1 - Introduction
Hiper Type R Mk-II 680W power supply
SKU: HPU-5B680
Price: 125 EUR / 135 USD
Info: hipergroup.com
Power Supplies are coming in monthly here at Guru3D, there's not a week that passes when a manufacturer is asking if we want to take a look at their PSU. So while for you as an end-user that is pretty exciting .. for an editor after checking out dozens of them .. it tends to get a little boring. Really it's not much fun to test a PSU. Yet, every now and then there however is a manufacturers that can catch our attention.
One PSU that certainly will catch your attention as well is the one we'll be testing for Hiper (High Performance group) today. It's their beefy 680Watt Type RII 680 Watt PSU. A product that costs roughly 120-130 bucks. This PSU immediately will catch your attention die to it's original packaging, the extremely 'out there' paint job and then .. when you look at the front side of the PSU, you'll spot 8 USB connectors. And all that is it next to being an actual PSU.
Oh and next to that, it's just really silent. See the fan control unit on the PSUs keep noise levels to a minimum, based upon normal load. In high-end custom machines the PSU is often one of the biggest noise illicit. Hiper power supplies, especially this model we are testing today offer a quiet alternative. Armed with nice lengthy sleeved cables and connectors for a veritable army of components, the Hiper PSUs are well suited for use in your mod to mid- to high-end systems.
Another advantage, despite the fact that the PSU is rated 680 Watts it can actually peak at 890 Watt, and actually is an energy friendly product .. it has everything to do with it's (advertised) high efficiency topping out at 85%, no worries though, we'll explain and demonstrate that over the next view pages.
The PSU we will be testing today is a SLI/Crossfire ready piece of gear and certainly can chew up anything we throw at it, an investment that'll last a long time as with this PSU your hardware can keep up with you for a while. It's connectors are nicely wrapped in a foil and looks and gives us that sturdy feeling you expect from a quality product.
A PSU with a good feature set with active PFC, short-protection and enough connectivity for the latest high-end components in your system, including a PCI-Express 2.0 8-pins 12 volt rails meaning that this PSU is SLI, and CrossFire ready.
Right, let's head to the next page where we'll discuss some of the features after which we'll dive into a photo shoot, test and verdict.
Oh did I already mention that we spotted this unit for only 125 EUR / 135 USD ? Doesn't sound bad eh ?
