PC Power & Cooling Silencer 760W & 910W

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• opc - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - link

  I have a five year old version of the 700W PSU, and it is the only component in my PC that has never once given me a problem, and never once needed to be upgraded. I remember hesitating before pulling the trigger because it was a little more expensive, but I'm really glad I spent a little bit more because it has been well worth it.
  
  The PSU has been running SLI video cards (7800GTX -> 8800GT -> 460GTX) its entire life, along with a power hungry processors (Q6600@3.6GHz) and usually several HDD's and SSD's of various types over the years. It has never missed a beat in all that time.
  
  I really wish there was a product like this in every segment of the PC industry. I've had countless problems with motherboards, memory, HDD's, SSD's, and even processors on occasion. If I could spend a little more on those other items and know that they would last without giving me grief, then I would do it every time.
  
  Hopefully these PSU's are just as well made as they used to be, and if they are, then they definitely get a glowing endorsement from me!
  
  Cheers,
  Owen

• londiste - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - link

  whole, not hole :)

• Spazweasel - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - link

  Hole cooling is important. That painful burn can be a real buzzkill.

• raejae - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - link

  This is entirely meant as constructive criticism... but it seems this article was checked with a spell-checker and nothing else. The grammatical errors, misspellings, and sentence structure make it nearly unreadable... which is disappointing, because I'm very interested by these power supplies.

• cgramer - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - link

  Agreed. I think AnandTech needs to get one or more copyeditors on staff. Despite that, I still love their reviews. :-)

• SilthDraeth - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - link

  I believe English may not be this reviewer's native spoken or written language. I admit it was a bit difficult of a read, but really, it is a psu review.
  
  As long as the numbers on the charts look good. And the conclusion fits the bill, then I believe stressing over the oddly structured sentences is wasted energy.

• cgramer - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - link

  I'm not stressing over it, really. I'm concerned mainly about AnandTech's image. Poorly-written articles (even if they're impressive for having been written by a non-native English speaker) reflect poorly on a site's or publication's level of professionalism. I'm noticing a lack of proofreading and editing in lots of publications lately, including extremely popular print magazines such as Motor Trend or Automobile. It's a shame, really, that quality of writing doesn't seem to matter as much in this online age.
  
  As I said earlier, though, despite the sometimes-rough writing, I do love AnandTech. It's the first place I go for in-depth reviews of computer-related products. :-)

• Meghan54 - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - link

  Completely agree. I've always said this place could use just one competent copy editor. It'd make a world of difference in the professional image of AT, not to mention making the articles an enjoyable read instead of the tedious work it sometimes is right now.

• ajtyeh - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - link

  Sweet deal, it was on slickdeals yesterday, and a bunch of people got in, i cant belive you guys did a rewview right after i bought it. i have never known the reliability of PC power and cooling but after you did this review, it got rid of my buyers remorse.
  
  GO ANANDTECH

• Vinas - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - link

  Still rocking a TurboCool 1200... Bow to me.