14 DAY TRIAL // Power supply units of 100W or above tend to have the best hardware and efficiency ratings, but Huntkey decided to make one that doesn't quite qualify as overkill, seeing as how it's not some 80 Plus Titanium-rated monster or anything.
Sure, it still has an 80 Plus rating, since no self-respecting PSU above a certain wattage lacks it these days, but it's not 80 Plus Titanium, nor Platinum, Gold or Silver.
Instead, the latest addition to the Huntkey X7 series is an 80 Plus Bronze model, which means that the efficiency is of 82% at 20% load, 85% at 50% load, and 81% at 100% load.
The new PSU is called X7 1000, due to the power output of 1000W, and is designed with low-noise Japanese capacitors and solid CAPS.
It also boasts Synchronous Rectification & DC-DC Module technology, meaning that it doesn't make much noise even when used to its fullest potential. Of course, the 120 mm fluid dynamic bearing fan is largely responsible for that as well, as well as for the PSV lifetime.
The new PSU is fully modular, even though you'll never find yourself in a situation where the motherboard 20+4 connector and the 4+4 CPU connector don't need to be used.
Well, unless you just use it to power storage devices or other hardware for whatever reason, in the absence of a full computer.
Anyway, the new power supply uses a single +12V 80A rail and can receive energy from 90 to 264V AC electrical networks.
It's not hard to see why Huntkey would launch this product at this time. AMD has just detailed the Radeon R9 285 video board, even if sales won't start until September 2. Meanwhile, Intel is preparing to release the Core i7 Extreme Edition Haswell-E CPUs.
And with IFA 2014 just a week away, it's clear that there will be a new wave of PC acquisitions soon, especially since this is the back to school season.
The Huntkey X7 1000W is made for strong PCs and has eight 8-pin PCI Express connectors, meaning you can easily power four add-in NVIDIA or AMD graphics cards. Well, unless they each need more than 200W power, because then there won't be any power left for the actual computer.
On that note, there are six PATA connectors and ten SATA power ports in the cable pack that ships alongside the new modular power supply unit.