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1000 Watt Power Supply
Product Provided by: Kingwin

Available at:

NewEgg.com

Estimated Online Price:

$299.99

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Now

Review by:

Michael

Edited by:

Scott

Review date:

26 January 2008
 

 

     Here's the breakdown once you get all the packaging open. From the thumb screws to the individually wrapped power leads, the Mach 1 series is definitely high class. Even the main utility power cable itself is very heavy duty with thick insulation.

     As I've already mentioned, the Mach 1 carries the coveted nVidia SLI Ready seal of approval. That means you can expect to see more than one PCI Express power plug on the power supply. Here, we see two of the standard 6-pin PCI Express plugs.

     However, since the high end cards like the 8800GTX require two power plugs all by themselves, you could need as many as four PCI Express plugs to power your SLI rig. So naturally, Kingwin will supply you with enough power plugs to make that happen. In fact, the power leads that carry the additional PCI Express power plugs are setup in a 6+2 configuration. Of course, you'll run out of plugs if you are setting up a TRI SLI configuration with three 8800GTX cards.

     There are two sets of power leads configured with Molex type connectors and each set has 4 Molex connectors on it. One set even has an extra 4-pin floppy type connector. If you do intend to Tri-SLI three 8800GTX cards together, you'll have to use the Molex > PCI-e adapters that should accompany the video card.

    

     Kingwin is also well aware that Serial ATA devices are becoming much more dominant over PATA.  Especially since Intel has quit supporting PATA natively in their chipsets. So to power a multi-drive RAID array and a full compliment of optical drives, you'll need more SATA power connectors than most older power supplies offered. The Mach 1 series will ship with two SATA leads, each with four power connectors on it. 

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