Gigabyte ODIN 470W

Packaging & Contents

The ODIN power supply ships in a full color box, with a small plastic handle up top. The front does not have an image of the PSU, but clearly shows what wattage you are getting. The rear goes into greater detail on the unit and also has an image of the PSU itself. One thing I noticed right away, is the lack of an 80Plus sticker. Considering the fact, that Gigabyte is marketing this PSU under the same name as their high-end series there is a distinct difference between the plain ODIN brand and the ODIN GT & PRO series. Some may feel a bit mislead when they opt for these plain variant and because they have heard good things of the GT or PRO versions, just to notice that they could have gotten other brands with a better feature set for the same price.


The PSU is simply placed inside the box, only protected by a bubble wrap bag. Besides the power supply, you get a power cable.

A Closer Look

The ODIN 470W does look good in front of the camera, but the unit is extremely light. In case of power supplies, this is usually a bad sign. Light means less components and heatsinks, while heavy means more such parts.


The 120 mm fan is black, while all other ODIN units have a clear, LED unit. The PSU grill is nothing out of the ordinary and there is no switch two select 110 or 220V. The power supply autodetects the supplied input voltage. Here you can also see the very compact heatsinks and fairly small number of components within the unit itself.


Taking a look at the sticker of the ODIN finally confirm our suspicions all along. While most brand name PSU are rated by their maximum combined wattage, the ODIN 470 W uses the possible peak as rating. This unit only manages 400W of continuous output. Another negative aspect are the two weak 12 V rails. 14 and 15 A is simply way too little. To give you some comparison numbers: The Enermax PRO82+ 385W, which costs just about the same, supplies 20A on each rail, and has an efficiency of 82%.

This leaves us sorely dissapointed by the Gigabyte ODIN, as you can either get much higher quality units for the same price or pay around half the price of the ODIN 470W and get the exact same specifications. There is simply no way we can recommend this unit.