Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Agreed - 80% is still not average for most of the units out there.

[signmeuptoo]

Is the average efficiency of high power supplies better, over all, than lower power supplies? I mean of the quality units that is...

[JEDIYoda]

since when has high efficiency been equated with high quality and workmanship??

I am not being pita here....but I think some people are delusional to believe 100% that in order to have high efficiency that quality and workmanship all have to be present...thats just not the case..

I would rather have a 70% efficient PSU that 5 years from now would still be humming right along rather than have a 85% efficient PSU that 6 months or a year down the line will need to be RMA`d...

But hey thats just me..

[Jon Gerow]

I have to agree JY. That's why I added a tier to my CPU list and put the Toughpower 1000W and 1200W in there. I just can't justify putting it with the "known performers" of PCP&C T-C, Etasis and Zippy. Yes, it's a CWT which is typically decent when not filled with Fuhjyyu caps and yes it has Teapo caps which is the same thing the Turbo-Cool and other high end PSU's use, but it's not really PROVEN. Before 2007, the biggest thing CWT had out there was a 850. Before 2006 it was a 480W. I can't believe that they'd pop out "the perfect 1200W" on such short notice.

[Oklahoma Wolf]

I can't believe that they'd pop out "the perfect 1200W" on such short notice.

I wouldn't be too shocked if CWT was one of very few companies that could pull it off given how well engineered their units have been in the past, but I too want to wait and see how they hold up over the long haul

[Spectre]

Yes, it's a CWT which is typically decent when not filled with Fuhjyyu caps and yes it has Teapo caps which is the same thing the Turbo-Cool and other high end PSU's use, but it's not really PROVEN.

The unit I had did not have Teapo's they were Nippon Chemicon.

[mcbalaban]

When Jon concentrates really hard... PSU's magically fall out of his butt when he farts.

You didn't know that?

LOL!

Sorry, greetings from the Sapphire Forum! We come in peace. (I'm a great fan of your site! )

[SKYMTL]

Interesting, many websites are beginning to get these in.

[Jon Gerow]

Interesting, many websites are beginning to get these in.

Well, that's normal. New products get "campaigns." They queue up review samples, spam a bunch of review sites and send product out to whoever responds.

[Kab]

Can you check the revision of the PSU Jon and anyone else who has one?