Thermaltake ToughPower 550W

Award: Silber Award

Thermaltake ist heutigen Computernutzern ein Begriff. Von Zubehör, wie Moddingartikeln, über Kühler bis hin zu Gehäusen bietet dieser Hersteller ein gro?es Repertoire an Produkten an. Mit dem Toughpower 550W wird die Palette im Netzteilbereich nun...

Spannungswerte ; für aktuelle Systeme geeignet ; Design ; sehr geringe Lautstärke

Das Thermaltake Toughpower 550W ist ein gutes Netzteil zu einem recht hohen Preis von rund 130€. Die Ausstattung ist dank der vielen Anschlüsse recht gut, allerdings wären abnehmbare Kabel bei diesem Preis durchaus zu erwarten gewesen. Dies ist der...

Since that time we have seen some outstanding products, from the globally renowned BigTyphoon CPU cooler to there new TideWater VGA cooler, Thermaltake have been busy, today we are looking at the Tough Power 550W PSU from Thermaltake that offers...

ThermalTake has developed quite a reputation when it comes to solid products and their line of power supplies have been no different. We will take a look at the new ToughPower 550W power supply and see if it holds up to ThermalTake's past reputation.

Final Thoughts I must say this up front; I am very excited about ThermalTake and the new ToughPower Series. The power supply performed very nicely throughout all the testing and was never found overly obtrusive or lacking in power. I did like the...

This PSU proved to be really good and stable. It also has some of the latest features that only the best PSUs in the market have, like separated 12v rails to improve stability, 3% or less variation on the most important rails, active PFC, all kind of...

The Thermaltake ToughPower offers 550 watts to satisfy all your power needs. Two 6-pin PCI-Express connectors are available for SLI or Crossfire. On top of that you have four SATA and eight 5.25" connector. Two independent 12V rails can supply a total...

Extremely stable lines, Two PCI-E video card connectors, Low ripple voltage, Works on 20 pin and 24 pin motherboards, All cables are sleeved

Low efficiency, Expensive, Not very quiet

When I first saw the almost flat voltage lines of the stability test I thought my testing is flawed. I retested and the numbers were indeed correct. The ToughPower 550W offers the most stable lines of all our PSU reviews so far. Especially the 12V line...

Introduction Date 2006-01-30 Provider: Thermaltake Author: Niko Lupala Editor: Amber Lupala Thermaltake Toughpower 550W PSU With todays more demanding computers that run SLI and power demanding processors, the power supplies need to be more powerful....

Sleeved cables ; Well packed ; Powerful ; Loads of connectors ; SLI ready

Loud fan

This is a good power supply but there is a small flaw with it and that is the fan, the fan makes to much noise. It should be around 20dB but I don't think it is as I can clearly hear the noise from it even without being close. Otherwise it worked great...

Award: Reviewer's Choice

Los distintos componentes que forman una PC van avanzando a la par en su carrera por la potencia.Si una maquina es poderosa, necesitará alimentarse con un componente de similares características. Para ello, nada mejor que una fuente como la que veremos...

Excelente calidad de componentes en general ; Abundante cantidad de conectores ; Doble línea de 12V dedicadas ; Excelente relación ruido/potencia/ventilación ; Alta estabilidad de funcionamiento

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Esta fuente puede ser adquirida en dos variantes, con circuito de PFC activo para igualar cargas resistivas e inductivas y sin PFC activo, que es la que probamos. Por lo tanto no tomare como punto en contra esta variante. Centrándonos en lo que ofrece...