WEBVTT 00:00:00.599 --> 00:00:08.160 today we're going to be having a look at NC's Uber EST power supply ever this is 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:12.120 the high current Pro 1200 watt it is an 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:15.799 SLI ready yeah duh SLI ready 80 plus 00:00:12.120 --> 00:00:17.720 gold certified 1200 wat power supply so 00:00:15.799 --> 00:00:21.480 the first thing we're going to do is start ripping open the packaging and 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:26.160 then we're going to show you the packaging then we're going to take off 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:31.119 the box and then we're going to show you the product itself actually I lied today 00:00:29.279 --> 00:00:35.920 we're going to open the box right away because I'm actually really excited to 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:40.079 see this thing this is from everything that I've 00:00:37.120 --> 00:00:46.039 seen pretty much the king of power supplies right now all right the first 00:00:43.559 --> 00:00:51.640 thing we're going to find inside is the hcp 1200 product overview most of the 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:56.399 information here appears to be already on the outside of the box so um you know 00:00:54.719 --> 00:01:00.879 you can decide whether you want to read the documentation inside the box or the 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:06.880 documentation outside the box now anex packaging I have to admit felt a little 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:08.560 flimsy to me initially but now I can see 00:01:06.880 --> 00:01:12.880 why they're doing that the reason that it felt that way is because they've 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:18.240 actually packed it using environmentally friendly cardboard so they've gone with 00:01:15.320 --> 00:01:22.200 two double walled layers of cardboard on all sides of the power supply it fits 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:25.759 together like a little puzzle so if we go ahead and pull the whole thing out 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:30.920 you can see that's how it goes together and so realistically it's going to 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:35.560 provide adequate protection ction versus something like foam but it's also a lot 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:39.119 less damaging to the environment CU it doesn't take so long to break down in a 00:01:37.399 --> 00:01:43.000 landfill or wherever else it happens to be it's also completely recyclable so it 00:01:41.240 --> 00:01:48.479 shouldn't end up in a landfill I guess that's uh an equally valid point all 00:01:45.880 --> 00:01:53.960 right first thing let's do accessories we've got the power cable which as you 00:01:50.439 --> 00:01:57.360 can see is thick this thing is huge I'm 00:01:53.960 --> 00:02:00.719 just going to try and find uh the yes 14 00:01:57.360 --> 00:02:02.479 AWG but it is a normal Power cable so it 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:08.520 doesn't use that special connector that we saw on the Quattro 1200 OC all right 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:13.200 we've got four black screws for mounting it in your case I like those little 00:02:10.119 --> 00:02:15.000 touches black screws just have slightly 00:02:13.200 --> 00:02:19.000 better fit and finish overall when you're doing a really nice build than 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:24.040 silver ones especially if you're using a black case which most of the high-end 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:28.040 ones these days are all right in here we have some modular cables I don't know if 00:02:26.160 --> 00:02:31.760 I mentioned already but this power supply does have cable management or 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:37.280 modular cables all right so why don't we show 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:41.319 the yeah let's no let's show the power supply first and then we'll show the 00:02:39.200 --> 00:02:46.159 modular cables I did want to cover some of the stuff that ante has to say for 00:02:43.879 --> 00:02:49.959 themselves on the box here so I'm just going to put the box back together and 00:02:48.200 --> 00:02:53.760 show you guys this side first all right so it has Universal input that means 00:02:52.040 --> 00:02:58.440 there's no little switch all right it has eight 6 plus two pin connectors so 00:02:56.280 --> 00:03:03.840 that means up to four high-end graphics cards it's ult multicore ready High 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:08.920 current output 30 amps time 8 so it has eight 12vt rails that are rated at 30 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:12.760 amps for their overcurrent protection mind you I've seen this power supply 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:17.640 tested providing up to 40 amps on one rail so it looks like they've built in a 00:03:14.959 --> 00:03:21.640 fair bit of wiggle room for any kind of uh improvements to Hardware that make it 00:03:19.200 --> 00:03:26.239 draw more power on one rail like say for example even higher-end graphics cards 00:03:23.480 --> 00:03:31.040 that are coming all right uh oh right 128 volt okay that's what I said and 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:35.920 then we've also got two 8 Pin power connectors so that means that we're 00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:37.640 certified for EPS 12vt 2.92 one of them 00:03:35.920 --> 00:03:41.799 is a 4 plus4 and the other one is a straight 8 Pin so you can run 00:03:38.959 --> 00:03:46.680 motherboards like the VGA sr2 we've got industrial grade protection 880 mm pwm 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:51.200 fan don't be afraid of the 80 mm fan antech actually specifically calls out 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:55.120 on the other side of their box the way that they have the profile set up for 00:03:52.920 --> 00:04:01.319 this fan is such that up until you hit about 50 to 60% load it's going to stay 00:03:58.079 --> 00:04:03.560 at like pretty much NE negligible 500 to 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:07.239 1,000 RPM that is not going to be Audible and by the time you're ramping 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:14.200 up to the point where I mean remember 50% to 60% load on this power supply is 00:04:10.519 --> 00:04:16.919 600 to 800 watts we're we're talking 00:04:14.200 --> 00:04:20.120 like major major power draws so by the time you're actually pulling 1,000 Watts 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:23.880 out of the power supply and it starts to get loud there's probably something else 00:04:21.919 --> 00:04:27.639 in your rig that's making noise too it's rated for continuous power like every 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:33.520 single antec power supply on the market not Peak power although I have 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:35.280 seen I have actually seen firsthand 00:04:33.520 --> 00:04:40.479 experiences with this power supply pulling eight or providing 1,800 watts 00:04:37.960 --> 00:04:44.199 of power so uh never mind continuous power 1200 watt it can provide a lot 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:49.440 more than that active power factor correction okay we've got Japanese 00:04:45.919 --> 00:04:51.639 branded capacitors we've got the uh uh 00:04:49.440 --> 00:04:55.400 oh yeah eup 201010 certification so that's pretty cool 28 pin CPU I already 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:58.960 talked about that hybrid Cable Management talked about that and DC to 00:04:57.280 --> 00:05:03.840 DC architecture which is mostly interesting to uh PSU Geeks but what it 00:05:01.840 --> 00:05:10.120 basically means is that the power for the 5vt and 3.3 volt rails actually 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:12.320 comes from the 12volt rail just being 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:16.199 adapted rather than having dedicated circuitry for those it's a it's it is a 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:20.560 good approach there's a reason they put it on the side of the box so let's see 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:25.160 the power supply itself it actually kind of reminds me of uh some of their other 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:29.199 high-end products so the antech logo is similar to the one you find on like the 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:32.360 1200 gaming case all right I don't know whether it's going to be visible in your 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:36.319 case depending on how you mount it yeah probably actually so you'll either see 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:40.120 it this way or if you mount it the other way around in your case you're going to 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:44.400 see all of those fancy specs so actually I want the cameraman to come have a look 00:05:41.960 --> 00:05:49.400 you can see all 12vt rails are here they are all rated at a maximum of 30 amps 00:05:47.080 --> 00:05:56.600 and a minimum of 0 amps you can see that the 12vt rails combined are capable of 00:05:52.960 --> 00:05:59.039 1,188 Watts or 99 amps and then they've 00:05:56.600 --> 00:06:03.840 actually broken out the 5 Vol 3.3 volt and the other sort of less important 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:05.400 rails into a separate little chart here 00:06:03.840 --> 00:06:08.360 we've also got the 80 plus gold certification here as well as a couple 00:06:07.160 --> 00:06:12.800 different languages for all the information that we find all right let's 00:06:10.599 --> 00:06:16.240 move around to the side so you can see antech has cleverly made it so that no 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:20.360 matter how you mount this power supply in your case whether it's this way or oh 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:23.800 no okay well it looks like antec really intends for you to mount it this way 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:28.440 because it's going to be right side up for your sticker you're going to be able to see this and you're going to hide the 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:32.639 sticker with all of the little random information on it on the bottom so 00:06:30.919 --> 00:06:39.599 that's probably going to be optimal here at the back we find a oh okay so that's 00:06:35.479 --> 00:06:41.360 an 80 mm San sanoi fan Sano Deni fans 00:06:39.599 --> 00:06:44.520 are renowned for being the highest quality especially when you're under 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:47.800 bolting they're not going to get any ticking or buzzing noises that are going 00:06:46.199 --> 00:06:51.840 to be bothersome so I would expect this power supply to be very very quiet up 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:55.840 until the point where the fan really starts ramping up we've got a power 00:06:53.759 --> 00:07:01.240 switch as well as our power cable input here and then around to the other side 00:06:58.400 --> 00:07:04.800 we've got a Grill at the front you can actually kind of see inside I'm going to 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:09.039 try and get you guys some more light to see in there but this power supply uses 00:07:06.960 --> 00:07:13.360 a dual PCB design so there's actually a PCB on the top of the unit as well as a 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:18.639 PCB on the bottom of the unit that gives them a lot more room to do soldering 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:24.240 rather than having one PCB at the bottom and it also allows them to effectively 00:07:22.479 --> 00:07:28.840 lay out the components internally so there's very little air resistance for 00:07:26.280 --> 00:07:33.840 the 80 mil fan so anc's philosophy is that with an efficient internal layout 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:38.000 you don't need to really pump the RPMs up on the fan in order to draw a lot of 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:41.759 air flow through and cool the components you can actually see clear through to 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:45.080 the to my fingers on the other side can you see that through the camera yeah you 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:49.400 can so that's why even though it's spinning at a low RPM it's able to 00:07:46.840 --> 00:07:53.479 effectively move air through the unit so let's have a look at the pre-attached 00:07:51.080 --> 00:07:58.720 cables and then we will go ahead and take a look at those modular cables as 00:07:56.159 --> 00:08:04.879 well these are a bit of a challenge for me but I'll figure it 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:07.199 out yeah there we go okay sorry so the 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:13.240 first bundle is going to have our 20 plus four pin that is a 24 pin connector 00:08:10.520 --> 00:08:18.599 okay you can see it's actually sleeved um pretty nicely okay antech sleeving 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:23.759 hasn't been my favorite sometimes in the past but uh cuz I mean especially on the 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:28.840 Quattro 1200 they had those uh those capacitors here so they had like kind of 00:08:26.159 --> 00:08:34.159 weird uh lumps on all the cables so this is quite a bit better all right next 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:36.039 we've got the eight pin as well as the 4 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:40.680 plus 4 pin so that's either dual eight pin or single eight pin plus a four pin 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:44.880 all right and then oh we've got another bundle here so it has quite a lot of 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:49.320 pre-attached cables and I hear people criticizing that sometimes however I'm 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:54.200 going to give you guys a bit of a different philosophy on what I think of 00:08:51.880 --> 00:08:59.120 lots of pre-attached cables on a 1200 W power supply because I think it's just 00:08:56.519 --> 00:09:05.200 fine because if you have a 1200 W power supply Fly and You're not running at 00:09:01.800 --> 00:09:08.000 least a 24 pin a single eight pin and 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:13.279 then oh man this is taking me forever to remove I'm sorry guys and then a couple 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:18.560 of high-end graphics cards so four 6 plus two pins then you probably don't 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:22.480 need a 1200 W power supply because if you're not running two graphics cards 00:09:20.079 --> 00:09:27.240 there's pretty much no justification for it whatsoever so in this other bundle 00:09:24.920 --> 00:09:32.200 we're going to find a 6 plus2 pin another 6 plus2 pin once again these are 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:37.160 fully sleeved even the in between lengths okay and then we have another 6 00:09:34.880 --> 00:09:43.240 plus2 pin as well as a 6 plus2 pin I also want to take a second and show you 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:45.519 guys how ante labels those 8 12vt rails 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:49.600 so you can see that the 12vt rail is clearly labeled on the side of the 00:09:47.040 --> 00:09:53.839 connector for these PCIe all right so we've got actually up to 30 amps 00:09:52.079 --> 00:09:59.399 according to the rated specification for the power supply per graphics card 00:09:56.040 --> 00:10:02.200 because every 6 plus2 pin harness okay 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:06.720 so see each each two are actually on their own 12vt Rail and that also goes 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:10.120 for the modular connectors which I'll show you in a minute so the other 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:14.680 pre-attached cables once again I don't mind this because it's only uh three 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:19.040 Molex odds are you need at least a couple MOX for any kind of build that 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:22.000 you're doing and then three SATA cables so after that we've got modular cables 00:10:20.920 --> 00:10:28.360 and I'm going to show you actually something that I really like about this power supply in just a moment so the 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:31.920 first one we got here we go so you can see this one's actually not labeled in 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:36.639 terms of the 12vt rail you know what I should check oh yeah yeah look look look 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:39.279 even the 24 pin as well as the uh 8 Pin 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:44.639 and the 4 plus 4 pin also have labels and each CPU connector has its own 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:47.079 12volt rail as well all right uh here we 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:51.959 go so these are not labeled however they are labeled on the power supply 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:53.079 themselves so 12v 7 12v 8 all right so 00:10:51.959 --> 00:11:00.079 those are where you're going to be able to plug in up to an additional four PCIe 00:10:57.120 --> 00:11:07.040 6 plus 2 pin connectors so that is to say you can have four GTX 580s running 00:11:02.920 --> 00:11:10.880 off of this power supply with no sweat 00:11:07.040 --> 00:11:14.160 whatsoever pretty crazy all right so 00:11:10.880 --> 00:11:17.639 here we go we've got a SATA connector 00:11:14.160 --> 00:11:18.680 here we've got a SATA here we got SATA 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:23.920 here all right let's have a look at what we got included so let's say you're doing a fairly modern build you're not 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:29.360 running a ton of Molex devices you have up to three more modular connectors so 00:11:27.160 --> 00:11:33.160 you can plug in another three of these SATA cables which each have three so 00:11:30.920 --> 00:11:37.440 that is up to 12 SATA devices so you could run you know Blu-ray Drive DVD 00:11:35.040 --> 00:11:41.440 drive and then like a 10 Drive rate array or something directly off the 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:46.000 power supply with zero adapters if you so desired if you don't need so much 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:50.279 SATA you've also got two MOX modular cables so ante is giving you the option 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:54.279 to install whatever it is that you need one of them is three Molex and the other 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:58.040 one is three Mox and one floppy connector so if you actually still need 00:11:55.839 --> 00:12:02.079 one of these yes they have provided one on one of the modular cables now here's 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:07.480 a really cool thing let's say you've only got two graphics cards but you need 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:11.079 all 12 SATA connectors and you need all n nine Molex connectors well here's a 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:18.079 neat one you can take these ones out and then 00:12:14.800 --> 00:12:20.880 you can go ahead and plug a Molex one 00:12:18.079 --> 00:12:26.959 into here look at that bam that simple so that also gives you 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:31.720 the ability to run peripherals off another 12volt rail because the way the 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:35.880 power supply is set up by default okay I'm going to try and find you a mo X 00:12:33.760 --> 00:12:39.160 yeah okay these ones aren't labeled and these aren't labeled but all of the 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:45.560 peripheral connectors so the ones that are pre-attached SATA and Molex as well 00:12:42.160 --> 00:12:48.160 as all three of the uh HDD labeled 00:12:45.560 --> 00:12:52.880 modular connectors are running off 12vt 4 now remember that's 30 amps that's a 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:57.639 lot for water cooling pumps fans hard drives basic stuff you'd have to have a 00:12:55.320 --> 00:13:04.560 lot of stuff hooked up in order to trip that 30 amp OC GP however I actually 00:13:01.680 --> 00:13:08.880 recently did a build with 24 hard drives and I found when I initially booted it 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:12.279 up this was with a Quattro 1200 watt when I initially booted it up I was 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:17.279 getting an error the system was shutting down and what I was able to do with that 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:21.320 one was I had to adapt and use a different 12volt rail to power some of 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:25.040 the hard drives so if you are powering like 24 hard drives and then some other 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:28.120 stuff sorry about that we reached maximum video length which means I 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:31.160 better finish this up pretty quick so anyway I had to use an adap with that 00:13:29.680 --> 00:13:35.079 one suffice to say I would have been able to just take a cable and plug it 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:38.680 into the PCIe connector on this one and that would have taken care of it for Me 00:13:37.160 --> 00:13:41.839 by putting some of the hard drives on a separate 12volt rail so that when they 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:45.639 all spin up at the same time and draw a bunch of juice it doesn't trigger the 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:53.320 ocp so thank you for checking out my unboxing of the antec high current Pro 00:13:49.760 --> 00:13:54.800 1200 watt continuous power 80 plus gold 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:59.320 all that good stuff don't forget to subscribe to Linus techtips for more 00:13:56.399 --> 00:14:02.320 unboxings reviews and other awesome content