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The Powercolor 600W Gaming Series power supply ships in an attractively designed heavy duty box. There is various information listed on all sides of the packaging.
Inside, a manual rests on top of the Powercolor PSU, which is encased in a soft protective material.
Powercolor supply several felt cable tidies, a manual, installation screws and a power cable for your specific region.
The power supply has a similar design ethic to the 1000W Extreme model we recently reviewed with modern tech based fonts and a sharp accented colour scheme, which is with this particular model, bright yellow.
The large 120mm fan takes centerstage at the top behind a black grill. When we open the chassis later we will have a closer look at this fan.
As we mentioned earlier, the Gaming range is not a modular design, so all the cables are supplied preinstalled. They are all sleeved and extra length (details below).
| Cable lengths | 1 x 20+4-Pin Main connector (600mm)
1 x 4+4-Pin ATX12V/EPS12V Connector (600mm) 1 x 6+2-Pin PCI-E connector （600mm) 1 x 6+2-Pin PCI-E connector （600mm) 3 x S-ATA connector (600mm+150mm+150mm) 3 x S-ATA connector (600mm+150mm+150mm) 3 x Molex Peripheral (600mm+150mm+150mm) 2 x Molex Peripheral + 1 x FDD connector (600mm+150mm+150mm) |
The reverse side of the chassis is fully vented to aid with internal cooling, there is a power connector and power switch to the left.
The power supply is capable of delivering 22A to each of the 12v rails.
Very cheap product, looks well. internals seem ok.
Another Solytech design./ doesnt seem quite as impressive, but obviously the price is the reason.
This site always appears really fair and even handed with product reviews. This is a decent effort from powercolor for the budget audience. it looks great which means many system builders might use it in more budget oriented systems with side panels.
For the price, if it hits US and UK in relation to that Canadian price, it is a solid enough buy. Some PSUs in this price range dont have proper protection circuitry. This is very important.
I really dig this product. most 50 quid psus look like a mess. appearance isn the main buying point with a PSU obviously but at least it looks well too.
Good buy for a kid with not much cash. would even handle a low powered CF or SLI system. cant be bad for 50 quid. also, as someone else said, at least we know now that the protection circuitry works which brings peace of mind. our local store sells some shitty looking far east psus at this price and I wouldnt trust them.
Bit underwhelming. for 15 quid more there are much better buys on the market right now
Will do me nicely. have to wait and see how much the UK stock it for. but its right in my cash bracket (ie none).
The colors are awesome. shame they didnt use this color scheme on the higher models. I know it sounds daft bringing up this, but I have a killer rig with side panels and lighting. love this scheme. I might actually buy it, take out the components inside and put another PSU into it.
Are you for real Tri Color? why not just get a new fan for the one you currently have. I think you can buy good enough yellow colored fans to suit your PSU. if its a 120mm or 140mm one anyway
I think the 585W figure is the combined wattage allowed on the 3.3V, 5V and 12V together. Other than that, cool to see a Solytech unit that actually does well.