The front of the box points out the key features of the product.
The side gives rail information and power break downs.
The other side features a break down of connectors available with this power supply.
Included with the unit is a user’s manual, warranty statement, power chord (connector will vary by region) and mounting screws.
Personally I think I would go for http://www.scan.co.uk/products/850w-xfx-pro-black-edition-p1-850b-befx-full-modular-90-eff-80plus-gold-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet- instead as its a much newer design; its still Seasonic but gold rated and fully modular! It also has flat cables which look better and are easier to cable manage… Not really sure what Antec were thinking with the pricing.
Totally agree. The XFX Seasonic based PSUs right now are the best value on the market without a doubt. It is sad to see that Antec can’t compete, at least with this PSU anyway.
I couldn’t agree with either of you more.
If its high output for gamers.. why is it only bronze rated? That is pretty F’ing fail. I’ll stick with my Corsair AX850 Gold rated PSU.
Because efficiency means nothing to gamers. The important aspects for a gaming system is that it delivers enough amps to power the key rails (12/5/3.3) and that it has stable voltage regulation. Efficiency has benefits but is not what a gamer strictly needs.
You do know that efficiency rating doesn’t only refer to the power consumption right? The rating has a bunch of implications, basically think of it as an overall quality of the item.
That’s not strictly true, but I see what you’re getting at. The assumption that a higher efficiency rating will mean a better overall power supply isn’t always true. You can engineer a power supply to be highly efficient while slacking on the components that regulate things like PFC, noise/ripple suppression and voltage regulation (for example you can cheap out on shared voltage regulation for rails etc). Of course you’re right in that generally speaking an 80 Plus Gold unit should use better components than an 80 Plus Bronze unit BUT there are equally as many power supplies out there that have 80 Plus Gold certification and use barely 80 Plus spec components for other things.
True, but it’s a good rule of thumb at a quick glance. 🙂 Rarely will I even take a look at something bronze rated when building a quality machine.
There are quality PSU’s out there that are ‘only’ bronze rated but in actual fact qualify for gold rating and they cost considerably less. Buying the most expensive part doesn’t necessarily mean buying the best part.
Agreed all that gold silver bronze means nothing. My evga 1000 failed after 1 year and is Gold.
I don’t know why you’d want to swap your current PSU for this one unless you have reasons of your own. Also remember PSU efficiency ratings are mainly marketing tools and really have no impact on the end user or their electricity account.
I just replaced a 1 year old evga supernova 1000 with this and although slightly louder it should be stable.