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Cooler Master Readies Silent Pro M2 PSU Line with Single 12V Rail

Cooler Master has just announced the introduction of a new series of power supply units designed for silent running, which feature a single 12V rail design and come certified by 80PLUS to deliver up to Silver-level power efficiency. The new Silent Pro M2 PSU series includes six models with a power output ranging fro...

14 February 2012
16:01 GMT

Enermax Extends MaxRevo PSU Series with New 1200W Model

Enermax has just announced that it has released a new 1200 Watt power supply unit into the MaxRevo line, which so far is the least powerful PSU to be introduced by the company in this high-end product range. Despite coming as the lowest wattage unit in the MaxRevo series, the 1.2kW PSU still features the same specs ...

9 February 2012
11:02 GMT

Zalman Outs New Series of Mid-Range PSUs Topping at 700 Watts

Cooler specialist Zalman, has just expanded its product lineup with a series of new power supply units from the ZM-Series, which are targeting gamers who require a no-frills mid-range PSU built using quality components. The three power supply units announced today are the ZM500-GT, ZM600-GT and ZM700-GT, all three o...

7 February 2012
08:29 GMT

Thermaltake Outs 750W and 850W Smart Series PSUs

Thermaltake, a company well known for its cooling solutions and power supply units, has just announced the release of two new Smart series PSUs with 80PLUS Bronze certification that increase the maximum Wattage of this range to 850W. Besides the 850W unit, the other model announced today is rated at 750W, but both t...

6 February 2012
10:35 GMT

Antec Intros 3 New Mid-Range Modular PSUs in the High Current Gamer M Series

Antec has announced earlier today the addition of three new mid-range power supply units featuring a modular design and 80PLUS Bronze certification, that will be released into the company’s High Current Gamer M series. The new PSU series includes three models with a power output ranging from 400 to 620 Watts, ...

2 February 2012
03:31 GMT

Spire Outs BlackDragon PSU Series for Gamers

Power supply units aren’t certainly the first thing that will pop to one’s mind when thinking about Spire, but this hasn’t stopped the company from releasing a new series of PSUs in its BlackDragon series.The BlackDragon range includes three models with Wattages of 400W, 500W and 600W, and all of th...

20 January 2012
09:14 GMT

CES 2012: EVGA Plans to Enter PSU Market with NEX

EVGA is about to expand its horizons, branching from the motherboard and graphics market into that of power supplies. The series of PSUs that EVGA is preparing bears the name of NEX and is aimed at the high-end market. That means that the company doubtlessly wishes them to be paired with its motherboards and v...

11 January 2012
11:20 GMT

SeaSonic Launches 1000 Watt 80PLUS Platinum Power Supply

SeaSonic showed us the first pictures of its 80PLUS Platinum certified power supplies more than nine months ago, and after a long wait these units have now finally become available for purchase, at least in some parts of Europe.For starters, the series will be comprised of just two models, with 860W (P-860XP) and 1,0...

19 December 2011
10:19 GMT

NZXT HALE82 Power Supply Series Flaunts Its 80Plus Label

Anyone wondering what power supply they may want to buy could consider giving some thought to the NZXT HALE82 series. Created with Japanese solid state capacitors, they have outputs of 650W, 750W and 850W and efficiency of up to 85%. As such, they were also granted 80Plus Bronze certification, which means that they...

30 November 2011
05:33 GMT

Enermax Outs More Platimax 80PLUS Platinum PSUs Topping at 1500W

After the introduction of the first models with 750, 850 and 1200 Watt ratings in October of this year, Enermax now continues to expand its Platimax series with five new PSU units that are also 80PLUS Platinum certified.Enermax' Platimax series is now comprised from a total of seven models that are rated to prov...

28 November 2011
17:31 GMT

Thermaltake Outs Smart Series PSUs with Single 12V Rail

Thermaltake, a company well renowned for its cooling solutions and power supply units, has just announced the release of a new series of PSUs under the Smart brand name, which is comprised of no less than seven new models.The series features both modular and non-modular power supplies with ratings ranging from 430W t...

11 November 2011
09:34 GMT

XFX Expands Pro-Series PSU Line with Gold and Platinum Models

XFX just said that its line of Pro-Series power supplies for desktops has increased by three, all new members featuring at least 1000W outputs. Two 80Plus gold rated models have been released, with outputs of 1250W and 1050W, respectively, while the third, 80Plus Platinum one is a 1000W unit. The official website...

10 November 2011
05:59 GMT

Sharkoon QP400, QP500 and QP600 PSUs Inbound

As always, Sharkoon isn't letting too much time pass without some sort of product release, in this case having prepared not one, but three lines of power supplies. The three PSUs that Sharkoon created and set up on its website are the QP400, QP500 and QP600. The QP400 is detailed in full here, while the QP50...

31 October 2011
06:49 GMT

European Customers Get to Look at Sharkoon's WPM PSUs

Sharkoon's newest power supplies may not have the 80Plus logo stamped all over them but, they do appear to, nonetheless, possess a significant degree of efficiency. Sharkoon claims that its newest power supply units, dubbed WPM-Series, all have an efficiency of over 80%. In other words, they will never waste...

28 October 2011
10:02 GMT

Cooltek Launches New Value Series PSUs Topping at 650W

Cooltek has just announced the introduction of a new series of low-cost power supplies that use a non-modular design and were developed in order to be installed in entry-level gaming systems and other mainstream computers.The new power supply range is called the Value Series and for now is comprised of three models w...

27 October 2011
08:16 GMT

Aerocool Strike-X Product Series Includes More PSUs Now

Coming to offer something to pretty much every level of the market, Aerocool has announced that, starting next month, the Strike-X product line will include some new PSUs.The last time we talked about Aerocool's Stike-X series of products was a little over a week ago, when this pair of cases showed up. Now, the ...

19 October 2011
04:36 GMT

Be Quiet! Straight Power E9 Series PSUs are Designed for Noise-Free Operation

Silent computing specialist, Be Quiet! Has just announced the release of a new line of power supply units, known as the Straight Power E9 series, which was designed in order to deliver quiet operation at an affordable price point.The new PSU series includes four models with a power output ranging from 400 to 700 Watt...

18 October 2011
10:40 GMT

Platimax 80Plus Platinum PSUs Purveyed in Europe by Enermax

80Plus Platinum power supplies seem to be getting more numerous lately, with Enermax now making its contribution to the collection, though it might be more accurate to say it is extending the availability of an already existing product series. Enermax just revealed that the 80Plus Platinum-rated series of Platimax ...

18 October 2011
03:49 GMT

SeaSonic 80Plus Platinum PSUs Appear in November

There was a time when 80Plus Gold certification was the highest attained rank of PSUs on the efficiency scale, but 80Plus Platinum made short work of that, thanks to products like the two items that SeaSonic just announced. There aren't many 80Plus Platinum power supplies on the market, but the few that exist ...

17 October 2011
04:13 GMT

Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybird PSU Series Official

Cooler Master may have gotten its namesake for its fans and heatsinks, but its power supply line is in no way lagging behind, as shown by the new Silent Pro Hybrid Series. In order to produce as little noise as possible, coolers and things that use them try to find special fan bearings and construction elements t...

5 October 2011
05:57 GMT

Cooler Master Intros Silent Pro Hybrid Series of Modular PSUs

Silent computing has become increasingly important in the last couple of years thanks to a wide series of companies who have released quieter hardware components, and now Cooler Master wants to do its part with the introduction of the Silent Pro Hybrid line of power supply units.The new PSU series gets its name from ...

5 October 2011
05:39 GMT

Gigabyte's Newest PSUs Are Superb

Gigabyte's Super line of computer power supplies may not be exactly new, but the five members covered in its latest and succinct press release definitely are, even if they haven't reached stores yet. The new Superb Gigabyte PSUs are complaint with the ATX 12V v2.3 standard, have 80Plus certification, whi...

30 September 2011
09:23 GMT

Enermax Intros Platimax Series of 80PLUS Platinum Certified PSUs

Enermax has just introduced to the world its first power supply units from the high-performance Platimax series that, just as their name implies, have been granted Platinum certification by the 80PLUS organization. Enermax' new series comprises five new models that are rated to provide between 600 and 1200 Wa...

13 September 2011
07:49 GMT

Thermaltake Intros Three New Toughpower XT PSU Models

Demoed for the very first time at the Computex 2011 fair, Thermaltake's high-powered Toughpower XT PSU series will finally become available for purchase later this month, announced the company in a press release.The three new models have a wattage of 1275W, 1375W, and 1475W, but all of these feature similar spec...

9 September 2011
05:28 GMT

ToughPower Silver PSU Line from Thermaltake Grows

Coming to bring some new blood to an otherwise old generation, Thermaltake has chosen one of its existing PSU product lines and updated it with some 80Plus Certified newcomers.Thermaltake managed to make a name for itself on the power supply market by always refreshing its product line to reflect the most recent tec...

26 August 2011
05:02 GMT

SilverStone Fanless Power Supply Up for Sale

Power supplies usually have the same set of components, with variations to size, effectiveness and range of perks, but SilverStone made a model that lacks one of the parts most others of its kind cannot go without.When making a new hardware product, especially for the PC market, companies sometimes try to see if the...

2 August 2011
03:47 GMT

OCZ Launches Non-Modular ZS PSU Series for Mainstream Users

Even though OCZ concentrates on SSDs a bit more these days, the company still hasn't left the power supply market and, in order to accentuate this, it has recently released the ZS PSU series that is specially designed for system builders and gamers. The series comprises three models with a wattage of 550W, 65...

22 July 2011
03:55 GMT

Gigabyte PoweRock KX Entry-Level PSUs Debut

As always, Gigabyte is working all possible angles of the IT segments it has any sort of stake in, in this case having turned its attention towards the low-end market of power supply units.Gigabyte is one of those companies that develops and sells more than one type of hardware it has done this for years). ...

14 July 2011
03:39 GMT

Basiq PSUs from Antec Are Black and Silent Entry-Level Models

Entry-level power supply units aren't usually given any feature that could make them stand out or apart form their peers, but Antec figured it may as well break this trend when it designed the Basiq.Regardless of what a desktop PC is made of, what prowess it has and what consumers it is built for, there is are ...

7 July 2011
03:07 GMT

Enermax 80PLUS Gold Certified MaxRevo PSUs Arrive in Europe

Almost a month after the MaxRevo 1350W power supply unit made its entrance into the US, Enermax announced this high performance 80PLUS Gold certified PSU series is now also available in Europe.Contrary to the US launch, Enermax introduced today both the 1.35kW and 1.5kW units, so customers who require a high wattage...

24 June 2011
04:09 GMT

Antec Launches 750W EarthWatts Green PSU with 80PLUS Bronze Certification

Antec has expanded its product portfolio with another EarthWatts Green power supply unit which is rated at 750 Watts and targets users interested in building a high-performance system on a budget.The PSU has an 80PLUS Bronze energy efficiency certification, which means that its efficiency level can go up to 88% and t...

10 June 2011
03:29 GMT

New PSU from be quiet! Is 80Plus Platinum Rated

It would appear that the number of 80Plus Platinum power supplies has begun to grow beyond what could be counted on the fingers of just one hand, with even be quiet! now joining the proceedings.Like every other year, the Computex trade show is packed full of many different computing and hardware products.Among them,...

3 June 2011
04:15 GMT

Thermaltake Toughpower XT PSU Series Gets Larger

It appears that Thermaltake is determined not to let this year's Computex pass by without some sort of product launch, or at least a preview of what will come later, like some additions to its PSU portfolio.Being the maker of cases, cooling and power devices that it is, Thermaltake didn't miss out on the o...

2 June 2011
09:27 GMT

Corsair Unleashes New 80Plus Gold Power Supplies

Whereas Platinum-rated power supplies have already been released companies like GeIL, Corsair decided to offer something to those that can't really afford that top-end product, thus creating the new Professional Series.Those that thought Corsair was going to settle for just a new set of Vengeance DDR3 memory pr...

31 May 2011
07:40 GMT

GeIL Completes the Thortech Platinum Plus PSUs

Computex should start within the next 24 hours, so it stands to reason that some things will be spotted on display even before the official start of the show, things like the new PSU line from GeIL. When it comes to PC power efficiency, one might say that the power supply is a major element that users have to check...

30 May 2011
03:20 GMT

FSP Aurum 80Plus Gold PSUs Go Modular

The FSP Aurum series of power supplies may have been revealed back at the start of the year, but the company figured it was time for an update, one that features an advantage that the previous ones lacked.The market for power supplies is one that has grown well beyond what it was in the first place, particularly bec...

26 May 2011
10:49 GMT

Enermax Launches 80PLUS Gold Certified MaxRevo PSU Series

Enermax has just announced that its US customers can now purchase the first power supply units from the high-performance MaxRevo series that has been granted Gold certifications by the 80PLUS initiative. Enermax' new series comprises three new models that are rated at 1200, 1350 and 1500 Watts, respectively, an...

26 May 2011
04:31 GMT

Ecomaster Teams with Enermax, Make New LEPA PSUs

While IT companies might like to make things on their own, collaborations with other outfits often prove lucrative, and it seems that Enermax and Ecomaster just leveraged their own pooled resources.Power supplies are one PC components which, like the central processors, can't really lack from any PC, mobile or ...

19 May 2011
07:30 GMT

Strong Power Supply Created by Club 3D for Overclockers

Power supplies, like all other hardware parts, come in many versions, since they cater to the needs of various systems, and it looks like Club 3D went for the top of the grid when it created the CSP-X1200CB.Club 3D may be best known for all the video controllers it makes, but it doesn't deal in just that one ty...

11 May 2011
03:49 GMT

ADATA Launched 80PLUS Bronze Certified BN Series PSUs

Today ADATA announced the introduction of its new series of BN power supply units that are targeting consumer and professional users who are looking for economical solutions with an energy efficient design. The BN series models come with 80PLUS Bronze certification, which means that the power supply units must ha...

5 May 2011
09:38 GMT

Corsair Updates Its Builder Series PSUs with Three CX V2 Models

Corsair has just announced it has updated its popular entry-level and midrange Builder series of power supply units with the addition of three new CX V2 models which can provide between 430 and 600 Watts of power. The Builder Series CX V2 is the successor to the current CX family of PSUs and offers 80 PLUS certifi...

4 May 2011
09:07 GMT

BN Is a Series of 80Plus Bronze Rated A-Data Power Supplies

A-Data seems to have taken a break from unleashing new storage devices in favor of delivering something for the power supply market, in the form of a certain series known simply as BN.In some ways, A-Data can be seen as similar to Green House (or any other company with multi-faceted product portfolios) even though t...

6 April 2011
07:51 GMT

Cooler Master Intros 80PLUS Certified GX Series 450W Power Supply

For a few years now, computer power supply makers have struggled to see who can launch the highest rated units on the market, but the truth of the matter is that most desktops don't require the insane amounts of power provided by these PSUs, so Cooler Master tried to cater to its customers need by releasing a ne...

30 March 2011
02:48 GMT

Chieftec Launches New 80PLUS Silver Certified High-Performance Modular PSUs

It has certainly been a while since Chieftec launched a new product, but the company has just announced the its Nitro 88+ series of power supply units, that were presented during the CeBIT 2011 fair, have now become available and range in power from 650W to 1000W.The new series was designed in order to cater to the n...

29 March 2011
11:02 GMT

Antec HCP-1200 PSU Used for Setting Two 3DMark World Records

No one can argue with the fact that Antec builds some of the best power supply units in the industry, and, to underline this fact, the company has just announced that two world records have been set using the High Current Pro series HCP-1200 PSU that was used to power a high-end system with a power consumption up to ...

28 March 2011
09:13 GMT

Ecomaster Unleashes LEOPA-Branded N and W PSUs

Now that the IT market at least seems to be getting back to its old, periodically-updated self, Ecomaster, or at least its LEPA brand, figured it was time to unleash a new series of power supply units.Nowadays, a power supply is arguably not worth noting unless it has something to show in terms of power efficiency.T...

16 March 2011
08:07 GMT

A-Data HM PSUs Finally Available

A-Data may be better known for its various storage and memory solutions, but it also deals in power supplies, having finally unleashed a collection of such units that was actually unveiled back in 2010.It would appear that things are no longer so dead silent on the IT market, at least as far as hardware goes.For som...

15 March 2011
07:06 GMT

Ace Power Supply Banned by Swedish Electrical Safety Board

Although power supplies are some of the most important components that go inside a desktop system, many cheaper models that are available on the market don't comply with even the most basic safety regulations, and the sale of such a product has been recently banned in Sweden by the National Electrical Safety Boa...

11 March 2011
05:41 GMT

Seasonic Readies 80 PLUS Platinum Certified PSU Models

Just a few days ago we heard that Seasonic was developing a new power supply unit line that would come with 80 PLUS Platinum certification to take the place of the current X-series PSUs, and now we finally have more details available about these units as well as their release dates. For starters, the series will b...

4 March 2011
07:52 GMT

Thortech Prides Itself in Its 80Plus Platinum PSU

It would appear that Thortech had the same idea as so many other hardware makers, namely that of using the CeBIT 2011 trade show as a stage for its most prized inventions, one of them being a very efficient PSU.When it comes to power supplies, a very relevant factor, these days, in deciding on a purchase is energy e...

1 March 2011
08:33 GMT


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