PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 750 W Review 11

PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 750 W Review

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Value and Conclusion

  • The PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 750 W has an MSRP of $149.99 for the US market and €115.90 for the EU market.
  • Resilient to high operating temperatures
  • Very good ripple suppression
  • Tight enough voltage regulation at +12V
  • Highly efficient
  • Selectable semi-fanless operation
  • Japanese caps used everywhere
  • 7 year warranty
  • Flat modular cables
  • White case
  • No MOV in the transient filtering stage
  • Voltage regulation on the minor rails could be tighter
  • Hold-up time is lower than the 16ms limit
  • Not so efficient 5VSB rail
  • Please put a sticker below the fan-mode switch to explain its function.
PC P&C managed to close the gap between its high-end Silencer MK3 1200 W flagship and the lower capacity-models of the series by introducing the MK3S750 and MK3S850 units. Today's review sample, the MK3S750, managed to achieve a pretty high overall performance by registering high efficiency throughout its entire operational range, tight voltage regulation at +12V, very good ripple suppression on all rails, and a dead-silent operation at low loads while its semi-fanless operation mode is engaged, and although its MSRP looks kind of high, setting it very close to the tough Platinum competition, the final retail price is usually a few bucks lower, which means the MK3S750 will probably achieve an even higher price/performance ratio.
Our only objection is that it doesn't have an MOV in its transient filtering stage, something that applies to almost all Super Flower platforms we tested so far, but you can connect the PSU to a surge protector or UPS to solve this problem. Also, voltage regulation on the minor rails could be better (this platform usually achieves way better results on its minor rails, so we may have just hit a poor sample), but there is a reason these rails are called "minor". What matters most is the performance of the +12V rail and it did fine.

The smaller, Gold efficiency, Silencer unit does, to conclude, look to be the right choice if you desperately want a white-colored PSU and don't need a 1.2 kW monster, especially if you add to all the above its seven-year warranty, since that makes the Silencer MK3 750W a great-looking deal despite its somewhat high MSRP.
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