Driverheaven: Ultra 600w PSU

After recently reviewing the excellent Xconnect 500w PSU it is with great anticipation today we have on our review bench the new high end 600W PSU from this innovative American company. A power supply is the lifeblood of your system and when using modern processors and graphics cards its imperative to have a clean, constant feed to all your rails to ensure maximum stability and overclockability.

This 600w varies from the Xconnect model we reviewed in the fact it doesnt use the modular xconnect style connectors but the more traditional design as seen in the images directly below. Ultra also offer a 3 year warranty with their products which isnt to be sniffed at.

Specification:

Supports Pentium 4 and AMD CPUs
Low Acoustic noise
Meets ATX Version 2.03 and ATX 12v Version 1.2 specifications
Short Circuit Protection
In-rush Current Protection
Thermal overload cutoff protection
MTBF > 100,000 hours at full load, 110VAC and 25c ambient condition
FCC and UL Approved

Ultra also supply with this PSU an adaptor for those of you contemplating a move to or already using PCIexpress.

Externally and internally the power supply is very impressive, with the high quality titanium finish and reassuring weight mirroring the clean and well designed internal layout.

The "titanium" mirror finish is as high a quality as ive seen, matching the finish of the wonderful OCZ powerstream supplies we reviewed on DriverHeaven in the past.

The internal layout is clean with two high quality 80mm fans handling the airflow .....

2.0 OUTPUT

Max output current	+5v	+3.3v	+12v	-5V	-12V	+5VSB
	28a	28a	29a	0.6A	0.6A	2A

Max combined wattage

232w

348w

7.2w

10w

580w

20w

600w

Over voltage protection

Sense Level	Over Voltage
+5v	6.6v/max
+12v	15.6v/max
+3.3v	4.5V/max

Ultra Products have a campaign running that is aimed directly at Antec PSU users, called the "Trade up to the best!" promotion. Send them your Antec PSU and they will send you up to $50 for it (depending on the model).

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