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The OEM of this specific power supply is Great Wall – they are a quality OEM who have made some great units over the years. This particular design doesn't use LLC resonant topology to achieve the Gold efficiency specifications (like the Corsair AX1200).
The fan, we are pleased to see, is a Yate Loon model … the D14BH-12. We have seen this fan used in plenty of quality supplies recently. Considering the ‘ultra silent' claims, this is actually one of Yate Loon's more powerful fans, rated to 2,800 rpm @ 48.5dBa while producing a whopping 140 CFM airflow. Obviously OCZ will have ensured the fan never gets close to this speeds with PWM control. At least we hope so.
The AC receptacle has one X and two Y capacitors. It feeds into the main PCB with three coils, two X and two Y capacitors. Unusually there is no Metal Oxide Varistor with this design.
The capacitors are 105c, 420V, 390µF rated (each) and are supplied by Teapo.
The two bridge rectifiers are cooled by three substantial heatsinks. There is also a thermistor and an electromagnetic relay that bypasses once the PSU is turned on. The PWM/PFC controller is a Champion CM6802.
The secondary side uses seven mofsets and the minor rails are generated from the +12V with the help of two DC-DC converter modules. All filtering capacitors for the DC outputs are Teapo branded and rated to 105c. Soldering quality is very good throughout, so lets get onto the testing.
Well thats a nice supply, amazing how the prices change for the Uk though. $240 is a good price, but it will probably translate to £240 here. UK sucks 🙂
I like the cabling, thats quality. Tons of it too.
I had a bad time with the gamexstream range years ago and it put me off them, but I think they had a bit of a problem with that range, and nothing else.
Can you add some real world tests? like does it power 3 HD6990s? that kinda thing ? 🙂
Good to see OCZ doing other products, rather than this constant focus on just SSD’s. They used to make some damn fine memory, those were the days. I prefered their memory to corsairs.
This range looks great, hey Zardon any ideas on the pricing of the lower models? an 850W in this range would really be ideal for me.
Looks like a great supply, I agree with the other dude in here, 850W sounds like a good size, probably be 50-60 less too.
@ Brooke. It will power any combination you need, no problem. Not sure anyone would want to power three HD6990’s mind you as you can’t actually use three in Crossfire. 🙂
Great design, looks nice too
What are the benefits of a pure modular design? Doesnt a system always need the atx connector anyway?
Nice step up for ocz, their psus have been consistently average for years.
Cant find it stocked anywhere. When is it released.? Cant see it being under £200