Cooler Master V Series 1000 W

[crmaris]

Cooler Master teamed up with Seasonic to make a strong entry into the high-end category where it faces competition using the same OEM (Seasonic). The new V series consists of three models. Today, we will test the strongest one featuring a capacity of 1 kW, a fully modular cabling design, Gold efficiency, and a single +12V rail.

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[Jack1n]

Is it really necessary to have heatsinks at such high efficiency levels?

 

[crmaris]

unfortunately yes. Heatsinks also help in lowering the fan speed especially at lower loads.

 

[PatoRodrigues]

Nice PSU, really nice. Thanks for the review, crmaris!

I'll take a look at availability. Might get this one instead of Seasonic's 1000W Platinum for my build...a

ps: A review on Sunday?! That's new, LOL.

 

[crmaris]

we wanted to break the tradition of not posting reviews on Sundays

 

[Ikaruga]

Thanks for the great review. Seeing only the 4th page would have been worth it alone, but the rest of it were just as good.

 

[McSteel]

It's safe to say that this is the first CM PSU that I will gladly and readily recommend to people who need a ~1kW unit. The V-series is one of the very few moves CM has made over the years, regarding power supplies... I wonder if they'll turn to SuperFlower next? Thanks for the review, crmaris!

 

[hckngrtfakt]

Great review
Almost feels like a direct successor of the silent pro hybrid series, sans the fan Controller

 

[Gabkicks]

Nice review i ordered this and 2 280x's. I wonder if it would be able to handle 3 with my current build. hmmm

 

[Shrek]

unfortunately yes. Heatsinks also help in lowering the fan speed especially at lower loads.

How so? bear with me on this one.

Electronics are actually more efficient when hot, but let's leave this subtlety out.

Now if a component produces say 1W then the heatsink will carry out 1W once equilibrium is reached. Admittedly the component will run hotter, but the heatsink will not and the fan will feel the same load.