DH Review: Hiper Type M 670w Power Supply

Zardon · May 3, 2007, 06:10 PM

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"High Performance Group, most commonly referred to as Hiper, is a newly found UK based company which has became well known for their high performance power supply units. Hiper acquired most of their fame for the Type-R series which was released a few years ago. The Type-R series were high performance modular units but a lot of attention was given on their aesthetics factor. Today we will take a look at another approach from Hiper, the Type-M series. The Type-M series are not modular and look quite simple, but they are considerably cheaper than the Type-R series and apparently perform just as well or even better. We will soon see if they are worth your time and money."

Necrosis · May 4, 2007, 02:30 AM

Great review, and good job on whoever did the solder job on the load box.

BWX · May 4, 2007, 03:00 AM

Nice- DH is doing "real" PSU reviews!! (so much more informative)

Awesome test setup. edit- and review of course.

Vampyromaniac · May 4, 2007, 05:30 AM

Grace rocks!

Grace · May 4, 2007, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Necrosis

Great review, and good job on whoever did the solder job on the load box.

Actually, the soldering took time but it was quite easy. Modifying the box to fit the components was frustrating though. It took quite a bit of dremel work and some 'exotic' materials which was hard to find.

It was worth it though, as now we have a complete PSU bench which can be easily tuned to fit any PSU, no matter the connectors or power specifications.

brutusmaximus · May 4, 2007, 09:07 AM

brilliant review, very informative and certainly far superior to most other reviews ive seen on competiting tech sites.

swimtech · May 7, 2007, 03:13 AM

That load box is simply outstanding, and practical - yes, too cool - it really is just gorgeous. God knows that'll be a true collector's item one day... Thank you Grace!

The PSU looks very good - the load variations you recorded during your 30-100% load session shows the unit to be nicely responsive, and I'm in the market for a PSU so I'll be looking for this one...

Kudos again!

Dyre Straits · May 7, 2007, 08:49 AM

Excellent review. AND, I love the new test unit.

May 3, 2007, 06:10 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	DH Review: Hiper Type M 670w Power Supply Read The Review Here ________________________________ Here at Driver Heaven we strive to provide you with useful and thorough reviews and for that we have built a custom power supply testing station which allows us to efficiently analyse any consumer and industrial AC to DC power supply unit available. "High Performance Group, most commonly referred to as Hiper, is a newly found UK based company which has became well known for their high performance power supply units. Hiper acquired most of their fame for the Type-R series which was released a few years ago. The Type-R series were high performance modular units but a lot of attention was given on their aesthetics factor. Today we will take a look at another approach from Hiper, the Type-M series. The Type-M series are not modular and look quite simple, but they are considerably cheaper than the Type-R series and apparently perform just as well or even better. We will soon see if they are worth your time and money."

May 4, 2007, 03:00 AM	#3
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Nice- DH is doing "real" PSU reviews!! (so much more informative) Awesome test setup. edit- and review of course. __________________ Last edited by BWX; May 4, 2007 at 03:09 AM.

May 4, 2007, 05:30 AM	#4
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	Grace rocks! __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

May 4, 2007, 09:07 AM	#6
brutusmaximus DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 520 Rep Power: 76	brilliant review, very informative and certainly far superior to most other reviews ive seen on competiting tech sites. __________________

May 7, 2007, 03:13 AM	#7
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	That load box is simply outstanding, and practical - yes, too cool - it really is just gorgeous. God knows that'll be a true collector's item one day... Thank you Grace! The PSU looks very good - the load variations you recorded during your 30-100% load session shows the unit to be nicely responsive, and I'm in the market for a PSU so I'll be looking for this one... Kudos again! __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

May 4, 2007, 02:30 AM	#2
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Great review, and good job on whoever did the solder job on the load box.