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The 140mm fan is thermally controlled by internal component temperature, speeding up as the load and temperature increases. This 9 blade fan is manufactured by Globe Fan (Model No: RL4Z B1382012H) and incorporates dual ball bearings and is rated for 0.40A at 12V. It can run at 3V (683 rpm) and is almost silent. Powercolor are rating this fan to under 30 dBa at up to 85% load, but we will analyse this later.
The first thing you can notice is the array of heatsinks across the complete surface of the design. This fin design is well placed for maximum, quick acting heat dissipation. The internal design is clean and well structured with all physical space utilised.
The capacitors are industrial grade Japanese design, certified to 105c and are 450v 270uf rated. They are set in a parallel configuration. The overall design is beneficial to long term reliability and high performance.
The Powercolor Extreme Series 1000W PSU is a double forward design to offer enhanced stability and a high level of transform efficiency. It is a Quad Rail 12V design which is actually a proven design, even though enthusiast circles seem to favour a single 12V rail.
The unit supplies multiple protection – OVP/UVP/OCP/OPP/SCP which meets all current demands. We also appreciate the impressive quality of the cable sleeving, not only inside the unit, but with a dual layer protection support to eliminate any possibility for fraying over long term use.
That is the nicest PSU ive seen to date. love the red fan, looks awesome.
(good performer too obviously).
This is very surprising. I knew XFX were making PSU’s and Sapphire, but Powercolor? shock of the week for me. Good OEM design tho.
Powercolor get a bad name for some reason and I dont know why, their GFX cards are really good too. nice review.
Lovely design both inside and out, the heatsinks are very prominent internally to help with cooling I see. sounds like a small point but ive seen some companies use very few then the fan goes nuts trying to keep it all under control.
Excellent, nice to see more good looking (and performing) PSUs hitting the market. cross loading was good.
good design, love the appearance.
a lot of good high end psus on the market right now. if this hits 150 quid will be a good buy. the gold cert ones are 80 more.
ive been waitin to see a review of this now for a few weeks. seems like they did well. I think powercolor are better than most people say.
any ideas when this is released?
when is the release date in europe? no info anywhere. would be good if you told us in the review.
i like the effort they put into the appearance as well as the technical components inside.
Looks like it could be a big seller for powercolor. only real issue this company have right now is getting their name brand higher regarded than it is right now. not many people rate them compared to say sapphire. they will have to go head to head against corsair now in this market.
Why no pics of the label on the unit? It would have been nice to see the full specs of the individual rails: amps on each +12v rail for example…..
20a for each 12v rail
Hmm, I don’t know. While it may be a good product for a good price, at this power level (1000W) most of users expecting fully modular design (including 24 line and 4+4). Modular cables are usually more flexible (except Enermax) than default 24+4+4 coming from inside. Just a thought.
I have bought one of this a mounth ago and exactly 30 days after it broke down! I do not know what is the problem with this PSU, but from the reseller said that they do not know what is wrong with it and will give me back the money that i have spent to bye it. So i am totaly dissapointed from the Powercolor’s PSU 🙁