XFX Will Make Fashion Statement with New PSU Line
Posted 05/25/09 at 12:57:50 PM by Paul Lilly
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XFX has been full of surprises this past year. Five months ago, the one time Nvidia partner announced it would start selling ATI-brand videocards, and now the GPU maker wants to start dabbling in power supplies. An increasingly popular segment, OCZ, Corsair, and BFG are all semi-recent entrants into the PSU landscape.
For XFX's part, the GPU maker looks to kick off its PSU line with the XFX 850 Black Edition (XPS-850W-BES). According to a PowerPoint being shown at Computex, the modular unit boasts "high quality Japansese brand capacitors (105C)," 850W of continuous power at 50C, up to 88 percent efficiency (enough to qualify for the 80 Plus Silver badge), and a single +12V rail providing up to 70A, or 840W.
Though modular, the Black Edition PSU will sport a handful of fixed connections, namely a single 20/24-pin ATX connector, both a 4/8-pin and 8-pin EPS12V connector, and two 6/8-pin PCI-E connectors. Modular cables include two more PCI-E 6/8-pin, a whopping 11 SATA connectors, eight 4-pin Molex connectors, and two 4-pin FDD connectors.
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I was like 'omg, that looks
Submitted by GFC on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 8:57pm
I was like 'omg, that looks awesome'. Although i kinda doubt i'd buy smth like that, prolly wayyy too expensive for me.
Submitted by HitmanHybrid on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 1:49pm
Looks HAWT. I'd hit...
I love the styling and I would consider purchasing one. Modded psu, plus looks=win? Yes, yes it does.
Submitted by Defiant on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 11:29am
Looks neat! I hope they change the base green to other colours like orange and red for different wattages.. But I still like the look of my Corsair tx750 better, I seem to like the style of the Corsair PSU's better than any other one, they are sleek.
I agree
Submitted by Andrew03 on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 6:40pm
I think a good looking computer looks professional and simple. Corsair PSUs look like they should be taken seriously. No monkey business.
Submitted by konata on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 1:09pm
nVidea theme.
Make nVidea graphics cards that match it.
Make a red-black one with ATI cards that match it.
Make this happen.
Making anything more might be too much though.
Submitted by Andrew03 on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 10:54am
This looks cool, but it also looks kinda toyish. I think that kind of design is better suited for video cards.
It would look better...
Submitted by Devo85x on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 10:52am
It would look better with color choices and LEDs, for example: im planning on modding a case I just got and it will probibly be ether black (gloss) or chrome on the inside with bright orange on the outside, with blue lighting, it would look AMAZING if they had this with they grey outside it has now but a choice for an orange fan and connectors
Submitted by sallystudios on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 11:32am
Just mod the power supply when you mod your case; take it apart and paint it
Submitted by Devo85x on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 12:00pm
That's what I planned to do, but buying a power supply like this "should" keep me from having to do that
Submitted by konata on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 1:19pm
How LED's are so coveted.
I think my next build will be made of finished bamboo.
I like cases that don't reiterate the same LED TECHNO crap...
But that's just my opinion.
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