Review: thermaltake toughpower 1350w

Thermaltake, a leader in manufacturing high-end power supplies and peripherals for personal computers. He has sent us the Thermaltake Toughpower 1350W power supply, one of the most powerful on the market. Among its most important features are: 80 PLUS Silver certification, 91% efficiency and a wide variety of PCIE connectors for the installation of an NVIDIA Quad SLI or ATI CrossFireX. Do you want to know more about this beast?

Product provided by Thermaltake and Atlas Informática:

THERMALTAKE TOUGHPOWER 1350W FEATURES
Part number	TP-1350M
Type	Intel ATX 12V 2.3 & EPS 12V 2.92
Power and certificate	1350W 80 PLUS SILVER
Color	Black
Fan	140 cm with 120000 hours MTBF.
Dimensions	150mm x 86mm x 200mm
Protections	CE, TUV, FCC, UL, CUL, GOST, BSMI and Active PFC certified.
Connectors	1 x 24-pin (Main) 1 x EPS 12V (8-pin) 1 x EPS / ATX 12V (4 + 4 pins) 8 x Peripherals (4 pins) 1 x FDD (4-pin) 12 x SATA (12 pin) 6 x PCIE (6 + 2 pins) 1 x Peripheral Adapter to PCIE 6 pins · 1 x 8-pin Peripheral to PCIE Adapter
Warranty	5 years.

The Thermaltake Toughpower is a high-end and includes a large arsenal of cables:

We also want to highlight the power of its rails:

Finally, we leave you a useful table that will help you understand the difference in efficiency between the 80 PLUS certificates:

80 PLUS CERTIFICATE
80 PLUS PLATINUM	89-92% EFFICIENCY
80 PLUS GOLD	87% EFFICIENCY
80 PLUS SILVER	85% EFFICIENCY
80 PLUS BRONZE	82% EFFICIENCY
80 PLUS	80% EFFICIENCY

The source comes protected in a robust and heavy box. On its cover we can see all the certifications and its power of 1350w.

At the rear we have all the most important features.

Thermaltake has not forgotten any detail and has protected the fountain and its luxury accessories with polystyrene, cases and covers.

The box includes:

• Thermaltake Toughpower 1350W power supply Modular cables, Power cable, Cable collection, Screws, instruction manual and sticker.

The font is protected with a black cover and the Thermaltake logo is screen printed.

General view of the fountain.

The Thermaltake ToughPower 1350w comes equipped with a CWT core and a 140mm TT1425B fan assembled by 2800 RPM Yate-Loon, 140 CFM flow rate and 48.5dBa loudness.

Integrated on the left side is a Thermaltake sticker and its brand new 80 PLUS Silver certificate.

At the rear of the fountain we find an on / off switch and the power connection.

The font is modular hybrid. This means that the 24-pin and 8-pin ATX cables are fixed, while the PCI Express x6, SATA, Molex and Auxiliary board cables are removable.

The source includes a wide variety of cables (connect 4 graphics) and an infinity of hard drives / optical drives.

All cables come meshed and with excellent quality wiring and connectors.

TESTING BENCH
Processor:	Intel 2500k 3.4GHZ
Base plate:	Asus Sabertooth P67
Memory:	Kingston Hyperx PNP 2x4GB
Heatsink	Corsair H60
HDD	Kingston Hyperx 120gb
Graphic card	SLI Asus Geforce GTX580 Direct CU II
Power supply	Thermaltake Toughpower 1350W

3 = GPU FULL

2 = CPU FULL

1 = IDLE

Thermaltake is one of the best brands in the computing and refrigeration sector. Its 1350w Thermaltake Toughpower power supply has a modular design, 80 PLUS SILVER certification and with up to 8 8-pin PCI connectors for Quad SLI / CrossfireX systems and two + 12V 60A rails.

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This dual lane design and its Japanese capacitors allow us to extreme overclock our entire system. With this 1350W source we will forget about the lack of power.

In our test bench we have verified its excellent idle / idle stability, maximum CPU and GPU load. Its efficiency has been extraordinary with an Intel i5 2500K 5GHZ and a SLI GTX580 Direct CU II system at 925mhz:

• Idle 234W. Maximum CPU load 300W. Maximum GPU load 720W.

In short, the Thermaltake ToughPower 1350W offers us almost unbeatable power and stability on the market. Able to withstand any MultiGPU system (2, 3 or 4 graphics with Overclock) and get maximum efficiency and reliability from our team. Its recommended price ranges from € 210, making it a safe purchase and quality / price for professional gamer / gamer. We want to thank Adrián of Atlas Informática for the transfer of this great power supply. And that from now on it will be part of our test bench.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ POWER.	- NONE.
+ 80 PLUS SILVER CERTIFICATE.
+ MODULAR CABLE MANAGEMENT.
+ EFFICIENT AND ABLE TO HOST UP TO 4 GRAPHICS WITHOUT TOUGHING.
+ PRICE.
+ 5 YEAR WARRANTY.

The Professional Review team awards you the deserved gold and quality / price medals.