80Plus Titanium | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:40:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png 80Plus Titanium | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 be quiet! releases the new Dark Power Pro 12 series of PSUs https://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/joao-silva/be-quiet-releases-the-new-dark-power-pro-12-series-of-psus/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/joao-silva/be-quiet-releases-the-new-dark-power-pro-12-series-of-psus/#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:00:56 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=483028 be quiet!'s latest addition to its PSU portfolio is the Dark Power Pro 12 series of power supplies. Available in 1200W and 1500W models, the Dark Power Pro 12 power supply is the “most technologically-advanced PSU be quiet! has ever built”. Certified with 80Plus Titanium efficiency, the Dark Power Pro 12 PSUs drain less than …

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be quiet!'s latest addition to its PSU portfolio is the Dark Power Pro 12 series of power supplies. Available in 1200W and 1500W models, the Dark Power Pro 12 power supply is the “most technologically-advanced PSU be quiet! has ever built”.

Certified with 80Plus Titanium efficiency, the Dark Power Pro 12 PSUs drain less than 0.1W on standby. With up to 94.9% of energy efficiency, these power supplies waste less power, reducing its operating temperature and noise.

The funnel-shaped fan opening has been redesigned and the air intake side received the mesh treatment, increasing the PSU's airflow. The six 12V rails can be manually switched into a “massive” 12V through the overclocking key located in the PSU, allowing you to further overclock your system components. These power supplies use Japanese capacitors rated for operation at 105º and feature a modular design to reduce the clutter inside the case where it's installed.

The Dark Power Pro 12 PSUs features fully digital control of PFC, LLC+SR/12V, resulting in higher efficiency, improved regulation, and low ripple noise, and a 135mm Silent Wings 3 fan that uses a 6-pole motor, allowing it to spin up to 2600RPM, with a maximum rated noise output of 31.5dBA.

The Dark Power Pro PSUs are compliant with Intel C6/C7 modes and feature OCP, OVP, UVP, SCP, OTP, and OPP. There are 17 cables with up to 120cm bundled with each Dark Power Pro 12, featuring a ATX-motherboard 20+4-pin connector, an 8-pin CPU connector, a 4+4-pin CPU connector, 10x PCIe 6+2-pin connectors, 16x SATA 15-pin connectors, 8x PATA 4-pin connectors, and 2x FDD (floppy) connectors.

The Dark Power Pro 12 power supplies will be available starting from the 8th of September, with the 1200W model priced at $399/£369.99/€389, and the 1500W for $449/£419.99/€439. You can learn more about these PSUs HERE.

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KitGuru says: Would you be willing to buy a Dark Power Pro 12 PSU considering its price? Would you go for the 1200W model or the 1500W one?

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Seasonic celebrates its 40th year in the PSU business https://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/andrzej/seasonic-celebrates-its-40th-year-in-the-psu-business/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/andrzej/seasonic-celebrates-its-40th-year-in-the-psu-business/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2015 07:11:31 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=256681 Logically, if you start out by creating apparatus and methods to test power supplies, you naturally have a deeper understanding of the product's internals. When Mr Chang started Seasonic in 1975, that was exactly his approach. Now, 40 years on, Seasonic has established itself as the most successful PSU manufacturer we have ever seen in …

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Logically, if you start out by creating apparatus and methods to test power supplies, you naturally have a deeper understanding of the product's internals. When Mr Chang started Seasonic in 1975, that was exactly his approach. Now, 40 years on, Seasonic has established itself as the most successful PSU manufacturer we have ever seen in the KitGuru Labs. The consistency of its products is legendary and it holds patents on the smarter parts of its designs – as well as being the creator of the world's first 80Plus power supply. So what makes them so different?

KitGuru was invited inside Seasonic to find out. As well as a full presentation at Seasonic's headquarters on the company's history and milestones, we also managed to catch up with Nils and Ray from the European office, who told us a lot of interesting facts. For example, if you want the failure/lowest return rate possible, then you make the PSU design team responsible for doing RMAs (Return Material Authorisation) – i.e. the PSU creators do all of the repair work. Knowing they will be forced to repair anything that goes wrong on a Platinum series PSU in the next 7 years, will change an engineer's approach to component selection. Interesting.

KitGuru says: We love the idea that analogue devices require a complete set of knowledge on ‘what has already been', before a designer can take the product to the next level. The process of building layer upon layer of personal knowledge is something profoundly human and we applaud Seasonic's efforts to build and cultivate that expertise.

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