14 DAY TRIAL // PC power supply units come in many varieties, but they share the basic structure and core component types, and that goes for Cooler Master's new GX line of mainstream PSUs.
That may be why the product didn't garner more attention than most other things currently on display at Computex 2013, in Taipei, Taiwan.
Verily, it looks like only odd things have a chance to stand out there, like the LED-lit Avexir memory modules. Avexir even has lamp-lit ones.
But we digress. Cooler Master's new series of gaming power supplies might not be the sort that some may expect.
Simply because they aren't overpowered. Cooler Master did have gamers in mind, and certainly made sure to support the low-power C-states of Intel Haswell central processing units.
However, it didn't give them too high wattages. Instead, it turned them into mainstream products. That is why a new model runs at 700W, and there aren't any of over 850W, old or new.
Cooler master implemented over/under voltage, overload, overpower (output), and short-circuit protections. It also chose to include APFC.
On the cable side of things, there is the obligatory 24-pin ATX connector, and a 4+4-pin EPS, plus four 6+2 pin PCIe connectors.
Those will allow between one and four add-in graphics cards from NVIDIA and Advanced Micro Devices to work at once.
It will, of course, depend on the number of PCI Express slots the motherboard has though, as well as on the power needs of each card. There are plenty of high-end and even mid-range boards that need more than one power input.
Furthermore, Cooler Master's GX gaming PSUs have nine SATA connectors each, plus a large 135 mm Yate Loon fan.
The only thing missing is 80Plus certification. The company claims the PSUs have 85% efficiency at typical loads, but buyers will have to take its word for it. To be fair, with those kinds of credentials, the prices would have likely ended up too high for “mainstream” models.