[H]hardOCP recently posted a review of the Ultra X2 750 watter. They seemed to hate it, too, calling it a flaming hunk of crap...lol.
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQ2MCwxLCxoZW50aHVz...

PC P&C Turbo-Cool series has never been known for being quiet. That is what the Sliencer series is for. PC P&C Turbo-Cool is literately a high-end server-grade PSU that can easily compete against Zippy/Emacs.

It is quite clear that $100+ PSUs are all solid performers for the most part. You cannot go wrong with any of the choices in this round-out, even the bling-up and inferior to competition Ultra-X2.

Contrary to common belief with some users, majority of PC enthusiast do not need anything more powerful then a quality 600W PSU.

How comparable is this test to the previous one's. Is there a potential of having a master graph that compares efficiency and sound/temp or stuff like that?

Hey TR, nice review! Thanks for testing at 25% - that's good to see. A suggestion for one final graph that could be put with the graphs on p15 is a price graph - maybe it sounds silly but its a good visual representation of price to go along with the other important visual representations you show. Just a thought.

Honestly I'm pretty impressed with the Super Talent. It has great efficiency in the idle power range which is perhaps the most important place to be efficient. It has great ripple and voltages. And to seal the deal its among the cheapest of the lot at $125. It is a very fitting power supply for anything but a high end gaming rig that actually needs more than 2 PCIE connectors.

Thanks Geoff! Nice to see you putting the beast to good use.

I have to agree with the # 4 post. I also wonder why the hype of a 1k psu. I havent seen a single benchmark with a Xfire or a SLI configuration go over 400watts under full load. What kind of system would really utilize a 1k psu to its full potential? I also would love to see the electric bill if theres any testimonials lol

Damage,

I've always thought that one reason a high-end system might need a larger-than-necessary watt supply is because of the need to supply adequate power across multiple rails simultaneously. Is it possible to create a power load (measured in wattage) that falls within a PSU's rated specification, but, because it draws power from a particular set of rails, exceeds the PSU's tolerance?

Hiper winning an award at TR...? My world just got rocked..

As always, a nicely done article.

DIGG DIGG DIGG

The "last PSU comparo" link on page one is a circular reference (it points to this new PSU article).

(in reply to #2)...

Hell, most don't break more than 250W DC... breaking 400W DC, even with an OC'ed Q6600 at 3.6ghz+ and SLI'ed 8800GT's would be tough...

And I'm surprised the Gigabyte Odin and Ultra X2 didn't get failing grades for not meeting their own specs. Maybe TR is more forgiving than SPCR? Or Jonnyguru? Or even the relatively new guys like HardOCP and Anandtech in the PSU review arena?

you might expect the (Antec) TruePower Quattro to be the most expensive. But it's not.

Unless you have to return two DOA units on your dime and wait for them as your new rig sits unused and quickly depreciates in both value and relative performance.

But, hey, I'm not bitter...