Product: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad PSU
Website: Product details.
System Requirements: Large ATX case.
Price: Approx. £105 inc. VAT

OCZ RECENTLY supplied us with a sample of the new range of DDR3 products which you can read here.

The company also supplied a new PC Power & Cooling PSU - the Silencer 750W Quad, which we previously used to test the aforementioned memory.

OCZ has been on a bit of a spending spree recently, and purchased PC Power & Cooling, shortly before also picking up Hypersonic.

Thus the arrival of a nice PP&C PSU with the OCZ DDR3.

We've opted to use a press image to show the PSU, as the deluge of cables made it look a mess in our small case. We're now searching for a larger ATX case for this test system.

It also comes in red which is basically the DAAMIT Crossfire branded version. The black one tested has NvidiaSLI certification.

As the name suggests, the PSU is considerably quiet for a high-end 750W power supply. PP&C even supply marketing bumpf explaining the technicalities behind keeping the PSU so quiet, you can see the PDF here.

The amount of cabling is huge - you get a large number of connectors which are all shielded significantly, meaning a standard case will struggle with storing thePSU and it's appendage. Think hard if you have a smaller case.

Fortunately if you have a larger case, and struggle to find PSUs with cables long enough to suit, this is the PSU for you.

The PSU comes with a mammoth 5 year warranty, considering some value PSUs notorious flakiness, this adds huge addition to the value of the product and shouldn't be undervalued when comparing the power supply with a cheaper model with a standard guarantee.

Test system specifications:
MSI P35 Diamond Motherboard
2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 CPU
BFG Nvidia 8800GT graphics card
Creative X-Fi PCIe sound card
3 x 500GB Maxtor SATA HDDs, 1 x DVD-RW
2 x 1GB OCZ 1333MHz DDR3

PP&C rate the PSU at the following specifications:
+5V @ 30A
+12V @ 60A
-12V @ 0.8A
+3.3V @ 24A
+5VSB @ 3A
Continuous = 750W
Peak = 825W

We found the PSU to have the following voltage readings:
+5V @ 4.961V
+12V @ 11.968V
+3.3V @ 3.376V
+5VSB @ 5.064V

Further useful specifications:
NVIDIA SLI Certified (Dual 8800 GTX)
80+ Certified (83%); .99 Active PFC
+12VDC @ 60A on a single rail
24-pin, 8-pin, 4-pin M/B Connectors
Quad PCI-E and 15 Drive Connectors
Automatic Fan Speed Control Circuit
5-Year Warranty and Tech Support
Full specs here (PDF)

In Short
The usual quality, high performance product we've come to expect from PP&C and OCZ.

The Good
5-Year Warranty and Tech Support.
High build quality.
Amazing array of cables and connectors.
Quiet running.

The Bad
You'll need a large case to fit it in.

The Ugly
The amount of cables!

Bartender's Report

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