CoolerMaster UCP 900W from DriverHeaven

t0ucH

[COLOR="Yellow"]PART 1:[/COLOR]

[COLOR="Lime"]Hello everybody![/COLOR]
Today I finally have some time on my hand to write this little "review" about
the CoolerMaster UCP 900W which I won here on DriverHeaven!
([COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]As always, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH for everything =D [/COLOR])

First of all I want to apologize for not writing this "article" before today.
I recieved the power supply last weekend or something, but I had to much
work to write a solid text about it

Notice [COLOR="Silver"]that I will include everything that I think was positive and negative with this PSU,
eventhough I have nothing to complain about because I was lucky enough to win it, and I appreciate that!
Remember that I don't have much wisdom on this topic, so don't expect any great "subject mere words"
or anything. I just write what I think :P[/COLOR]




So, I finally received the [COLOR="Wheat"]UCP 900[/COLOR] from CoolerMaster! Eventhough it took
about 5-6 weeks from I won it, it's now lying on my table, ready to be used
The shipment came nicely protected, so it didn't had any visible damages.
I don't know the english word, but the picture of the PSU was "sticking out"
of the box! :P This improved the overall quality feeling.



Here are the specifications on the back ([COLOR="Silver"]you probably don't see much
because of the great image quality[/COLOR]):



Atleast you can see that it's "[COLOR="Plum"]Made in China[/COLOR]" :P Hehe, one thing to point out
though is that it has a 80+ silver efficiency! Taken into cosideration that
this is a 900W power supply (!), it's a lot more environment-friendly than
many other brands and PSUs today.

Well, let's unwrap this monster, shall we?



As you can see, the package-work is wonderful! This high-powered PSU
sees norwegian light for the first time, and can flex its muscles after some
time with assembling and installation!! The pack included the PSU with cables,
the manual on paper and on CD, some screws and a warranty card.



[COLOR="Wheat"]Beautiful, isn't it? [/COLOR]
Look at the "house" it's built inside. If you could be here and actually feel
those shiny, metal-like "walls", you would IMIDIETLY know that this
was a quality product.



[COLOR="Silver"]Continue to part 2 ->[/COLOR]

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t0ucH

[color="yellow"]PART 2:[/color]

After the worst happiness was over, I could finally keep installing the CoolerMaster Ultimate 900W.

I decided to replace my old, modular ([COLOR="Silver"]cable management[/COLOR]) Thermaltake
Toughpower 750W which has served me since the early days of 2007.
Now I have 150W extra, so there will not be any power issues when starting
my PC! In addition, I will have great plans next time I'll upgrade my system




The only downsides I can find from replacing my PSU is that my old one was
modular, so it's a lot more cables with the new one. In addition, the old one
had a bigger fan, but that doesn't matter. This is because I've read that the
[COLOR="Wheat"]UCP 900W[/COLOR] is actually cooler than the Toughpower! The new one probably has
a better passive-cooling system

Here is a picture of the cable guts before and after assorting them into what
I will use and what I will tie up.


Finally! I'm finished installing the[COLOR="#f5deb3"] UCP 900W[/COLOR], this is the before and after
pictures of the inside of my PC (the picture might be a bit confusing):



Now that I've installed the PSU correctly, there is one, rather great problem.
The power sockets don't match Here are some pictures of the problem
that arrised:



[COLOR="Lime"]Fortunately[/COLOR], I had an obvious idea: Let's use a power adapter!
And so it happend...




[COLOR="Silver"]Continue to part 3 ->[/COLOR]

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[COLOR="Yellow"]PART 3:[/COLOR]

[COLOR="Lime"]Conclusion[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Orange"]Positive:[/COLOR]
+ GREAT efficiency with a maximum at 88.14 %! (environment-friendly)
+ Physically small, taken into consideration that it delivers 900W!
+ Very silent fan, and supposably a low temperature in addition.
+ Black cable "socks"
+ 5 years warranty for a guy like me in Norway.
+ In addition, we all might agree that it delivers enough power?
[COLOR="#ffa500"]
Negative:[/COLOR]
- Not modular.
- Small fan?
- Wrong power cord (that one only counts for me).


As you can see, this power supply gives a lot of advantages! If I was going to
buy a PSU myself, this one would be taken into consideration
But the funny thing is that I have never seen this PSU being sold in Norway!
So I'm probably on of the few that owns one!!!

[COLOR="#f5deb3"]In addition[/COLOR], I've experienced something strange. It's maybe just placebo, but
it feels like my whole rig is more stable and less hot! :S My fans seem to move
more air than usual, but that may because I cleaned my case when I replaced
the PSU. But it's wierd anyway, because I clean my case quite often.

Nevermind, you don't necesseraly need something to fix when you replace a
piece of hardware! Hehe, you can always upgrade because you have plans
for the future, or just wants more [COLOR="Wheat"]power[/COLOR]
Here is a last picture of my PC up and going (I kind of like to include
a final picture ):



[COLOR="LightBlue"]Again, I would REALLY like to thank DriverHeaven and
CoolerMaster for feeding my PC! In the future it would have starved to
death if I wanted to upgrade additional parts of my computer. [/COLOR]

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Cow_160483

Yo dude nice review and congratulations again on winning the PSU!!

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Decode!
Muhahahahah!

craig5320

Thanks for a very detailed write up, glad you're happy with it! I hope it serves you well!

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Valdeam

Nice write up. Nice work space you have there too.

Valdeam