Ultra X-Finity & X-Pro 800W Power Supplies
By Greg King
July 5, 2007

Just last week, we took a look at a rather powerful power supply in the form of the Tagan Silver Power SP-1000W. In the review, we loaded up the rails with as many drives and peripherals as we could and all the while, we monitored the rails with our trusty multimeter.

As interesting that is was, we ultimately came to the conclusion that while a 1Kw power supply was incredible to have in your PC, virtually everyone but the most hard core gamer will not need something this powerful. Taking a slight step down the power ladder, we are now taking a look at a pair of power supplies from Ultra, the X-Pro and X-Finity 800W.

While the Ultras lack the extra 200 Watts of the Tagan, they are still more than most will need in the immediate future. Ultra isn’t a stranger to anyone who has researched power supplies anytime in the past few years. Bursting onto the scene with their Ultra-X modular power supplies, the quickly made a name for themselves with the then new idea of allowing the user to pick and choose which cables the wanted to use and which ones they didn’t.

While the pair we are looking at today lack the modular design, they do offer plenty of connections and each come armed with a different approach to keeping the cables in order. In our Silver Power review, we attempted, at the very least, to hook as many devices as we could to the power supply and run it all out.

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