Antec 1200W High Current Pro Gaming Power Supply – The ultimate power source

 

 

The latest entry into its illustrious line-up is the Antec 1200W High Current Pro PSU, a power supply that without any doubt does justice to the reputation of Antec as a premier company in this domain. Armed with several outstanding features, Antec 1200W HCP PSU has the capacity to meet the demands of your PC and give you efficient service.

 

 

Antec 1200W HCP PSU belongs to the High Current series from Antec and has all the ingredients that can make it the leader in power supply for high performing PCs. Its predecessors, like Delta unit SG-850, performed extraordinarily well and we can expect the same from this product as it belongs to the same family.

 

 

Let us now take a look at what this product has to offer to us. Released in October last year, this product impresses us with its myriad of properties. For instance, it has high current output so that it can aid in better graphic compatibility, a basic prerequisite of any world class power supply. Antec says that this product has been furnished with 80 Plus gold certification as well as gold terminals and it has an efficiency level of up to 92 percent. It also has a heavy-gauge 16 AWG CPU power cable which effectively diminishes electrical resistance and thus ensures better power supply. We find that this product has the competence to deliver up to 99 percent of its power potential via its eight +12V rails, which is quite amazing.

 

 

As far as the performance of Antec 1200W HCP PSU is concerned, we discover that it can give you a continuous power supply of 1,200 watts. In case of ordinary power supply equipments, we sometimes face the problem of overloading but with this new product from the house of Antec you can bid adieu to this common problem. Antec 1200W HCP PSU has been built keeping this factor in mind and hence has been equipped with a very active Over Current Protection (OCP) set to 30A that will protect your computer from damage due to overloading of current.

 

 

This product also has quite efficacious Over Voltage Protection (OCP), Short Circuit Protection (SCP), Over Power Protection(OPP) and Over Thermal Protection (OTP) systems. All these features will really offer wonderful protection to your computer without creating any hindrances or like slowing down your computer. Thus you can work for long hours on your computer without worrying about overloading or short circuit as this power supply has taken the responsibility to deal with these nuisances.

 

Let us now take a look at the cooling system of this power supply. An efficient cooling system works wonders for a power supply and so whenever we look at any power supply we focus on it. Thankfully,Antec 1200W HCP PSU scores well in this sphere also. It has an 80mm double ball bearing Pulse -width Modulation (PWM) fan that is surprisingly quiet. This is a noteworthy feature as 80 mm cooling fans do not usually work silently. So, you will not be troubled with any irritating noise while you are doing your important project on you PC.

 

 

The general outlook of the product is also eye-catching. We find that it has twin PCBs facing each other, one at the top and the other at the bottom. While this feature is not unique, Antec has

made certain changes which gives this product a distinctive style. Unlike other products where the primary is on the first PCB and secondary is fitted to the second PCB ,this power supply has primary on the first PCB and both primary and secondary on the second PCB. Now this is indeed a new feature!

This power supply also does not have a Delta EMI filter on the AC though it has been designed by Delta. Instead we find that this product has a tiny capacitor and a diode with wires enveloping the ferrite core.

 

One major problem that plagues any ordinary power supply is its inability to deal with sudden rush of current that threatens to overpower the system. In Antec 1200W HCP PSU, a Hong Fa relay along with a thermistor has been used and these twin features successfully prevent the sudden influx of current and thus provide protection to your PC.

 

 

In any power supply, the transformer has a major role to play in providing efficient energy. We see that   the transformer of Antec 1200W HCP PSU has been fixed with several unique properties. It is a one step transformer that is connected to the MOSFETs. The AC voltage transformer is tied with the AC to +12V transistors. The later then percolates through a number of Chemi-con electroytic capacitor. The heatsink for the transformer has mini metal plates that also operates as heatsinks for the DC to DC MOSFETs.

 

Last but not the least; let us look at the modular interface of this product from Antec. It is pretty dense but surprisingly it is spacious enough to comfortably encapsulate within itself a number of properties that can support +3.3V,+5V.+12V rails with great dexterity.

 

 

We can quite easily realize that the Antec 1200W HCP PSU is the power supply to have for your PC amongst the several choices that are available in the market. This is not really surprising owing to Antec's impressive track record and overall quality of its product line. Antec is known to manufacture really high end products and this new power supply from the Antec family is no exception. There are only a handful of power supply in the 1200W range available in the market and Antec 1200W HCP PSU is way ahead of them. It has outstanding built, amazing voltage quality and DC output quality besides a very efficient OCP capacity. What more, this product is affordable as well. We can thus say that this new product is a formidable, affordable and efficient offering from Antec family.