Antec TruePower New TP-650 650W Power Supply

Posted by Computer Components For You | All Components, Power Supplies | Sunday 11 July 2010 10:43 pm

Antec TruePower New TP-650 650W Power Supply

The Antec TruePower TP-650 is an overall success in my book. It’s very quiet and supports plenty of juice to all but the most hardcore gamer or amateur PC builder.

The price is, well, a little more than I would like of an Antec in this bracket, but the old adage “you get what you pay for” is relevant here. You do get everything it promises and it performs just as good as any other PS I’ve ever bought—and trust me I have seen some atrociously-butchered homemade power supplies in my time.

Here’s a brief look at the specs that come off of my packaging (love the box design, BTW!):

It’s pin-drop quiet (and I can confirm this).
The 120mm fan contributes to that silence.
It’s very energy efficient.
The Truepower is completely ATX and EPS compliant.
It has industrial-grade inner components (this can be said of most PS’s, though).
4 12 volt output circuits for dedicated CPU usage.
Beautiful modular cables and great placement, front and back.
So far, it’s run at less than 29c the whole time and has been very stable, very few fluctuations.

In addition, the inclusion of BOTH 4 and 6 pin connectors is a breath of fresh air in this power supply. They’re perfect for my SATA and PCI connections and the front-end hard-wired cables make losing them impossible. Furthermore, the 12 volt rail system is laid out fairly well—but would have appreciated a little more literature in the manual for those. However, that’s such a trivial fact (opinion, whatnot) in the case of this PS.

Summing-up, I also love the fact that it has a larger fan than what seems to be the factory standard in the power supply/PC hardware industry.