OCZ comes to us with a new "High-Performance" computer power supply that sports 650 watts along with fully modular cable management. OCZ tells us "this power supply remains rock solid and stable" under typical load environments. Will this new OCZ offering come in looking worth its $90 price tag and Bronze efficiency rating?
Today we see what OCZ means when it says, "True to our enthusiast roots..." OCZ claims ultra-high efficiency and has gotten an 80plus.org Gold Certification. The 850 watt realm has proved elusive for great power supplies. Now to see if this PSU can garner an [H] "certification?"
We are doing something we have not done before, and that is going back and giving a "failed" PSU a second a look. Ends up that the PSU was labeled incorrectly and therefore gave us some expectations that we probably should not have had. This should also serve as a good overview of our testing expectations as well.
700 watt power supplies are easy to build right? Not really. These “middle of the road” units not only have to put out a lot of quality power, but are probably the most exposed to pricing competition when it comes to big power. We put the screws to the new OCZ ModXStream.
OCZ pulls its namesake into the spotlight again by today launching a newly branded "EliteXStream" power supply. It claims the full 1000 watts of power is available to the enthusiast up to 40 degrees c, so let's push it the limits and beyond and see if it proves to be worthy of the most demanding enthusiast conditions.
We take two very similar OCZ desktop power supplies and give them a through evaluation while getting to the bottom of just what is the true difference between the GameXStream and ProXStream line of PSUs from OCZ. Spend your cash wisely!