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Dangman
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Hey everyone,
Last night, the UPS man dropped off something of surprise gift from Antec for me: Their new Antec High Current Gamer 750W PSU! Needless to say, I was stoked to get this. But unfortunately something dawned on me: I don't have the equipment nor skill to properly review this PSU. As such, this is only a preview of the PSU, not a full review. Hopefully y'all are fine with that
Background:
The High Current Gamer series is basically marketed towards competitive LAN party gamers who need an ultra stable and ultra quality PSU for their LAN gaming PCs. The last thing a competitive LAN gamer wants is their PSU to pop and die during gaming. As such, this PSU is marketed to those guys.
The flagship 1200W High Current Gamer was reviewed by Paul Johnson a few months ago where it received high praise:
http://hardocp.com/article/2010/10/24/antec_high_current_pro_1200w_power_supply_review/1
The HCG 750W PSU I received is one of the other five PSUs in the High Current Gamer line. Those other PSUs in the HCG are basically 900W, 620W, 520W, and 400W PSUs at a MSRP of $170, $110, $90, and $75 respectively.
Preview:
Here's how the box looked like when it arrived at my door:
Opening it up:
As you can see, the PSU is surrounded on five sides with a dual layer of cardboard for protection. In addition, the PSU itself comes with a cloth sleeve around it:
A better pic of the PSU outside:
A shot of the PSU out of the box:
The PSU measures about 7 1/8" and comes with a 135mm fan:
A shot of the PSU label:
As you can see, a total of 750W or 62.5A is available on the combined +12V rails. Each of the quad-rails on the +12V rail has 40A. Specs looks fairly impressive so far.
From the product manual that came with this PSU, included was a shot of the internals of the PSU:
As you may have noticed, the HCG 750W does not have modular cables at all. Which is a bit weird considering that the flagship 1200W version is modular. Odd. Anyway, the breakdown of the PSU connectors are:
- One 24Pin ATX Connector
- One 4+4 ATX12V/EPS12V connector
- Four 6+2 PCI-E connector
- Six molex connectors
- Nine SATA power connectors
- One Floppy connector.
Some early thoughts:
Considering Antec's past PSU releases and the reviews for the flagship 1200W version of this product line, I have no doubts in my mind about this PSU. Assuming that the PSU passes proper testing with flying colors, it'll more than likely be a pretty good buy for the money. The MSRP of that PSU is $150 which means that it'll probably be $20 to even $30 lower a few months after release. Unfortunately I was not told when the exactly the rest of the High Current Gamer PSUs would be released to the general public.
The only real item that's bugging me about this PSU is that it's not modular like the 1200W version.
Thoughts, comments, concerns, critics?
Last night, the UPS man dropped off something of surprise gift from Antec for me: Their new Antec High Current Gamer 750W PSU! Needless to say, I was stoked to get this. But unfortunately something dawned on me: I don't have the equipment nor skill to properly review this PSU. As such, this is only a preview of the PSU, not a full review. Hopefully y'all are fine with that
Background:
The High Current Gamer series is basically marketed towards competitive LAN party gamers who need an ultra stable and ultra quality PSU for their LAN gaming PCs. The last thing a competitive LAN gamer wants is their PSU to pop and die during gaming. As such, this PSU is marketed to those guys.
The flagship 1200W High Current Gamer was reviewed by Paul Johnson a few months ago where it received high praise:
http://hardocp.com/article/2010/10/24/antec_high_current_pro_1200w_power_supply_review/1
The HCG 750W PSU I received is one of the other five PSUs in the High Current Gamer line. Those other PSUs in the HCG are basically 900W, 620W, 520W, and 400W PSUs at a MSRP of $170, $110, $90, and $75 respectively.
Preview:
Here's how the box looked like when it arrived at my door:
Opening it up:
As you can see, the PSU is surrounded on five sides with a dual layer of cardboard for protection. In addition, the PSU itself comes with a cloth sleeve around it:
A better pic of the PSU outside:
A shot of the PSU out of the box:
The PSU measures about 7 1/8" and comes with a 135mm fan:
A shot of the PSU label:
As you can see, a total of 750W or 62.5A is available on the combined +12V rails. Each of the quad-rails on the +12V rail has 40A. Specs looks fairly impressive so far.
From the product manual that came with this PSU, included was a shot of the internals of the PSU:
As you may have noticed, the HCG 750W does not have modular cables at all. Which is a bit weird considering that the flagship 1200W version is modular. Odd. Anyway, the breakdown of the PSU connectors are:
- One 24Pin ATX Connector
- One 4+4 ATX12V/EPS12V connector
- Four 6+2 PCI-E connector
- Six molex connectors
- Nine SATA power connectors
- One Floppy connector.
Some early thoughts:
Considering Antec's past PSU releases and the reviews for the flagship 1200W version of this product line, I have no doubts in my mind about this PSU. Assuming that the PSU passes proper testing with flying colors, it'll more than likely be a pretty good buy for the money. The MSRP of that PSU is $150 which means that it'll probably be $20 to even $30 lower a few months after release. Unfortunately I was not told when the exactly the rest of the High Current Gamer PSUs would be released to the general public.
The only real item that's bugging me about this PSU is that it's not modular like the 1200W version.
Thoughts, comments, concerns, critics?