The VCR King
Well-Known Member
OK it's been two days with the Thermaltake unit and I am very happy with it. Here is my in-depth review with my overall experience with this power supply unit.
The good:
Silent fan, can't be heard even under intense loads or during gaming
Unit produces little heat, it's cool to the touch.
The wires are all black and they're flat, which makes them easy to route through the case and it looks nicer than the wires on my Cougar unit which were poorly sleeved and were colored wires.
Stable power. So far I've had two days of uptime with stable 12 volts, and the unit is effortlessly driving my 1090T and 6950.
The PCI-E cables were 6+2 pin which is useful for newer GPUs. My old Cougar unit only had the 6 pins.
The bad:
The SATA cables are short by like two inches. This unit was definitely not meant to be mounted in a case like mine where the PSU goes in the bottom. I had to move my hotswap canister and my Blu-Ray drive down a bay so the SATA power cable would reach them, and because this unit was obviously meant for top-mount applications the SATA power plugs were upside down so I had to basically twist up my wiring so I could plug them in. That was kinda annoying as it made cable management/zip-tying the cables to the case difficult because it was really tight. Other than that, the wiring to everything else was good.
Overall, I am really pleased with the unit, and the performance is great for being just $60. I'd recommend it to anyone who needs a decent replacement unit.
End rating:
4.5 out of 5 stars in my opinion.
The good:
Silent fan, can't be heard even under intense loads or during gaming
Unit produces little heat, it's cool to the touch.
The wires are all black and they're flat, which makes them easy to route through the case and it looks nicer than the wires on my Cougar unit which were poorly sleeved and were colored wires.
Stable power. So far I've had two days of uptime with stable 12 volts, and the unit is effortlessly driving my 1090T and 6950.
The PCI-E cables were 6+2 pin which is useful for newer GPUs. My old Cougar unit only had the 6 pins.
The bad:
The SATA cables are short by like two inches. This unit was definitely not meant to be mounted in a case like mine where the PSU goes in the bottom. I had to move my hotswap canister and my Blu-Ray drive down a bay so the SATA power cable would reach them, and because this unit was obviously meant for top-mount applications the SATA power plugs were upside down so I had to basically twist up my wiring so I could plug them in. That was kinda annoying as it made cable management/zip-tying the cables to the case difficult because it was really tight. Other than that, the wiring to everything else was good.
Overall, I am really pleased with the unit, and the performance is great for being just $60. I'd recommend it to anyone who needs a decent replacement unit.
End rating:
4.5 out of 5 stars in my opinion.
Last edited:
