300W to 450W: 20 Power Supplies on the Test Bench
by Christoph Katzer on December 31, 2008 6:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Silverpower Gorilla 400W
Maxpoint is responsible for brands like Tagan that have sold well in Europe during the last years. Maxpoint then opened an office in the U.S., which is why Tagan is also available here as well. Silverpower is a newer venture from Maxpoint to cover the lower end market. Maxpoint has the exclusive rights for Seasonic in Europe, which is why the idea came up to ODM from them. The name for this unit is actually not clear since Maxpoint told us Gorilla, or King Kong, or Kong on different occasions. This unit will probably never see the U.S. market but we thought it might be a good addition even if it's only for our readers in Europe.
The Silverpower 400W is based on Seasonic's S12 design. Since we have a 120mm fan in this power supply, the fins needed to be opened and not like the PCP&C Silencer series. In fact, this power supplies is almost the same as the Silencer since they share the same basic topology. Instead of Nippon Chemi-Con, the Silverpower sports a main cap made by Hitachi and the secondary caps are from Ostor.
Maxpoint really equipped the Silverpower Gorilla well, with more cable harnesses and connectors than most of the competition. The main ATX connectors are at the 50cm mark and both (yup - two of them) PEG connectors are at 55cm. The other connectors are spread on two cable harnesses at various distances.
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7Enigma - Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - link
That is a heck of a lot of work for this article and we appreciate it immensely! Between this article and the upcoming mid-range builders guide (I'm begging...please get it out asap) you have reaffirmed for me this is the #1 site.Thanks again.
TheDoc9 - Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - link
The breakdown of the cable connectors and the build quality descriptions were helpful. The power noise charts look useful as well.mino - Monday, January 12, 2009 - link
Copy that, one of the best PSU roundups around.magreen - Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - link
We definitely appreciate the roundup. It addresses our needs as consumers. I wish you'd add more info about the Antec Earthwatts 430 though... it's one of the most popular PSUs on the forums here and always shows up for cheap in the hot deals section, often bundled with an Antec case. Wish you'd give us more details on its efficiency, ripple, and your overall take. I don't think you actually said anything about its performance at all. Thanks!OddJensen - Monday, January 5, 2009 - link
Isn't there a Delta made version of the 430 as well?Christoph Katzer - Monday, January 5, 2009 - link
Yes which we didn't have.Christoph Katzer - Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - link
http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsus/showdoc.a...">http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsus/showdoc.a...Here's the original review from a year ago. Even though I didn't mention it in the conclusion I think you have a great comparison with the respective graphics towards the end. :)
donjuancarlos - Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - link
Thanks for this article. I am one of those who does modest OCing and no SLI, and this article was pertinent for me.eetnoyer - Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - link
No temperatures at load? I would think that temps at 100% load for each unit shouldn't be too much. Just as a worst-case thing.