Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 850W 80+ Gold Full Modular SLI/Crossfire Ready ATX 3.0 Standard Power Supply, PCIe Gen.5 12VHPWR Connector Included, PS-TPD-0850FNFAGU-4, 10 Year Warranty

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Toughpower GF3 ARGB series saves energy through its high energy efficiency of up to 90% and is certified to 80 PLUS® Gold. The series has been optimized to work with all generations of Intel processors to achieve maximum energy saving. Thermaltake TOUGHPOWER GF3 ARGB 850w: Unboxing and Closer Look Also to anyone else following earlier posts of mine in this thread. The Hela 1200r sent a new production unit to Cybenetics and it has now passed atx 3.0 certification. Apparently they had sent a pre production unit first and that’s why it failed one of the transient load tests.Probably both use the same PCB, both are CWT production. I couldn't trust it and then returned it because I was going to use it as a rendering and workstation.

Toughpower GF A3 Gold Snow series is completely compatible with Intel ATX 3.0 Specifications which supports up to 200% power excursion, achieves 60% low load efficiency, and meets required power supply timing standards. Featuring a 120 mm fluid bearing fan to deliver excellent airflow. Furthermore, the Smart Zero Fan will not spin until the load exceeds a certain percentage of the power supply, minimizing undesired noise. Top-end build quality with low ripple noise. GF3 1200 W Snow's all ripples are lower than 30 mV on +12V, +5V or +3.3V from 0% to 100% load to ensure a stable operation and keep your performance-critical components to function reliably for longer. Designed with our Smart Zero Fan, the fan will not spin until the load exceeds certain percentage of the power supply, minimizing the fan noise. As the power consumption of graphics cards has increased, so has their demand for power. The GF3 Snow series is designed to support NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards, ready to supply the graphics card according to their different ways of connections.

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PCIe Gen 5.0 Ready! Designed with a native PCIe 12+4pin modular connector, the Toughpower GF3 series is built for the next-gen PCIe 5.0 graphics cards and is compatible with Intel ATX 3.0 specifications. The fully modular Toughpower GF3 series comes in 1650W, 1350W, 1200W, 1000W, 850W and 750W and is built to deliver 80 PLUS Gold efficiency. Aimed at providing the best performance, the Toughpower GF3 1350W includes all the critical features such as < 30mV low ripple noise design, extremely strict voltage regulation < ±3%, hold up time> 17 milliseconds, and comes with 100% high quality Japanese capacitors and other premium components to help deliver continuous and stable power.” Features Not a very high opinion of the company. Its easy to build a functional case and support it since its largely just steel/aluminum/plastic, but required parts like power supplies you can't just skimp on QA and CS. The GF3 1200W is Gold rated by Cybenetics and 80 PLUS, and it also has a Cybenetics Standard noise rating, which shows that this is not a silent operating PSU. A highly aggressive speed profile drives the fluid dynamic bearing fan. The unit’s compact dimensions, with 160mm depth, don’t help the internal airflow. This is why the max operating temperature for continuous full-load operation is restricted at 40°C, while typically, in high-end PSUs is at 50°C. The Toughpower GF A3 Gold series is compatible with Intel ATX 3.0 standards, Intel voltage regulation standards, and its 80 PLUS Gold certified. Don't miss the Toughpower GF A3 Gold series, if you are looking for a high-quality fully modular PSU to support next-gen graphics cards and restricted with your chassis dimensions. Since we don’t currently have access to an ATX load tester, a multimeter shows the PSU performance on the +3.3v, +5v, and +12v rails. Although we can’t do complete load tests, we can provide relative information regarding variance and fluctuation of current and ripple on the rails, which is integral and indicative of the quality of a power supply.

Probably youre right. Mine has cutoff mechanism inside, i can barely hear that something cutting off the power, but you cant control it. To load the power supply, a combination of Cinebench R23 multi-threaded and Furmark will be run to put as much strain on the power supply as possible. After 10 minutes, the readings will be taken. For optimal energy savings, the GF A3 series has been designed to work with all Intel processor generations to operate power efficiently. Electrolytic: 3x Nichicon (2-5,000h @ 105°C, HD), 4x Nichicon (4-10,000h @ 105°C, HE), 1x Rubycon (2-10,000h @ 105°C, YXF), 1x Nippon Chemi-Con (4-10,000h @ 105°C, KY), 1x Nippon Chemi-Con (4-10,000h @ 105°C, KYA)Oct 16th 2023 Thermaltake Unveils Its First Ever Bumblebee-Colored Product in The Tower 200 Mini Chassis Series (19)

All cables are long enough, and the distance between the peripheral connectors is adequate, at 150mm. The number of legacy PCIe connectors is low, and the most important is that they are installed onto two cables only. Nonetheless, the PSU is equipped with a 12+4 pin PCIe connector, able to deliver up to 600W so there is no need to use adapters for powering NVIDIA’s RTX 4000 series graphics cards. Protection Features OCP (Cold @ 26°C) To ensure stability, the GF A3 Snow is made with single +12V rails for delivering power to reach the best compatibility, as well as designed with the LLC and DC to DC circuit for strengthening the voltage regulation. Toughpower GF A3 Gold Snow series saves energy through its high energy efficiency up to 90% and is certified to 80 Plus Gold. It has been optimized to work with all generations of Intel's processors to achieve maximum energy saving. Offers cable selection for users while powering the system at an advantageous voltage. Low-profile flat white cable makes cable management easier, reduces clutter and increases airflow inside the chassis.Toughpower GF A3 Gold series is completely compatible with Intel ATX 3.0 Specifications which supports up to 200% power excursion, achieves 60% low load efficiency, and meets required power supply timing standards. Toughpower GF3 ARGB series is fully compatible with Intel ATX 3.0 Specifications which supports up to 200% power excursion, reaches 70% low load efficiency, and complies with required power supply timing standards. Opening the box, we see the PSU itself covered in foam, ensuring it survives the delivery in one piece. The modular cables have come in a nice cloth bag for some time now, so this is great to see nothing has changed in that department.

Thermaltake is undoubtedly a highly respected manufacturer of PC hardware, peripherals, and components. And especially so when it comes to their power supply designs. Representing one of the few companies who always seemingly have one eye on the future, however, we have recently seen the release of their brand new ToughPower GF3 series of PSUs.I had an issue during ATX v3.0 transient testing for PSUs equipped with 12VHPWR connectors, so you won’t find these tests in the review. I have informed TT to send me a second sample to run the tests, and I will update the review once I have all the data. The lower capacity GF3 models, 750W and 850W, passed the corresponding tests successfully, but things will be tougher for the 1200W model since it will have to go up to 2400W for the 0.1ms transient response test! Given that the highest power spikes I measured in a low-end RTX 4090, by Palit, were 700W, there is no need for the PSU to be able to handle such high power spikes, so the GF3 1200W won’t have an issue with any RTX 4090, even if you push the power limit up to 600W. Still, NVIDIA will raise the bar even higher, asking PSU manufacturers to tune their platforms for up to 235% power spikes! Either NVIDIA knows something that I don’t, or it just prepares the ground for the next generation of GPUs. Either way, 200% power spikes were crazy already, and now the bar will go even higher! The wattage marked on the 12VHPWR's connector is the recommended wattage. (Ref. Intel design guideline) The native 16 PIN (12VHPWR) PCIe connector of the GF A3 650 W & 750 W can deliver up to 300 W for PCIe 5.0 graphics cards. (850 W's 16pin cable: delivers up to 450 W, 1050 W & 1200 W's 16-pin cables: delivers up to 600 W) For this particular review, however, we’ll be taking a closer look at the 1350W variant (Albeit, for the sake of simplicity, from this point on we’ll just refer to it as the ‘Thermaltake ToughPower GF3’). What Does Thermaltake Have to Say? Featuring a 120 mm fluid bearing fan to deliver excellent airflow. Furthermore, the Smart Zero Fan will the fan will not spin until the load exceeds 30% of the power supply, minimizing undesired noise. The GF3 1200W is the highest capacity model of this line, based on a CWT platform. The GF3 1350 and 1650 use a platform provided by High Power, so the design is completely different. Even the modular cables are not electrically compatible. I tried to switch the cables to run EMI tests, and the GF3 1350 I was currently testing politely refused to start since its supervisor IC sensed a short.