Test Rig:

It is important when testing a high output power supply to load the system with as much hardware as possible and we did just that. The following hardware and software was used in this review.

FLUKE 23 Series II Multimeter
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice core @ 2.65 GHz 1.52v vcore
G.Skill PC4400Le @ 265 MHz 2.5-3-3-6 2.85v
HIS X800XL modded with Zalman VF 700Cu @ 440/1100
DFI NF4 Lanparty SLI-DR
4xWD Raptor 36GB 8MB 10000rpm
2x Samsung P120S 200GB SATA-II 7200 RPM 8MB
NEC 2500A DVD burner
Sony DVD dual layer burner
5 x 120mm fans @ 12V

Software:

Prime95
3Dmark05
PerfectDisk 7
Photoshop CS
ImTOO DVD ripper
Half-Life 2

 

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