Review Thermaltake Power Express 650 – Affordable Power for Your High-end Graphics

Conclusions

A high-end Core i7 930 (overclocked to 4 GHz) system running on a 460 watt PSU, now that’s interesting! By using the Thermaltake Power Express 650, we took a large part of load off the main PSU that would normally be supplied to the graphics card, enabling it to provide adequate amount of power to the rest of the components. Together, both PSUs cost US$ 80-90, significantly cheaper than the 850-watt unit we used to power up this rig with.

There are a few drawbacks though. First of all, the Thermaltake Power Express 650 would occupy two of your casing’s 5,25 inch front drive bays. Even with our full tower casing, we were still experiencing difficulties trying to fit the unit inside its intended place. The main power cable runs from the Power Express 650 and across the space in the middle of our casing before it exits through the backplate. That could be very inconvenient if there was already a myriad of crisscrossing cables within your casing. The 8 cm, 3000 RPM fan also generates quite a lot of noise.

Still, the unbelievably low price and high output capacity are tough to beat. We would easily recommend this graphics card-only PSU to anyone who found themselves lacking some juice to power up their high-end graphics card.