Final Thoughts and Conclusions
The Thermaltake Toughpower Cable Management 1350W power supply delivered very good efficiency and easily met the 80 PLUS Silver certification criteria, even when operating at higher, real-world operating temperatures. It also delivered very good voltage regulation with clean DC outputs. The Toughpower 1350W PSU includes an excellent assortment of fixed and modular cables with up to eight PCI-E connectors and comes with a 5-year warranty.
The Toughpower Cable Management 1350W power supply is currently available with a retail price of $399.99 USD but can be found online for $304.99 (Mwave.com November 2011).
Strengths:
• 1,350W output (up to 50°C)
• Very good efficiency (meets 80 PLUS Silver standards)
• Very good voltage regulation (±2% on +12V outputs)
• Excellent AC ripple suppression
• Dual +12V outputs can deliver up to 113A total
• Six PCI-E connectors can support multiple high-end graphic adapters
• Active PFC with universal AC input
• Excellent combination of fixed and modular cables/connectors
• 5-year warranty
Weaknesses:
• Nothing bad to say…
Thermaltake Toughpower 1350W Power Supply
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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