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Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 600W Review

Since it began in 2003, the 80 plus certification program has been widely adopted as the de facto standard whereby high end power supply units undergo rigorous testing to ensure they meet the standards set to ascertain an 80 plus certfication. It’s only in the last few years that we’ve seen the marketing buffs go to town with the 80 plus branding, but do the PSU’s actually perform as the claims may suggest?

Cooler Master have been producing power supplies for around 6 years now and have recently launched a range of 80 plus Gold power supplies, aptly named the “Silent Pro Gold Series.” A range of wattages from 600W to 1200W are available, but we’ll be taking a look at the 600W unit today.

To achieve an 80 plus gold certification the PSU must reach 87%, 90%, 87% efficiency levels at 20%, 50%, and 100% loads respectively, so these are also the loading levels we’ll be using to test the Silent Pro M Gold 600W, along with our Corsair HX 620W and Corsair HX 650W for the basis of comparison. Obviously these PSU’s aren’t rated for 80 plus gold, but a review without some form of comparison wouldn’t be of much interest.

Before I go any further I’d like to point out that if I hadn’t been invited to Cooler Master’s labs to use their PSU testing equipment today’s review wouldn’t have been possible. A big thumbs up to you all for trusting me not to break your expensive equipment!

So let’s take a look at what Cooler Master are offering with their Silent Pro Gold 600W in regards to Specification:

On the next page we take a closer look at the Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold.

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Tags: 600W, Cooler Master, Power Supply, PSU, Silent Pro Gold