Thermaltake Purepower RX 500W & 600W

INTRODUCTION

Albeit we mostly review high-end power supplies, it would be unwise not to check out what Thermaltake has to offer for folks that don't need 800 Watts. The RX series of power supplies had been recently introduced and are already available to the public. If you remember Toughpower models, they sported four 12V lines and high amperage across all rails.

The boom for SLI / Crossfire cards as well as dual core CPUs brought us a lot of new products in the power supply market. As PC components become more powerful each year, we have to keep up with the power to feed them. This statement shouldn't be taken so seriously as there are plenty of mid range products that require half the power the big boys do. Die shrinks and low power consumption technology provide less budgeted customers to enjoy very best of PC computing.

On today's test bed we have two mid-range power supplies from Thermaltake: Purepower RX 500W and 600W -- both featuring cable management system. Knowing Thermaltake, these will perform marvelously.

Thermaltake is a well known company among enthusiasts. It was founded back in 1999. Their success started with manufacturing high-end CPU coolers and case accessories. The most memorable cooler was the Golden ORB available for both Intel and AMD platforms. The introduction of PC cases, power supply units and liquid cooling systems gave the company a nice head start in the market.

2004 - Restructure of the company in correspondence to the global scale it has grown into: reorganization of patent, channel, chassis, power supplier & computer accessories, and industrial design departments to strengthen organizational management and reinforce our commitment to research and development. Designs cooler for the heat-conducting pipe to the specification of desktop Silent Tower and four other types of CPU. Manufactures fanless power supplier with Fanless PSU. Unveils Tsunami chassis, incorporating the mirror bake-coating technology and a transparent, see-through side-window. Designs 12CM, applying low-noise liquid cooler Big Water which receives AMD's outstanding partner award. Size of net capital now grows to NT 75 million while the cash capital increases to NT 255 million.