OC3D Review: Antec Truepower Quattro 1000w ATX PSU

[JN]

"A PSU with go-faster stripes?? It looks like Antec may have just awoken the boy racer in me!"

Antec Quattro 1000w Review

 

[Mr. Smith]

Bolt on a garrett, dump valve, lets swap out the cams, rad, zorst etc and we'll get 2000w out of it

(Goes to read review)

Edit: rofl

Rumour has it that when Antec set about designing the Quattro, they enlisted help from a group of teenagers found performing hand-brake turns in their local supermarket car park on a Friday night!

 

[nunzio]

Its a Chav PSU!

Just needs the LCD Fan and some neon lights somewhere.

 

[Ham]

Looks pretty dam good tbh (performance wise...). 900odd watt it can keep its rails to spec and only £125.

 

[markkleb]

Silly me but if a PS says 1000watts it should put out 1000 watts in the real world.

 

[FarFarAway]

It probably will, that was just due to our load tester not being able to reach 1000w...yet

 

[markkleb]

oops, my bad.

 

[JN]

oops, my bad.

Yeah, 919w is about as close as we can get to 1000w, after that the load tester hits about 1100w.

 

[markkleb]

Yeah, 919w is about as close as we can get to 1000w, after that the load tester hits about 1100w.

I REALLY need to read the whole review before I go spouting off, lol...very nice review by the way:worship:

 

[JN]

I REALLY need to read the whole review before I go spouting off, lol...very nice review by the way:worship:

You're forgiven...now come 'ere lets av a hug.:cuddle:

 

[markkleb]

:hands: I forgot about all the cool smilies..:wiggle::beerchug::hello::rocker::haha:

 

[AntecRep]

Hybrid Cable Management

Just wanted to note that the reason there's only 5 jacks on the back of the PSU for extra cables is because of all the stuff we have already hardwired into the unit. We prefer to avoid extra connectors in-between the power supply and sensitive parts like the motherboard, CPU, and graphics card.

Also, if your serial number shows that the psu was manufactured within the warranty period, then a receipt is not required.

Hope that's useful information.

 

[markkleb]

Thanks for the clairification. And welcome to OC3D:wavey:

 

[JN]

Just wanted to note that the reason there's only 5 jacks on the back of the PSU for extra cables is because of all the stuff we have already hardwired into the unit. We prefer to avoid extra connectors in-between the power supply and sensitive parts like the motherboard, CPU, and graphics card.

Also, if your serial number shows that the psu was manufactured within the warranty period, then a receipt is not required.

Hope that's useful information.

Hi Antec,

Thanks for joining the forum to clear up some of the points raised in the review.

Indeed the hard-wiring of the ATX, EPS-12v and PCi-E connectors is a very good idea as most/all of these cables will be used anyway. However, if you compare the Quattro with any of these units:

CM Real Power Pro 1kw

Enermax Infiniti 720w

Enermax Galaxy 1kw

Thermaltake ToughPower 1.5kw

They all feature hard wired ATX/PCI-E connectors (some even SATA/Molex) and all have between 8-10 modular plugs available for connectors.

Other than this shortcoming, the Quattro really is a very stable PSU and the price is outstanding.

 

[Bungral]

Quite impressed that the time is taken for someone to join the forum and try to explain things

Welcome to the forum.