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Antec TPQ-850 TruePower Quattro 850W Power Supply

Antec TPQ-850 TruePower Quattro 850W Power Supply

Category:

Power Supply

Manufacturer:

Antec, Inc.

Provided by:

Antec, Inc.

Model:

Quattro 850-EC

Author:

Axel Brown

Review date:

June 7, 2007

Price:

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Pricing and Conclusions

The pricing for the Antec TPQ-850 TruePower Quattro 850W Power Supply as of June 2007 is $249.00. You can read user's reviews and buy it by clicking here.

Cost per watt. As you can see the average cost per watt is $0.29, which is good.



Conclusions

During my testing, the Antec TPQ-850 TruePower Quattro 850W Power Supply was rock stable and did not have any failures or other performance issues.
The TPQ-850 850W Power Supply has both stability and silence, features Active PFC and up to 85% efficiency. It has a modular design and support for 8-Pin PCI-Express as well as four independent +12V rails featuring maximum combined current of 64A.


Strengths:
  -   Rock solid, stable voltages
  -   Four +12V rails
  -   Silent
  -   Active PFC
  -   Up to 85% Efficiency
  -   Fairly compact size as for 850W PSU
  -   Outstanding build quality (including build, sleeving and paint job)
  -   Industrial grade components
  -   You can use PCI-e modular connectors for SATA/Molex cables.

Weaknesses:
  -   It would be nice to have at least one more modular connector
  -   While utilizing all 4 PCI-e cables you might be short on SATA/Molex connectors: with six modular cables included (3 SATA and 3 Molex) you can use only 3 at a time. Again, this is only if you will use all 4 PCI-e cables.


Given the solid performance, and features like Active PFC and an 80% efficiency, I award the Antec TPQ-850 TruePower Quattro 850W Power Supply the eXtreme Outer Vision Highly Recommended award!





 



Article Index
1.Introduction
2.Features and Specifications
3.Packaging and contents
4.Layout and cables
5.Layout and cables continued
6.The Test
7.Pricing and Conclusions



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