Topower sent us their flagship power supply model, the Tiger 1200 Watt, for review today. Topower says it was designed to handle Nvidia's GTX 295 in quad configuration and AMD's most powerful graphics cards. With a pice tag of under $200US, this sounds like a promising unit.
About Topower:
Topower Computer Industrial Co., Ltd. was founded by Mr. Kent Chou, the President and CEO of Topower Group in 1986 in Taipei , Taiwan . Following Mr. Kent Chou's vision, Topower's boards of directors were formed by the most qualified professionals in the computer hardware industry. The main business was started as a manufacturer to produce the switching mode power supply.
Over the years, Topower has expanded its operations outside the pacific rim to Europe, Canada, and the United States to support the company's international sales growth. Topower Computer U.S.A. Inc., Los Angeles, CA branch was established in 1989 to provide immediate support and services the PC market in the U.S.
Topower Products are dedicated to bringing you the latest technology in power supplies and hardwares as it becomes available and to offer a variety of solutions to combat the growing concern of energy efficiency and system stability.
At Topower we continually strive for success and quality products. To improve and develop a wide range of computer products, we have invested heavily in our quality manufacturing process and Research & Development.
Our objective is to provide top quality products for national distributors as well as for ODM and OEM clients. Our focus is to build on the current success of Topower brand so that our brand is recognized world wide as a provider of top quality computing solutions. We will continue to work to maintain the satisfaction of our customers and share the knowledge of our experts - Topower "Dare to be different"
Features and Specifications:
Patented ATX 20+4 slide-in socket for motherboards supporting Intel and AMD multi-processors.
Patented +12V Single and Multiple Rail Switch
Easily convert extra SATA connectors to 4pin molex connectors.
12 Serial ATA power lead for SATA devices
Patented EMI filter added to enhance video performance by stablizing the output current to video cards.
6+2 PCI-Express pin design providing 300W power per rail.
Environmentally Friendly at Over 80% Efficiency.
Hi Speed Mode to combine all Six +12 Rails to one for ultimate stability. Perfect for high end system demands.
Thermal Control Cooling Fan.
REMI Technology for EMI Reduction.
Extra Ground Wire to Further Reduce Static Noise.
Advanced Auto Thermal Fan Design and Heat Dissipation Architecture for Maximized Cooling and Noise Reduction.
Low ripple and noise.
100% Hi-Pot Tested.
Titanium coating mirror case.
The Product:
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The Topower Tiger 1200 arrived in a very interesting box displaying the power supply in the front and showing users that it is a modular unit. The bottom of the box displays the included cable set, what's inside, and the power label. This is something I've never seen any other manufacturer do, and it's nice for the potential user to know what they're getting without having to open up the box and look at the label on the side of the supply itself.
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The side of the box lists the many features of the power supply.
Here's the interesting part: the power supply and all of the included items are stored in drawers that pull out from the box. A very novel idea, and pretty cool the first time you use it.
