Hi all,

We have just published a review of *Silver Power's SP-S850 power
supply*. If you could post a link on your site that would be very much
appreciated.

*Link:*
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/09/26/silver-power-sp-s850-psu/1


*Picture:*
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/09/silver-power-sp-s850-psu/fp_img.jpg


*Quote:
*/So all in all, the Silver Power SP-S850 is a bit of a no frills but
essentially solid PSU - it does what it says on the tin and falls around
mid table in an efficiency list mostly made up of PSUs that are more
expensive and/or lower power. The styling has a quirky retro-esq feel
that to some might be a little too plain, but we kind of like the way it
tries to be different. Not everyone will want the flashy blue LEDs
though and some way to turn these on or off would have been nice.

When you dive a bit deeper though you do find out where Silver Power has
made a few decisions that don't quite cut it in our opinion. It's not
the quietest out there, especially as you ramp up the juice and the
internal heatsinks, while nice and flashy gold, are not as large as some
we've seen - that's part of the reason why the unit needs to get louder
than we'd like.

The 12V power provision is a very high percentage of total which is
good, but the use of different wire gauges (determining resistance and
contributing to efficiency and heat) is inconsistent but not out of line
compared to other units. The biggest blunder we see though is the total
power division between the four rails and the decision to put the entire
PCI-Express graphics on a single 20 Amp rail, yet have two rails for up
to two different CPUs is not the best idea: more people will be using
multi-GPU instead of multi-CPU these days.

With our PC design hat on, we ask that if you're shelling out for a
couple of HD 4870 X2s or a pair GTX 280s in SLI, will you be wanting to
top it off with something equally special or just inexpensive to power
it all? If you're not looking at a high end multi-GPU setup, do you
really need all 850W, or will simply dropping a power grade and going
for something a bit quieter suit instead?

If your mind is made up and you are going to chase the Watts on the
cheap, we feel this Silver Power unit should certainly be a
consideration, but it's not the definitive choice./
*

*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley
www.bit-tech.net