PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W Quad Power Supply Review

Conclusion

On paper it seems like the PC Power & Cooling 750W Quad has everything going for it and unlike many other “good on paper” power supplies, it completely lives up to our expectations and then some. Its voltage regulation is literally second to none, the efficiency it showed in all of our tests gives complete credibility to its 80Plus certification and its ripple suppression was excellent. Without a doubt, PC Power & Cooling has delivered an engineering tour de force which is able to keep up with many other higher-wattage power supplies on the market. To make matters even better, under the tutelage of OCZ we have seen the prices of many Silencer units fall significantly in the last few months. Indeed, with the Silencer 750’s price hovering at around $160, OCZ has shown that it can make a high-end power supply available at a price point which will appeal to the masses and this means more competition in the every-growing 750W segment. Add to that the near-silent fan (except at extreme loads) and cables which can reach damn-near anywhere in even the largest case and the positives just keep loading up on the side of the Silencer. The final icing on the cake is the inclusion of a 5-year warranty which rivals some of the best in the industry today.

There is only one real area where we would like improvement with this power supply and that is in the cable sleeving department. In what could only be called a lazy-man’s job every cable except the ones holding the ATX and PCI-E connectors is only partially sleeved. This makes for an ugly rainbow of colors from the multi-colored wires running everywhere in you case and is most definitely not aesthetically pleasing in the least. However, if this is the only thing we can find wrong with a power supply you know it is a near-perfect product.

So, when all is said and done we are sure you have a pretty good idea that the Silencer is one of the best sub-$175 power supplies we have tested. Everything about its performance is top-notch and with a warranty which embarrasses the majority of other manufacturers out there, the PC Power & Cooling 750 Quad gets our Dam Good Award.


Pros:

- Awe-inspiring performance
- Good cable lengths
- Quiet
- 5-year warranty


Cons:

- Partially sleeved cables