Introduction

In Win, purveyor of many fine cases which ThinkComputers reviewed throughout the years, recently burst into the power supply market with its PowerMan line of high-wattage units. Decorated like military hardware and supplying 1200 or 1500 watts of sweet, sweet electricity, the PowerMan series is ready to ensure your weapon of newb destruction is solidly juiced. ThinkComputers locks and loads the PowerMan 1200W in this review.

Features & Specifications

- Quad independent 12V Rails
- High Efficiency >80%
- SLI Certified
- Active Power Factor Correction (PF> 0.9)
- High efficiency voltage transfer technology for Double Forward Circuit Design
- Intelligent fan speed control provides silent operation
- 14cm two-ball bearing fan for quiet and reliable performance
- 6+2 pin PCI_E connectors to support high-end graphic card
- Modularized Cable Design
- Support ATX 12V 2.3/ EPS 12V 2.91
- Provides Over Current, Over Voltage, Over power, Under Voltage and Short Circuit protections to maximum safety
- 3 Year Warranty

Packaging

The PowerMan 1200W is enclosed in a jungle camouflaged box with military-style sprayed lettering. It's very nondescript, and the lay user would probably not even realize it's a power supply box. The "1200 W 100-240 V 47-63 Hz 15 A" gives it away to those of us in-the-know, though.

The rear of the box bears difficult-to-read specifications. Black on dark green isn't a very good combination, In Win. Moreover, the lack of a mention of it actually being an In Win product is surprising. It wasn't until I read the instruction manual did I realize that it was actually an In Win product; Bob left me in suspense.

The unit is packed profusely with foam and all kinds of goodies within. In addition to the unit itself, there is the manual (more on that in the next paragraph), a power cord, some screws, the modular cables, a carrying folder for the cables, and a carrying sack for the PSU itself. The inclusion of a carrying sack for the PSU is somewhat strange, considering that the unit will be inside a computer and rarely removed, if ever. The manual is virtually unreadable: again with the black text on a dark background! The text is on a map of the southern United States, but the map is not light enough to let the text of the instructions stand out. Poor marketing decision #2, In Win.