Meet da Silencer
So then, the product we are testing today is PC Power & Cooling's latest and greatest flagship power supply. Its price is just under 200 USD, and it's a serious piece of gear. It will be a challenge, a really big challenge for us to stress this PSU to see how it keeps up with our components.
But let's have a look at the OCZ press release for a minute:
OCZ released their new Silencer 910 power supply from PC Power & Cooling. The Silencer line has proven itself as one of the most trusted PSU series on the market over the past twenty years. The PSUs now range from 370W to the new 910W (1KW peak). Featuring an 80+ Silver Certification, the Silencer 910 offers one of the higher efficiencies on the market
- 910W Continuous @ 40C (1000W Peak)
- NVIDIA SLI Certified (Multiple GPUs)
- 80+ Silver Certified (88% Efficiency); .99 Active PF
- Up to 90% (10dB) Less Noise per Watt
- +12VDC @ 74A (Powerful Single Rail)
- Rock-Solid, Super-Clean DC Output
- Quad PCI-E and complete array of connectors
- Automatic Fan Speed Control Circuit
- 5-Year Warranty and Tech Support
PC Power & Cooling has a rich history when it comes to highly efficient, maximum-performance power supplies, stated Ryan Edwards, Director of Product Management for OCZ Technology. With the release of the newest member of our legendary Silencer series, we continue a long-standing commitment of building quality PSUs that began nearly a quarter century ago. Todays enthusiast and mission-critical market expects the highest efficiency possible while still maintaining reliable, cutting-edge performance, and the new PC&C Silencer 910 delivers on these requirements and more, offering the ultimate high-performance package retailing under $200.
Designed to offer consumers a combination of legendary PSU architecture and the ultimate in quiet power management, the Silencer 910 is the optimal power solution for gamers and enthusiasts with multiple power-hungry drives and video cards. The Silencer delivers 910 Watts of continuous power and 1KW at its peak, and offers a temperature rating of 50C, twice that of the industry standard. Garnering an 80+ Silver Certification, the Silencer 910 is one of the highest efficiency PSUs on the market for energy and cost savings at 88% efficiency typical load.
First off you get a near Kilowatt PSU. I certainly do hope that you don't need that amount of power draw from your PSU, but here's why I like the phat PSUs so much: I like reserves. That's it. I will probably never ever (and I hope so) use more than 1 KW. But I want to be sure that if install some new gear, I have plenty of reserves in that PC, as I do not want power distribution to be an issue what so friggen ever, no Sir.
Especially for those who overclock and play around with 2 or 3-way SLI or Quad SLI and Crossfire a lot ... really, you should have the same policy as I have. One thing can be said, the PSU we're showing you today is made for the extreme gamers and hardware enthusiasts among us.
It's ready for some brute gaming, as it has 74 AMPs available on the 12V line alone. But let's have a look at that power output/distribution for a second.
- +5V @ 30A
- +12V @ 74A (82A Peak)
- -12V @ 0.8A
- +3.3V @ 24A
- +5VSB @ 3A
- continuous = 910W
So while the PSU is rated at 910W, it's peak wattage will allow you to go even towards 1000W. Making it an 'unofficial' KiloWatt power supply really. What we like very much is the extremely high efficiency, the PSU is rated to be 88% efficient at normal load, which is an achievement all by itself.
PC P&C gives the PSU a MTBF of 100.000 hours. So if your computers is working 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year .. it would last you 11.4 years. They back the product up with a 5 year full warranty though. Anyway, there's no need to explain distribution rails or modable options, this PSU doesn't have any. It's brute and bold to the core. I kind of like that. Last note, of course the PSU is SLI certified.
