Tagan 2-Force II 900W

A decent little 900 watter.

Taking a close look at the Tagan 2-Force II 900W, you could easily mistake it for a 450W PSU purely thanks to the size of the unit. Measuring in at 16cm of depth, this is a compact unit when compared to others with similar wattage output.

The PSU features six 12V rails in its design, with a maximum output of 20A across each rail and a maximum combined output of 70A across the 12V rails, which equates to 840W of power. With a maximum total wattage output of 900W, the unit is clearly designed with the power user and enthusiast in mind.

To test, we configured a system consisting of an ASUS L1N64-SLI WS motherboard, packed with a pair of AMD FX-74 processors rated at 3GHz each, 4GB of memory, an 8800 GTX, followed by a Western Digital 750GB WD7500AAKS hard drive.

While testing this unit, we had a sense of ‘almost but not quite’ when it came to obtaining, and maintaining, standard spec voltages. With the 12V rail holding out at 11.904V, the 5V scoring 4.999V and the 3.3V hitting 3.296V.

Nonetheless, these ever-so-slightly under-par readings are within the ATX12V specification and although they’re not strictly hitting the necessary voltages, such as the Hiper Type-R MKII 770W did, it is not yet at a level that would trigger alarm bells.

The Tagan 2-Force II 900W unit offers completely sleeved cabling to help aid airflow and general tidiness within the case. The four PCIe power connectors are particularly nice, being covered by a smooth and flexible plastic coating over the braided sleeving, moving away from the traditional bare-braided sleeves found on the rest of the cables on this unit, as well as other PSUs.

Overall, the Tagan offers a compact design with a high output, however for those looking for a PSU within the excessively high wattage market, we advise towards a single rail, high amperage PSU.