Thermaltake Purepower 600w
Testing Cont.
Published: 3rd April 2006 | Source: Thermaltake | Price: |
Author: James Napier (XMS)
Hardware Acquired: Thermaltake
Testing Cont.
Its all very well performing tests on this power supply with a simulated load, but how well does it perform in a real system? The following tests have been perfomed on the system below. Load testing was recorded during Prime95 and Unreal Tournament 2004 loops.
AMD Opteron 146 @ 3.0ghz 1.6v
DFI Lanparty NF4 SLI-D
G.Skill PC4400 1GB @ 300mhz
2x WD Raptor 72gb RAID0
ATI X1800XT 512mb
4x UV Cathodes
Above you can see the Purepower hooked up to our test rig. I will be monitoring the voltages using a multimeter (rather than any software or BIOS methods) to ensure that the readouts are as accurate as possible.
The results are very impressive. Neither the 5v rail nor the 12v rail budged by any noticable amount. The difference was so small that we had to resort to changing the graph to such a small scale so that you'd actually be able to see the difference! This is the kind of performance i would have expected to see from a power supply costing double the price of the Purepower. Results from the 3.3v rail have not been included as they did not fluctuate in the slightest.
Most Recent Comments
Ooh, very nice review. Nice to see that at least one TT PSU can do something 
Just a thing about the prices, I think we should include USD, GBP, AUD, and EURO prices so it branches out to everyone. Just an opinion though.
Just a thing about the prices, I think we should include USD, GBP, AUD, and EURO prices so it branches out to everyone. Just an opinion though.Great review XMS , did they send you the psu or did u buy that?
I would say it's a pretty safe bet that TT sent it to him
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Originally Posted by name='WC Annihilus'
Ooh, very nice review. Nice to see that at least one TT PSU can do something
Just a thing about the prices, I think we should include USD, GBP, and EURO prices so it branches out to everyone. Just an opinion though. |
Added and forgive me for forgetting.
Its great to also see that it has an 8 pin mobo connector which is a requirement of the SLI-DR expert
Yea it was a suprising result as TT PSU's generally dont get many mentions on hardware forums, but i'd say that it could easily keep up with my Tagan 580w.
Outstanding review mate. The TT looks uber sexy, and has provided some good healthy results. 
'Grats to you.
'Grats to you.might have missed it but didnt se any numbers on the efficiency of the psu.
otherwise it looked good.
otherwise it looked good.
Big props to TT on this one, I am impressed that it could keep up to your tagan mate!
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Originally Posted by Raven
might have missed it but didnt se any numbers on the efficiency of the psu.
otherwise it looked good. |
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