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Antec TruePower Quattro 850W
 
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By Josh Collins
Aug 28, 2007
Tags: Antec | TruePower | Quattro | 850W

A sweet PSU for those wanting to run high end SLI rigs, or with more than 10 hard drives.

Antec is offering some very potent and well-performing PSUs compared to the competition. Moving away from the Channel Well (CWT) OEM units that were used in many of the original TruePower and NeoHE-series power supplies, Antec has adopted Enhance-built units. Enhance is the supplier to other brands such as Cooler Master, Tagan and SilverStone, meaning Antec has a power supply with cousins that hold a substantial part of the market.

Rated at 850W, the unit has been built with the enthusiast in mind. Featuring two 8-pin PCIe connectors and a total of four PCIe power connectors, as well as a plethora of other necessary power connections, the Antec TruePower Quattro 850W is well-equipped for the needs of power-hungry SLI systems with over 10 hard drives. Add to this a colour scheme reminiscent of the V8 supercharged street machines of years gone by, and the Quattro boasts a bit of style as well.

With only a single 80mm fan to cool the unit, we expected it’d actually sound like a V8. Fortunately for our ears and sanity, the Quattro 850W is
very quiet.

Down to the gritty bits, we plugged the unit into our simple Antec power supply tester, which advised that the 12V, 5V and 3.3V rails were operating as specified. From here, we connected the system to an ASUS L1N64-SLI WS motherboard packed with 4GB memory, a pair of AMD FX-74 processors, an 8800 GTX and Western Digital 750GB WD7500AAKS hard drive.

The 12V rail reported a slightly higher 12.16V, the 5V reading being close to normal at 5.086V and the 3.3V reading slightly lower at 3.232V.

With sleeved modular cables, a quiet 80mm fan, a dashing set of GT stripes and competent performance, the new Antec TruePower Quattro 850W is an extremely tasty PSU we have no problems recommending.




 
Product Info
Specs:
ATX PSU; 24-pin ATX; 4-pin ATX 12V; 8-pin EPS 12v; 2x 6-pin PCIe; 2x 8-pin PCIe; 9x 4-pin power; 8x SATA; 2x floppy.
Supplier:
Price when reviewed:
AUD$330
price check*
$208.00 Antec 850W TruePower Quattro ATX & EPS 12V Power Supply, Modular Cables, Fo...
Umart Online - Melbourne (VIC)
$208.00 Antec 850W TruePower Quattro ATX & EPS 12V Power Supply, Modular Cables, Fo...
UMart Online - Brisbane Southside (QLD)
$208.00 Antec 850W TruePower Quattro ATX & EPS 12V Power Supply, Modular Cables, Fo...
UMart Online - QLD (QLD)
$208.00 Antec 850W TruePower Quattro ATX & EPS 12V Power Supply, Modular Cables, Fo...
UMart Online - Gold Coast (QLD)
$209.00 (VIC Clayton) Antec TruePower Quattro TPQ-850W TPQ 850W PSU
MSY (NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA)
$209.00 Antec 850W TruePower Quattro ATX & EPS 12V Power Supply
PCDIY (NSW, VIC)
*Products and prices sourced from staticICE and are in no way associated with Atomic MPC Powered by
 
This article appeared in the September, 2007 issue of Atomic.

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