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Silencer 610 EPS12V
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"In a market that's becoming more and more crowded with companies battling it out based on features and wattage alone, it's really quite refreshing to see PC Power & Cooling's take on building a power supply, focusing on reliability, stability, and producing clean, consistent power as required to keep your system running stably. Take a look beyond the plain packaging of the Silencer 610W and you find a solid, sturdily built and well thought-out PSU. Modular or not, the Silencer 610W certainly isn't left wanting for connectivity either, with plenty of Serial ATA and Molex connectors matched with enough PCI Express power for SLI or a high-end board such as the Radeon HD 3870 X2 - again, as with this unit's wattage, enough for the vast majority of users out there. Given the reputation of PC Power & Cooling as a company coupled with their warranty, build quality and performance, it's almost a must-buy if you're looking for a reasonably priced power supply and don't have a system with massive Wattage demands." |
Elite Bastards |
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"World-renowned PSU brand-PCP&C,this product is suitable for the enthusiast, it's awesome!" |
| OC Taiwan |
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"The voltage regulation appears to be pretty good with only a couple of small 0.01V drops. The looks of the Silencer 610 may not impress you but the performance is splendid. This unit delivers a lot of power, a fine build quality, high efficiency and it's backed up by a long 5-year warranty. The Silencer 610 retails for about $119 (or less) which is a pretty good price for a high quality power supply. " |
| DarkVision Hardware |
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"As you can see, the difference of the voltages is minimal. And even under load, the PSU stays stable. The PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610W is an excellent stable PSU. This PSU has plenty of connectors and an excellent price/performance ratio. Therefore, the Silencer 610 receives our Must Have Award. " |
| TechZine (Netherlands) |
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"During this review, we have seen that the PSU has an impressive stability in all our tests and it’s completely silent even with the 80mm fan. The PSU doesn’t get warm and has plenty of connectors. Considering the clean design, outstanding performance and quality to other PSUs currently on the market, we like the price point and there is no reason you shouldn’t get the Silencer when looking at a new PSU" |
| Syndrome OC (France) |
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"This is a 610 W power supply without any fancy feature like modular cabling system or 120-mm fan, but providing all the specs a regular user needs nowadays: active PFC, high efficiency (83% nominal, between 83% and 88% measured), two power connectors for video cards, a nominal power high enough to feed both mainstream and high-end video cards and what is more important: this power supply can truly deliver 610 W of power under 45º C. Another highlight of this product is its warranty (five years, which is far more than most manufacturers give). Since this power supply passed flawlessly all our tests – and continued working after that –, is really able to deliver its labeled power at 45º C and provides a high efficiency, this is definitely a model we recommend, and that is why we are giving it our Golden Award Seal " |
| Hardware Secrets |
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"The build quality is again very good, as we have come to expect from PCP&C. The chosen components are all very high quality, such as the Hitachi capacitor. PCP&C states an MTBF of 200,000 hours, which is definitely a long time. Well-chosen components are also responsible for the good overall test results. The output stability of the 12V rail is very good, coming within 2% of regulation. Efficiency-wise, this power supply is one of the best we have seen. At lower input voltages of 90VAC and 120VAC, this unit still reaches up to 84% and 85% efficiency, respectively - again good results. PCP&C earned our Gold Editors' Choice award with their Silencer 750 Quad last year; the 860W Turbo Cool looks to continue that legacy in 2008. We'll be looking at plenty of contenders, but at present PCP&C has set the bar quite high. " |
| AnandTech |
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"If you want a decent power supply you won’t go wrong with PCP&C. PC Power and cooling have the brand reputation for a reason. They make top quality power supplies again and again time after time. The silencer 610W is no exception, and I could go on filling this conclusion with what makes this power supply so great, but instead I will simply give it the award it deserves. The silencer stays close to its rated voltage at all times. I can honestly say I this PSU has the tightest voltage regulation that I have ever seen. Job well done PCP&C! " |
| Xtreme Computing |
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"The power supply itself sports some impressive features, such as an 825 Watts peak, but it is more rated at a reasonable 750 Watts @ 40° C. This yields 83% efficiency with .99 power factor correction (PFC). The 12-Volt DC output is an impressive 60 Amps on a single rail. As we said earlier, the unit is certified for both ATI Crossfire and NVIDIA SLI use. The internal build quality is excellent. In real world testing of the Silencer 750 Quad that lasted over a month, we noticed very little movement in the voltage output. The Silencer 750 Quad in our HD 2900 XT equipped system was more than up to the task of powering the video card, 3 hard drives, 2 optical drives, as well everything else in our system. Under heavy load, the fan did spin up a bit during marathon gaming sessions, but the noise from the HD 2900 XT video card was louder than that of the Silencer 750 Quad. The Silencer 750 Quad did what it was advertised to do, which is to provide clean and stable power to our system with no problems whatsoever. Given that this is a reality, we can recommend the Silencer 750 Quad as an excellent product that is able to perform well in a variety of situations. " |
| Fudzilla |
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"Even under load of 900-1000W the 1.2KW monster from PC Power & Cooling stays completely stable. The 12V rail is extremely stable, under full load it doesn’t move more than 0.05 – 0.08V. The complete overclocked system with 1.85V v-Core on the CPU and 1.50V GPU on all graphic cards, was running at the limit for two hours without any issues. The cable management of the Turbo-Cool 1.2KW is very clever, it contains 6 PCIe Connectors for the VGA cards which is a big advantage. The PSU temperature remained low during the entire test and the noise level can also be seen as low." |
| Award Fabrik (Germany) |
