Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W Review Comment Thread

[James_8970]

This will be (unfortunately) the last time you see this particular setup in a power supply review since shortly after these tests were conducted, this test system met an untimely end at the hands of the computer gods. So long old friend. :(

What happened? Did you have a PSU kill the hardware?
James

[thenewguy001]

Originally Posted by Babrbarossa

The Antecs aren't only PSU with an offset clip- I did read somewhere that there are 6 pin adapters for the power cables for compatibility with the 9800GTX- does anyone know if this is somthing that NVidia will supply with the cards, or will the PSU producers distribute them.

I which PSU maker payed NVidia to make off center clips incompatible (oops..there I go with my paranoia again :-)

Nvidia indicated that they will be working with their OEMs to send adapters for 9800X2 purchasers. A Corsair rep on NCIX's 620HX forum posted that you can cut of the offending clips and it will not void your corsair warranty.

[SKYMTL]

Originally Posted by James_8970

What happened? Did you have a PSU kill the hardware?
James

No. The motherboard finally decided enough was enough. I bought another one used since i use that system for my basic "everything" system and I like the performance the X2 2800+ gives me. The only review that wil still be done with that one are the GPU cooler reviews since it is the only system I actually have in a case.

[Kopi]

That chart really surprises me, that the Silvertsone DA850 is 200w more efficient!

[Cptn Vortex]

No no, you read it wrong. The silverstone is only a 850W PSU. If you look at the Yellow bars, the System Stress, the Silverstone is actually 30W less efficient.

[SKYMTL]

Bingo. That is because the Extreme Load test was not run on the DA850

[Kopi]

Smooth Kopi...smooth.

[expance]

I picked up one of these units for my new build, works great so far. Big, quiet, and runs cool.