XFX 1000W Pro Series 80 Plus Platinum
by Martin Kaffei on March 1, 2012 1:38 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
- Seasonic
- PSUs
- XFX
- 80 Plus Platinum
Appearance and Cable Configuration
The case is "the pride" of XFX. As you can see the ventilation holes around the large power switch are square-shaped, and there are additional ventilation slots on both sides. The fan grille goes for an angular spiderweb aesthetic with the XFX logo at center. Most parts of the case are made out of metal, while the front with the modular plugs consists of a thin synthetic material. All the sockets for the modular connectors have their own description, and while many manufacturers use different colors to set the peripherial connectors apart from the PEG, CPU, and motherboard connectors, this works just as well. XFX has a video giving their thoughts on the design and elements of their new PSUs below:
| Cables and Connectors | ||
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Connector type (length) |
Main | 1x 24-pin (60cm) modular |
| ATX12V/EPS12V |
1x 4+4-pin (65cm) modular 1x 8-pin (65cm) modular |
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| PCIe |
2x 6/8-pin (60cm) modular 2x 6/8-pin (60cm) modular 2x 6/8-pin (60cm) modular |
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| Peripheral |
3x SATA (ca. 55, 70, 85cm) modular 3x SATA (ca. 55, 70, 85cm) modular 3x SATA (ca. 55, 70, 85cm) modular 2x SATA (ca. 35, 50 cm) modular |
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3x Molex (ca. 55, 70, 85cm modular 3x Molex (ca. 55, 70, 85cm) modular 2x Molex (ca. 35, 50cm) modular 1x Molex to 2x FDD adapter (15 cm) modular |
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As far as the connectors go, all of the cables are 60cm or more long which will be good for larger cases. Naturally, a PSU in this wattage should come with plenty of connectors and long cables, but it is very impressive to see the heap of modular cables in the package. Like the Seasonic, all of the cables are modular and the two FDD connectors listed in the table above are implemented as an adapter. This method allows the customer to realize an absolutely individual cable configuration for their PC.
Both the two CPU and the three PCIe cables have a hugely satisfying wire cross-section (16 AWG). Eleven SATA and eight Molex connectors are more than enough to power any computer. We should note that the Platinum PSU from Enermax offers twelve SATA plugs; nevertheless, the number of cables and connectors is adequate for a 1000W model.
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mariush - Thursday, March 1, 2012 - link
Don't you have auto correct in your text editor?but we need to find out how good this model acutally is.
acutally -> actually
page 2... last paragraph... fan has fluid dynamic), then you use FD bearing at the end, without mentioning the abbreviation before
Martin Kaffei - Friday, March 2, 2012 - link
I'm afraid not!But we've corrected all mistakes now. Thanks a lot.
MySchizoBuddy - Friday, March 2, 2012 - link
Can you do a review of the "Be Quiet" series of PSU. They are supposed to be super silent in operation. http://www.be-quiet.net/be-quiet.net/index.php?Sto...ExarKun333 - Friday, March 2, 2012 - link
Not usually one to care about how an internal component looks, but this PSU is god-awful ugly. I would get the Seasonic in a heartbeat if these were side-by-side every time.kenyee - Friday, March 2, 2012 - link
1000W systems would be hot, loud, and power hungry :-PGet me a 600-700W power supply w/ platinum specs and I'll be happy to stuff it in a low power build ;-)
B3an - Saturday, March 3, 2012 - link
I have the XFX Pro 1250W Black Edition, which is very similar to this PSU and looks the same. All i have to say is that it's an excellent PSU, i've nothing bad to say about it at all.It's powering a VERY high end socket 2011 system with multiple GPU's, SSD's + HDD's, water cooling, 32GB RAM, and a highly overclocked i7 (4.9GHz) and the PSU remains quiet. Looks sexy too, even the cables are nice and all black.
Finally - Saturday, March 3, 2012 - link
Cool story, bro.aranyagag - Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - link
and a serperate IC for PFC control on a single sided PCB.SERPERATE
mikbe - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
As you said this PSU is made by Seasonic and they reuse their own design so this is almost exactly the same as the Seasonic eponymous version with the differences being the Seasonic has the better San Ace fan, it doesn't look like it was made by the Dharma Initiative, it has a connection from the main PSU board to the back that the XFX doesn't have (no idea what it's for), and the Seasonic is $25 more than this XFX version. Looking at the parts I think the XFX may also use some less expensive components that are spec'd near the same tolerances to shave a few dollars off production costs.If you want to save $25 (a good 10% of the cost) and don't mind the inferior, but still OK, fan and possibly some inferior components go for it. I'm not sure the better parts will make a real difference. That said I decided to spend the extra few dollars and went for the "real" Seasonic because I was buying the best and didn't want to skimp.