Out of the box experience cont.

     There is a plethora of cables.  The power supply is not modular either so all of those cables have to be hidden in your case.  Along with the 24-pin power connector you get the 4 pin auxiliary power connector, 8 pin power connector,6 molex, 11 SATA, 2 PCI-E(VGA6), 2 PCI-E(VGA6+2) and two floppy drive connectors.  The power and video cables feature REMI technology, to help prevent Electro-magnetic interference.

ePower includes dedicated fan power connectors so you won't have to waste your molex powering a fan.

    Here is a kewl new connector that is going to come in handy pretty soon.  It's called the VGA6+2.  There are two of them and if you haven't seen the new HD2900xt card from ATI you might not know what they are for.  The new cards feature a 6 pin VGA and an 8 pin VGA power connector.

Testing

     We'll be using an eVGA 680i premium motherboard which is based on nvidia's 680i chipset. The CPU is overclocked to 3.6GHz using a 400MHz FSB and voltage of 1.45.  Here is a basic rundown of the test system:

     I will be using a volt meter and taking the readings directly from the power supply.  I'm not too fond of monitoring programs as they can vary from program to program.  I monitored the voltages at idle and load.  Just remember that this is based on the system above and in no way will this come close to using 1200w of power.  We are working on getting a power supply test rig that is capable of putting different loads on a power supply, but until then we'll just have to monitor the volts on the rails and provide the results.

Conclusion

     If you want a massive power supply that comes with a lot of extras, the xscale 1200 is the one for you.  If awarded, this will be the largest power supply listed on the 80plus web site as being 80plus certified.  The 80plus certification means that at all loads the efficiency never falls below 80%.  All of this and the power supply is almost completely quiet.  I wish I had a price on this beast and according to ePower it should be on Newegg shortly.  As of this posting, the only epower power supply similar to this one was a modular 1200w power supply for $380.  This one will probably be in the same price range.

Innovation:	9.5 out of 10
Performance:	9.5 out of 10
Quality:	10 out of 10
Stability:	9.5 out of 10
Overclocking:	N/A
Software/Drivers Pack:	N/A
Value:	Not available
Overall Rating 9.5
Project Skill Level (10 being most difficult)	4 out of 10