OCZ 750W Fatal1ty Series PSU Review
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OCZ 750W Fatal1ty Series PSU Review
?by David Mitchelson
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?17-09-10
Closer Look
The Fatal1ty 750W unit comes in a traditional ‘Fatal1ty’ styled box. Red being the principal colour. There are various details on the front and rear of the box showing that this unit is SLi ready and comes with an attractive 5 years warranty.
Within the box there is an assortment of extras. Inside there is of course the unit itself, an instructions manual, a small zip-up bag containing modular cables. Aside from this there is only the power cables.
The bundles cables are quite special because they do not conform to the typical nylon netting type covering. All the cables that come with the Fatal1ty 750W incorporate a flat insulating plastic that surely is aimed at optimising the cable management within the case. To me this is a fantastic idea, it keeps cables together and to a low-profile thus making it easy to keep things tidy inside your case.
Of the modular cables included, we have 4 x 6+2-pin PCI-E — 6 x Peripheral — 2 x Floppy — 6 x SATA. Hot wired into the PSU we have — 1 x 20/24-pin ATX — 1 x 8-pin CPU — 1 x 4+4-pin CPU. So things have been kept to a minimum with the already wired cables. There is plenty of options to choose from with 8 sockets on the PSU to plug into.
The Fatal1ty 750W certainly looks like an impressive unit. It comes in a deep grey colour on one side there is a metal plate attached featuring a specification table for the rails. Unfortunately though, if you are to mount this at the bottom of your case, this plate will be tucked away facing the motherboard tray and instead you will have a plain grey side facing you.
The ratings indicate that the unit provides up to 18A for each of the 4 +12v rails. The 5v rail provides 30A and the 3.3v 28A. More than capable of running multiple graphics cards.
This unit features a 135mm double ball-bearing fan with red LED. Slightly larger than most PSU’s that feature 120mm fans.
Opening the Fatal1ty 750W unit up, you will notice the insides are quite cramped. The heatsinks are moderate in size. Some units have bigger heatsinks than those found in this particular unit. The cabling does seem quite messy, but they aren’t touching any of the other components or heatsinks. The only other thing worth mentioning is that the key capacitor has a tolerance rating of 100C+ and our unit claims to not exceed 75C at continuous power.
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OCZ Fatal1ty 750 W Power Supply Review
An in-depth test with this 750 W power supply from OCZ with modular cabling, 80 Plus Bronze certification and labeled at 45º C.
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Introduction
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After buying PC Power & Cooling, OCZ decided to keep selling power supplies without modular cabling system and with a single +12 V rail under that brand, and sell under their own brand only products with modular cabling system. Fatal1ty 750 W is, therefore, a unit with this feature.
Because of this new direction, OCZ discontinued their Fatal1ty 700 W unit, which didn’t have a modular cabling system and had a single +12 V rail. Even thought they share the same name both units are completely different internally.
The Fatal1ty 750 W is manufactured by Highpower.
Figure 1: OCZ Fatal1ty 750 W power supply.
Figure 2: OCZ Fatal1ty 750 W power supply.
OCZ Fatal1ty 750 W is 6 19/64” (160 mm) deep, using a 135 mm fan on its bottom and featuring active PFC, of course.
The reviewed power supply has a modular cabling system with eight connectors (four red ones for video cards and four black ones for SATA/peripheral cables) and it comes with three cables permanently attached to the unit.
The cables included are the following:
- Main motherboard cable with a 20/24-pin connector, 16 ½” (42 cm) long (permanently attached to the power supply).
- One cable with two ATX12V connectors that together form an EPS12V connector, 17 ¾” (45 cm) long (permanently attached to the power supply).
- One cable with one EPS12V connector, 17 ¾” (45 cm) long (permanently attached to the power supply).
- Four cables with one six/eight-pin auxiliary power connector for video cards each, 17 ¾” (45 cm) long (modular cabling system).
- Two cables with three SATA power connectors each, 17 ¾” (45 cm) to the first connector, 5 7/8” (15 cm) between connectors (modular cabling system).
- Two cables with three standard peripheral power connectors and one floppy disk drive power connector each, 17 ¾” (45 cm) to the first connector, 5 7/8” (15 cm) between connectors (modular cabling system).
All wires are 18 AWG, except the +12 V (yellow) and +3.3 V (orange) wires on the main motherboard cable and the ATX12V/EPS12V connector, which are 16 AWG, i.