Final Thoughts and Conclusions
One thing I haven’t mentioned yet in this review is the listed value for Peak Power Output. At GotFrag Hardware, we despise peak power outputs. To us, when a manufacturer lists a number for peak power output, it’s like saying this is what your power supply COULD do, but it’s not going to do that. Peak power consumption is the amount of power your supply can deliver if each rail was loaded to 100% simultaneously. This is largely irrelevant information considering having every rail loaded to 100% will never happen in any situation, other than a testing lab with expensive electrical testing equipment. The number is misleading to users who base their purchases off of high numbers and think they are getting something they really aren’t. In all fairness, PCP&C does not market the Silencer 750 EPS12V with the peak output number; in fact, the continuous output of 750W is used in the product name. However, we really don’t like the fact that it’s even there.

Another issue I would like to address concerns safety. While the risk of being electrocuted by your computer is pretty low, it is there nonetheless. On standard home AC wall sockets at 110V, the amount of current needed to severely injure a human is a mere 60-100mA. One mA is equal to .001 A. For DC at 110V, the amount of amperage needed to injure human is higher, around 300mA. It stands to figure then that at 12V it would be rather difficult to be electrocuted. Well, this is not the case thanks to the extremely high current that can be found in modern power supplies. Doing the math from the information above, it is evident that a current of 3A would be dangerous on a 12V DC source. The Silencer 750 EPS12V has 60A on the 12V rail. This sort of current running through your body will, more likely than not, send your heart into immediate cardiac arrest. A kid playing around with a screw driver stands no chance if he gets shocked. This is one of the main reasons that messing around inside power supplies is highly discouraged by just about every sane organization there is. So our warning is: DO NOT play around with power supplies. The high current supplied by the Silencer 750 EPS12V is especially dangerous. I can’t really take any points off for this reason though, because it is what it is.

In fact, the very thing that makes the power supply so potentially dangerous is what I believe to be its biggest strength. One strong +12V rail is in many ways superior to multiple, weaker rails, the main advantage being not having to balance the load. This strong +12V rail, in conjunction with unflinchingly stable output voltages, makes the Silencer 750 EPS12V an amazing power supply. At $200, it is priced right in line with where you would expect it to be for a 750 Watt power supply. However, one thing we were very pleased to see with the pricing of the Silencer 750 was the lack of the PCP&C premium. PCP&C power supplies are usually priced significantly higher than their comparable competition; this is not the case with the Silencer 750. Another issue I did not discuss in the review is that of sound output. This power supply, while not the quietest one I’ve heard, is very quiet in comparison to the Antec SmartPower 450 for instance. While it’s hard for me to judge if it lives up to its name, I can easily say that the Silencer 750 will not be the loudest component in your system, unless you have some crazy quiet media center PC.

Pros
+ Affordable (relatively)
+ Single, powerful +12V rail
+ ROCK SOLID output voltages
+ High efficiency
+ Quiet
+ PCP&C support
Cons
- Kind of ugly
- Not Modular
Rating
9.8 out of 10

A 750 Watt power supply at this price point needs to be quite a performer. The Silencer 750 EPS12V is that and more. With one extremely powerful +12V rail, rock solid output voltages, and a very high level of efficiency, PCP&C has a real winner on their hands with the Silencer 750 EPS12V (as if they needed another one).