Pros: powerfull, silent, 80+ gold, fully modular
Cons: only 6 pci-e cables, some short cables, ugly/loose sleeve
Well, my overall thoughts about this power supply is pretty good, it gets the job done very nicley, but there are some drawbacks with this monster. I upgraded from an AX850, so I will draw some parallels between them.
Lest list the Positive and negative things about it.
Positive:
* 1200Watt, i won't need to upgrade in a long time.
* 7 year guaranty.
* 80+ Gold.
* the 80+ Gold makes it very silent due to more efficient/cooler AC-DC conversion.
* 100% modular.
Negative:
* only 6 pci-e power cables, other PSU's around 1200W often comes with 8.
* pretty expensive, but equal PSU's cost about the same.
* in my opinion not as nice sleeve as my old AX850, much looser and just don't look as nice.
* the 8-pin CPU power cable is kind of short. Or the PSU is to long, i had to put the cable on top of the motherboard instead of behind the motherboard tray to make it reach the top of my motherboard, this due to the fact that the PSU itself blocks the cable management hole i used with my previous PSU.
As i said the positive/negative the biggest problem for me is the cables. The 8-pin CPU cable feels short for being a 2010 power supply. And the sleeve feels flimsy and is not as tight and nice looking as my old AX850.
Overall it's a nice PSU and it gets the job done nicley powering my overclocked CPU and 3-way GPU configuration. But some minor things that do a big impact on the overall feel could've been done in a better way.
Lest list the Positive and negative things about it.
Positive:
* 1200Watt, i won't need to upgrade in a long time.
* 7 year guaranty.
* 80+ Gold.
* the 80+ Gold makes it very silent due to more efficient/cooler AC-DC conversion.
* 100% modular.
Negative:
* only 6 pci-e power cables, other PSU's around 1200W often comes with 8.
* pretty expensive, but equal PSU's cost about the same.
* in my opinion not as nice sleeve as my old AX850, much looser and just don't look as nice.
* the 8-pin CPU power cable is kind of short. Or the PSU is to long, i had to put the cable on top of the motherboard instead of behind the motherboard tray to make it reach the top of my motherboard, this due to the fact that the PSU itself blocks the cable management hole i used with my previous PSU.
As i said the positive/negative the biggest problem for me is the cables. The 8-pin CPU cable feels short for being a 2010 power supply. And the sleeve feels flimsy and is not as tight and nice looking as my old AX850.
Overall it's a nice PSU and it gets the job done nicley powering my overclocked CPU and 3-way GPU configuration. But some minor things that do a big impact on the overall feel could've been done in a better way.
i believe a gtx480 pulls close to 400 watts from the wall, so it would be rather pointless to have more than 6 cables. if you need 8, you probably need a second psu or 1500w+. "trubyd" on youtube had a video with just 3 480s maxing out a 1200w psu and a 4th one running on a second psu. now the 500 series may take less, but you'd probably still wouldn't be able to run 4, and cutting it close even with 3.
ftwpc.com has your extension cable
same with the cpu 8 pin i have to run it over the mobo.