Power Supply

The Ultra Grid includes a V-Series 500W power supply. It is quite sturdy and sports a 12cm fan. The casing is powder coated black, which looks nice.

Ultra has a very unique connector configuration. The 500W power supply only sports 1 PCIe connector, one 4 pin CPU connector. This may be problematic if using SLI or dual core based mainboards with 8 pin CPU connectors. Also 2 SerialATA connectors will most likely not be enough for power users, requiring the use of an adapter. Ultra included a total of 8 12V molex connectors. Most users will not ever use that many connectors. While there are plenty of connectors, there is not really a good balance in the mix of connectors on this power supply.


The ATX power, 4 pin CPU and PCI-E cables are all around 50 cm long, while the 12V molex end up being more than twice the length. You will have a hard time cleaning out the cabling in your case with such a configuration. Especially if you are forced to use both 110cm 12V molex strings.




The 500W power supply is rated quite nicely and will surely power any single VGA system. Still, it does not compare to today's dual rail 450W to 550W power supplies, which supply between 32A to almost 40A. The power supply has a rated efficiency of 70% which is mediocre at best.

The power supply has a voltage switch toward the inside of the case where the user can choose between 110V and 220V. Here it is switched to 220V and ready for use.


The power supply has a few stickers on it to show what quality tests it has passed. The cable tree comes out of a fairly large hole in the power supply chassis. This increases the risk of damage if the cables are pulled to hard. The cables are not sleeved, which will drastically increase cable clutter inside the case.