “support …

be quiet!'s latest addition to its PSU portfolio is the Dark Power Pro 12 series of power supplies. Available in 1200W and 1500W models, the Dark Power Pro 12 power supply is the “most technologically-advanced PSU be quiet! has ever built”. Certified with 80Plus Titanium efficiency, the Dark Power Pro …

Asus is working on expanding its portfolio of power supplies with the new TUF gaming line of PSUs. Just like other TUF Gaming products, the core principle of this line of power supplies is to offer a value-oriented power solution without sacrificing quality. The first PSUs of the TUF Gaming …

EVGA has just launched the successors of the award-winning EVGA 1600 G2 and 1300 G2 power supplies. The new SuperNOVA 1600 and 1300 G+ PSUs are the latest addition to the SuperNOVA G+ line of 80+ gold power supplies, set to continue to deliver the “EVGA quality and performance” that the G2 PSUs …

Super Flower has succeeded in designing a PSU can deliver 1000W while only being 130mm long. The Super Flower Leadex V Gold  launches this week, complete with highly rated Japanese capacitors and a ton of safety features to keep your system protected.  The Leadex V Gold 1000W has a fully modular …

There's a new rumour pointing to the introduction of a new 12-pin power connector for graphics cards circulating online. This started when a Chinese website, known for their reports on power supplies, published images of the alleged 12-pin power connector and stated that it will come in the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3000 graphics …

Montech, a gaming brand from Telon, has recently upgraded its Gamma series of PC power supplies. The new Gamma II Gold series, as the name suggests, comes with 80 Plus Gold efficiency certification, as well as Japanese capacitors.  Montech is a gaming brand from Telon – a company that has …

Thermaltake is expanding its lineup of power supplies this week with the new Smart BM2 PSU series. These are 80Plus Bronze certified units, hitting wattages from 450W all the way up to 750W.  The new Smart BM2 line-up consists of four semi-modular PSUs – having a capacity of 450W, 550W, …

Silverstone has added two new ET-MG PSUs to its portfolio. The 500W ET500-MG and the 600W ET600-MG ATX power supplies are fully modular, offering multiple options to power your components, and are certified with 80PLUS Gold power efficiency. As 80 PLUS Gold power supplies, their efficiency can be as high …

EVGA is about to expand its portfolio of power supplies with the new BA Bronze series. Featuring 80PLUS Bronze certification, a single +12V rail, and a DC-DC converter, EVGA BA Bronze PSUs offer a decent set of protections combined with efficiency.  The BA series will consist of 2x hard-lined PSU models, one …

FSP is expanding its portfolio of open frame power solutions with a new unit. The FSP420-2F47-A54H is a 420W PSU designed to be used in IoT applications, including PoE switches and NVR applications. The reduced dimensions of this power supply make it perfect to be used in tight spaces. With the exponential …

It's a PSU like you've never seen before - introducing Seasonic CONNECT

Gigabyte has just announced three new “compact size” power supplies. These include the 80 Plus Bronze-certified P450B and P550B, as well as the 80 Plus Gold-certified P750GM featuring a modular design. All three models measure just 140mm long, which Gigabyte claims allows system builders to use them in “increasingly popular small chassis”. …

After Corsair noticed an above-average RMA rate for its SF series of small-form factor PSUs, the company conducted a ‘thorough investigation' as to why this was happening. It seems that these PSUs suffer from a technical problem that has forced Corsair to issue a recall on all SF power supplies with …