OCZ EliteXStream 800W Power Supply Review

Cables and Connectors

- Molex: 8 Connectors
o 2x 44” length (4 Connectors each)

- SATA: 8 Connectors
o 2x 44” length (4 connectors each)

- PCI-E 6+2 pin: 4 Connectors
o 4x 25” length

- PCI-E 6-Pin: 2 Connectors
o 2x 20” length

- Floppy: 1 Connectors (@ end of Molex cable)
o 1x 28” length

- 24-pin ATX Connector: 26 1/2” length

- 4+4 Pin CPU Connector: 23” length


Be still our beating hearts because we have one hell of a cable package here. While they may not be modular, the cables on the EliteXStream have almost set a record with the longest average cable length of any power supply we have ever tested. To have these kinds of cable lengths is like a dream come true for anyone who is obsessed with routing cables throughout their case. Even if you have a normal-sized ATX enclosure you will absolutely love the flexibility longer cables give you. Jolly good job OCZ.


Well, here we have the bucket-o-spaghetti of cables we get with a power supply without a modular interface. Don’t get us wrong, we happen to love non-modular power supplies as much as their modular brothers; it is just a shock seeing how many cables there are to hide. Here we can also see the one major issue we have with the EliteXStream up to this point: the fact that the Molex and SATA cables are only sleeved up until the first connector. We have seen this before with some Silverstone power supplies which use the same OEM but we were hoping not to see it on one of OCZ’s “Elite” units.

Other than that, the sleeving is perfectly done since it is not rigid enough to cause an issue bending the cables while it isn’t loose enough to cause a bloody mess like we have seen in the past.


All of the 8-pin PCI-E cables are denoted by their red tips which are quite a bit different than the usual black and thus they tend to stand out quite a bit in a case. That being said, all four PCI-E connectors are of the 6+2-pin variety and have no problem fitting into the somewhat tight connectors on 9800GX2 cards.

Those of you running motherboards with 4-pin CPU connectors will be left out in the cold since the EliteXStream 800W comes with a single 8-pin CPU connector without a +4+pin in sight. Then again, if you are using a motherboard with only a 4-pin connector you probably won’t need anything close to an 800W power supply anyways.

Output Specifications

It seems like with this power supply, OCZ is really going for the goal of powering extremely high-end rigs since the EliteXStream uses a single +12V rail which is rated at a beefy 62A. This is means that of 93% of the unit’s total power is available on the +12V rail so it will feel right at home in any of today’s +12V-centric systems.

There have been quite a few raging arguments out there regarding which type of power supply is better; either one with a single rail or one with multiple rails. To be honest, if a multi-rail power supply has its rails (or OCP circuits depending on the unit) set up in the right configuration with the most power hungry components each being powered by a separate rail, a user would never know they have a multi-rail power supply. However, since some multi-rail units don’t have a sensible +12V rail layout, there are understandably many consumers out there who would and should be looking at single rail units. So, while a multi-rail power supply is good we happen to love the fact that OCZ went for a single +12V rail on their EliteXStream 800W.