Introduction

It's Antec. Antec is best-known for its cases, but its power supply business is growing immensely because of units such as the focus of this review, the TruePower Quattro 1000 W Power Supply Unit. This race-car themed stallion of a power supply delivers a keen 1000 W to an enthusiast's innards. Its four 12V rails are adequate to power just about anything thrown at it. Prepared to be jolted by this review.

Features & Specifications

- NVIDIAT SLIT-ready certified
- 80PLUSr Certified
- Universal Input, automatically adjusts for 100V to 240V power grids
- Active Power Factor Correction (PFC) helps reduce electrical waste
- Supports EPS12V v2.91 and ATX12V systems
- Four 12V output circuits provide supreme system stability
- Accurate power rating allows TruePower Quattro to deliver its full rated power (24 hours a day rated at 50C)
- Up to 85% efficient
- 80mm low noise cooling fan
- Heavy duty protection circuitry prevents damage resulting from short circuits (SCP), over voltages (OVP), under voltages (UVP), and over current (OCP)
- 2 x 8-pin PCI-E connectors and 2 x 6-pin connectors for PCI-Express graphics cards
- MTBF: 100,000 hours
- Safety approvals: UL, CUL, FCC, TuV, CE, C-tick, CCC, CB
- Gold plated connectors for superior conductivity
- AQ5 -Antec Quality five-year parts and labor warranty
- Dimensions: 3.4"(H) x 5.9"(W) x 7.1"(D)
- Net weight: 5.75 lbs / 2.6 kg

Packaging

The Antec TruePower Quattro 1000 W (1 kW) power supply unit, model number TPQ-1000, arrives in a large, primarily white box. It clearly says "1000" on it, marking it as worthy of the title "grand." Also notable on the box is the 80 PLUS certification logo and a sticker denoting the card is able to handle dual graphics cards.

The rear of the box shows many of the aforementioned features, as well as a list of all of the connectors available: one 20+4 pin motherboard connector, one 12V EPS connector, one 12V ATX connector, two 6+2 pin PCI-Express connectors, two 6 pin PCI-Express connectors, eight SATA connectors, nine 4 pin device connectors, and two floppy connectors.

Within the box is excellent packaging, the unit, the connectors, the power cord, and a manual.