These days, for a power supply company to be competitive, there's gotta be a 1kW or up model in there somewhere. Kingwin recently joined the party by bringing in their Mach 1 series of units, which tops out with a 1.2kW monster. Today I'm having a look at the second most powerful in the line, the 1000W model. This is the only 80 Plus Bronze certified unit in the range, and it features such cool things as modular cables with illuminated rings around them when you plug one in.
So, bring your lemonade out on the jonnyGURU.com patio and pull up a chair... I'm going to barbecue us a Kingwin today.
Many of you have heard the now familiar tale of an eMachines gone wrong at the tentacles of a subpar power supply. Some of you may have even had this happen to you. Well, a month ago it happened to a friend of mine. He had a power failure, and the next thing he knew his whole system was playing dead. Upon opening the computer case, I beheld a dreaded sight - a Bestec ATX-250-12E in all its glory.
No power supply attacks the computer of a friend and gets away with it, dear readers. I've got this little monster hooked up to the load tester, and we're going to have us some payback.
It seems an eternity since the last time Corsair released a modular power supply in their high performance HX line of units, and there has been a good deal of speculation around the net on when Corsair was going to finally release something in the 750W-850W range to better compete with the likes of the Seasonic M12D and Antec Signature units at that level.
Well, the waiting is over because Corsair is releasing two new units at 750W and 850W to fill the void. Today, I'm looking at the larger of the two units in the HX850.
Gainward is getting ready to launch a GeForce GTX 295 with 1792MB memory
on a single PCB. The graphics card is predicted to have a great interest with
computer enthusiasts globally. A preview of the card is over at Tech-Reviews. @ Tech-Reviews
The new NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 260 comes with 216 stream processors, 24 more than the original
GeForce GTX 260. This gave it a small 12.5% boost in texture fillrate while
everything else remained the same. This small improvement, however, gave the
GeForce GTX 260 new life and allowed it to better compete with the Radeon HD
4850.
Of course, there were many who felt that the increase in stream processors
wasn't good enough. Not only overclockers but even graphics card manufacturers
saw the potential in overclocking the improved GeForce GTX 260. The larger
number of stream processors would only mean much greater improvements in
performance with every hike in core speed. @ Tech ARP
When it comes to PSUs, for years
now the ATX unit has taken centre stage with little thought going into
producing a different form factor. However, Antec have changed all this and
decided that it is time for a revamp. Their new form factor, christened the
CPX, is a lot bigger so as to allow more room for the guts and allow a less
restrictive airflow. Electrically, it’s just an ATX power supply but
unfortunately the size means that a limited selection of cases can take the
unit – unless of course you’re into modding. Antec clearly hope the new form
factor catches on and their first model is the CP-850, but is all the hype
really justified? Let’s have a look... @ XSReviews
EVGA commonly produces their mainstream motherboard
products first, while in tandem, begins work on their high-end enthusiast
product. It's taken roughly four months since the time EVGA launched their
first Intel X58 motherboard (the more than worthy X58 3X SLI) to follow it up
with their enthusiast-class product, which we'll be looking at today. That
board is EVGA's new X58 3X SLI Classified motherboard. With a whopping $425
price-tag, $125 higher than their baseline X58 motherboard, EVGA is confident
that they have a board which can out-class all others in order to demand such a
price premium. But what do you get for that extra $125? Read on to
find out... @ HotHardware
Among their vast catalogue of products Cooler Master have made a
name for themselves over the years for their enthusiast chassis and
just recently have manufactured a number of award winning products such
as the ATCS 940, the brilliant HAF 932 which we used for our Nehalem EP build and the CM Storm Sniper.
Today we’re going to be looking at another model in the HAF lineup, the HAF 922.
The HAF 922 is effectively a brother to the 932 and offers a selection
of the key features but in a smaller package at a cheaper price. @ Driverheaven
The Voltage Tweak model from ASUS is something we've
heard about for a while now. The idea behind it is that ASUS gives the user
even more control of the card when it comes to overclocking. Not only do you
have the ability to overclock the standard clocks like memory and core, but you
also have the ability to adjust the voltage.
You may be wondering what this exactly means; it gives you the ability to
adjust the voltage to higher levels which in turn gives you the ability to run
the card at even higher speeds, much like you do with a CPU where adding more
voltage gives you the ability to obtain higher clock speeds. @ TweakTown
Is your mother
complaining to you about her computer being too loud? I bet she also doesn't
like all the bells and whistles of a lot of gaming cases, but I have an answer
to your problem. The Cooler Master Sileo 500 is a plain, yet sturdy case jam
packed with sound insulation material. You probably want to check this out even
if your mother isn't complaining to you because the Sileo 500 also comes with a
500 watt power supply for an affordable silent case & power supply
solution. Read on further to see how easy it is to install. @ Think Computers
Benchmark Reviews
recently called on the Antec ISK300-65 Mini-ITX HTPC computer case to complete
our NVIDIA ION Home Theater PC project. The lightweight mITX case offers a 65W
power supply and room for a slim optical drive and 2.5" SSD or HDD. The
Antec ISK300 fits two 80mm fans along the side, which help exhaust heated air out
of the enclosure. Enthusiast can stand the ISK300 case upright, allowing this
HTPC enclosure to fit nicely beside other entertainment center electronics. @ Benchmark Reviews
Seventeam P-AF and Z-AF series
are internally identical, with the difference being the presence of a
modular cabling system on Z-AF. So while we tested ST-750P-AF, the
results are also valid for ST-750Z-AF. Both models are 80 Plus Bronze
certified, meaning a minimum efficiency of 82% under light (20% i.e.
150 W) and full loads (750 W), and minimum efficiency of 85% while
delivering half of the labeled wattage (i.e. 375 W). Seventeam also
advertises this power supply as having Japanese capacitors inside,
while we discovered that this isn’t entirely true (more on this later). @ Hardware Secrets
Never before has such a wealth of options come in such a small
package. Sure the idea behind a VFD makes it somewhat impractical. I
mean, are you really going to read little info about your system or the
news while you are watching the screen intently, like in the middle of
a game or movie? These abilities are a mere novelty at best. But what
truly makes this product shine is the whole media package. If you are
running this device in a home theater system or watch a lot of TV and
movies on your main rig, the remote and software will streamline the
process so well that you’ll wonder how you lived without it. And
meanwhile, it’s hard to argue that the display won’t at least be a
stylish addition to your case. @ LanOC Reviews
The electronics store chain Best Buy has several
house brands and two of them are used for computer components: Dynex and
Rocketfish. We have already reviewed Dynex 400 W power supply and Rocketfish
700 W power supply. While the models we reviewed a while ago were manufactured
by Huntkey, Best Buy decided to hire a different company for their 550 W model:
CWT. They also replaced Huntkey as the manufacturer for their 700 W model, so
the 700 W model you find now on stores today (labeled "RF-700WPS2")
is manufactured by CWT, not by Huntkey anymore. Let's see if this new 550 W
power supply survives our tests. @ Hardware Secrets
Based on the HDR-TG5V's diminutive size, some
folks might be tempted to think of Sony's new ultra-compact HD Handycam as
being little more than a Flip with an inflated price tag. But that's just not
so. This little marvel of consumer-grade camcorder engineering has most of the
same features found in Sony's portlier high-definition video cameras, including
SteadyShot image stabilization, manual focus, and even a relatively large
internal solid-state drive capable of holding hours worth of gorgeous,
highest-quality 1080p video. Plus, it's got at least one trick up its sleeve
that you're not likely to find in any other HD camcorder, ultra-compact or
otherwise: GPS geotagging. Tantalized yet? @ Digital Trends
AMD recognized the blood, sweat, and tears that extreme overclockers
put into their hobby by creating a very special, limited edition processor made
specifically for them. The Phenom II X4 TWKR Black Edition processor is a
hand-picked CPU that performs above and beyond the normal parameters we're
accustomed to seeing from the Phenom II line. Under the extremely low temps
supplied by LN2 or LHe cooling, these chips are said to yield monster
overclocks. Check it out... @ HotHardware
The model being reviewed today is fully 120hz
compliant, has full LED backlighting, it has Samsung's top of the line 55 inch
LCD panel for their best color reproduction they have available. This should be
an interesting review to see if the newer 120hz technology does work, or as
with any first implementations, this could be deemed as an expensive trial run
to iron out the bugs before the true home run hit is released the second year. @ Tweaknews
I knew when Steve Jobs pulled that MacBook Air out of
the envelope on stage at WWDC that the new wave of popular notebooks would be
thin machines. It took a few months after we first laid eyes on the MacBook
Air, but eventually we saw Windows machines that were thin and sexy start to
trickle onto the market. @ TweakTown
·Corsair CX400W Review at Hardware Secrets Here (http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/750/1).
Yeah I know it's a tiny PSU in 1kW world but it looks like a perfect budget PSU for mainstream...... ·AMD Phenom to Phenom II Upgrade Article from Corsair Some of the info in this article may or may not be new to JG readers. But, I hope it's helpful to some of you.
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These are my test results, analysis and...... ·Stupid RMA's A lot of people RMA psu's for no good reason, and they would probalby work just fine.
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