Category: Power Supply
Manufacturer: Antec
Product: TruePower Trio 650
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Price: $159.99

Introduction
Over the past decade, Antec has released an ever growing number of power supplies for different markets. They vary from energy efficient designs, to completely fan-less inaudible power supplies. In recent years, the Antec reputation of excellence and quality did take a bit of hit in the power supply arena, as those who purchased the first wave of Antec LifeStyle SONATA II enclosures soon found out that the included power supply was a dud. Hardly any company or corporation can withstand the test of time and maintain a proven 100% success record, so in that sense Antec had it coming. This situation of course created negative press for Antec, but we believe everyone deserves a second chance. One way of looking at such occurrences is when a company literally fails its customers in a way that is uncharacteristic of the company, that can be deemed as a sort of 'wake up call' to both its head of operations and quality-demanding manufacturing process, perhaps even more abundantly than usual due to customer criticism and competitors taking advantage. Since then, Antec has put an even greater emphasis on its already commendable warranty program. In fact, during the writing of this review, the power supply that previously held a 3-year warranty now holds a 5-year warranty.

This is great for consumers who don’t want to worry that their power supply will have any issues for the next half-decade, and even in the event that something does happen, Antec will replace it. For many of us, this becomes the big deal-breaker when paying for a power supply that will no doubt tackle a future filled with quadruple-core processors, and multiple monstrous graphics cards. With that, we would like to advise our readers that the unit being tested today is being limited to only a couple of very specific tests. Thus, additional complex and extensive power supply examinations are subject to occur to this particular unit in the future, when even more strenuous components are available to test this power supply. As it stands, running any sort of test without additional testing beyond stock components speeds won't indicate whether or not the unit is able to pull through in tough situations, so a 40% overclock will be applied to testing as well.

Previous articles, such as "What's a PSU?", published in the past have explained in greater detail the mechanics and primary principles as to how a power supply works, and the importance of minimal rail fluctuations and stability. So if you are a bit more curious about that, please take a look at that article. With that out of the way, let’s take a closer look at the Antec TruePower Trio 650, the most powerful PSU in the Antec lineup to date.