Date: December 28th, 2006
Article by: Joe Anderson (Hardware Reviewer)
Edited by: Nathan Glentworth (Owner / Head Editor)
Product was submitted by: OCZ Technology <--SHOP FOR A OCZ GAMEXSTREAM 850 WATT POWER SUPPLY HERE
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS AND FEATURES
600W, 700W, & 850W Configurations
NVIDIA® SLI™ Certified
OCZ PowerWhisper™ Technology
Internal 120mm fan
3 year warranty backed by OCZ's exclusive PowerSwap™ replacement program. No more endless return-for-repair loops!
Technical specifications
150 x 140 x 86mm
ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V
OCZ ConnectAll™ universal connectors:
1 x 20+4Pin ATX
1 x 4-pin/8-pin CPU
(supports double CPUs/supplies stable voltage)
2 x PCI-E
6 x 4-pin peripheral
2 x 4-pin floppy
6 x S-ATA
International Part Numbers
600W UK Version - OCZ600GXSSLI-UK
600W Europe Version - OCZ600GXSSLI-EU
700W UK Version - OCZ700GXSSLI-UK
700W Europe Version - OCZ700GXSSLI-EU
850W UK Version - OCZ850GXSSLI-UK
850W Europe Version - OCZ850GXSSLI-EU
The OCZ850GXS is nicely compact for a power supply with this kind of power. Measuring 5.9 X 5.5 X 3.4 inches, this unit should fit in any ATX case with room to spare. Meeting ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V spec, the connectors will support both 20- and 24-pin motherboards with either 4- or 8-pin CPU power sockets. Once confined to the server realm, 8-pin connectors are showing up on high-performance mainstream boards with increasing frequency and native 8-pin support is a welcome feature here. Active PFC is always good to see, especially if you live in an area where the power delivery isn't as smooth as it could be. High efficiency and four +12V rails (18A each) are fairly common in high-end PSUs like this. So why not two 36A rails? Or some other configuration? Well, UL/EN safety specifications limit the power on each rail to 240VA ( VA = Volts x Amperes). The ATX12V spec is even tighter, limiting each rail to 18A. This may change, if it hasn't already, in response to ever-increasing demand by multiple GPU solutions. As we'll see a bit later, the specs on the label differ slightly from the above chart, which was taken from the OCZ website.
PRODUCT COMPOSITION
For around $200-$230 US, you'll get the following:
The retail box is wrapped in plastic and contains the PSU (in bubble-wrap,) the user's guide, a bag of five mounting screws and the power cord.
