22 May 2013 - 05:58
At CeBIT Cooler Master showed off two new series of power supplies, including the V series. These new PSUs, available in 700W, 850W and 1000W, use the single-rail approach are are 80 Plus Gold certified. We tested the 1000W model.
13 May 2013 - 05:58
When you're assembling a basic system with or without an entry-level card you don't need more than 300-450 watts to power it. These PCs also benefit from a good and stable PSU, but there's a lot of junk available in this lower segment. We thought that was a good reason to separate the wheat from the chaff, so we put 39 power supplies through our standard testing proce...
24 May 2013 - 09:05
Late April, we reported that not all power supplies were suited for Intel's Haswell processors.
Intel has improved the C6 and C7 power states, allowing the CPU to shut down almost entirely when idle for prolonged periods of time. With the Ivy Bridge chips, a minimum current of 0.5 amps was specified, while the new processors only require 0.05 amps. At these low capac...
15 May 2013 - 16:01
EVGA has developed a new power supply, the Supernova 1000 G2. As the name suggests, the new creation offers a 1000 W capacity. It's fully modular and is 80 Plus Gold certified.
The 1000 watts PSU features a single +12V rail which can deliver up to 83.3 amps. EVGA has used Japanese capacitors and a 140 mm 'Double Ball' bearing fan should keep the internals cooled. Var...
