Under the Hood
Here are a few pictures showing the layout and components inside the Toughpower Cable Management 1350W power supply. Thermaltake appears to once again be using CWT as the OEM for the Toughpower 1350W PSU. The overall layout, build quality and component selection looks good.
The Toughpower 1350W is actually three PSUs in one. The symmetrical layout of the main PCB shows two large PSUs side by side; one producing +12V1 and 3.3V and the other +12V2 and 5V. A separate +5VSB PSU is located on the small PCB at the rear of the unit. The two primary capacitors are made by Nippon Chemi-Con and are rated for 470uF, 400V and 105°C with a combination of solid polymer and electrolytic caps also made by Nippon Chemi-Con populating the secondary side.
With a name like “Cable
With a name like “Cable Management” I though it might have flat, or even individually sleeved cables. Looks like a good product, but someone should tell Thermaltake that they missed out on having the first modular PSU by, oh I don’t know, many years.
I was just thinking the same
I was just thinking the same thing, I’d much prefer it to be fully modular(As with many enthusiasts). Seems they dropped the ball on this one.
Nice PSU never-the-less
It took until about 2003,
It took until about 2003, before I realized that it was pronounced “Thermal Take”. And not “Thermaltalkee” as in, like “shiitake” mushroom. I just thought it was some weird Japanese word. 😀
I was so into this, until I
I was so into this, until I saw the UCC KZG cap pic in the first of the last group. These caps are known to have factory faults, and I have replaced the same series in motherboards before that die without bloating, and on occasion, internally short, blowing out the MOSFETS and sometimes taking the motherboard with them. Thermaltake should of stuck with nichicon, rubycon, panasonic, or sanyo for any lytics