Final Thoughts and Conclusions
Regardless of how well this power supply performs, it is still pushing 1000 of power into your system. Its pretty safe to say that your system at home does not come anywhere near the 1kW power consumption levels needed to stress this unit. The amount of people with 8800GTX SLI systems is pretty small, and the amount of people that have 8800GTX SLI systems based on AMD’s Quad FX platform is smaller still. Those that belong in that tiny demographic of users are the only ones who should really consider purchasing a power supply with a sustained output in excess of 1000W. In our experience, 850W power supplies produce more than enough power for pretty much any system out there, so 1000W would be pretty excessive. The 150W difference does not seem too drastic, but that brings us to another point, price.

There are currently 12 power supplies listed on newegg.com that have a sustained output of 1kW or more. The average price of said power supplies is about $360. There are also currently 12 power supplies listed on newegg.com that have a sustained output somewhere in the range of 800W to 900W. Of those power supplies, the average cost is $243. Here we have an increase in price of about $120 for a mere 100-200W output increase. What this means is that you are paying a premium for power supplies with ultra-high output. As we stated before, the demographic that should really be considering these units is quite small in the big scheme of things. However, we must evaluate the price of the Real Power Pro 1000 from Cooler Master based on the price of its direct competition. We have word that the RPP1000 is expected to have an MSRP of $349.99, which is well within the expected price range of a power supply of this magnitude. The Enermax Galaxy 1000 that was also used for testing in this review goes for $339.99. While the Galaxy certainly outperformed the Real Power Pro in our tests in terms of the accuracy of the voltage rails, the performance of the two power supplies are essentially equal. We can say this because the performances were more than adequate considering our test system had no stability problems whatsoever and none of the measured values were outside of the acceptable specifications. With this in mind we would say the value of the two power supplies in question is basically identical. The decision between the two needs to be finally evaluated on specific features. The Galaxy 1000 from Enermax is a modular power supply, while the Cooler Master Real Power Pro 1000 is not. Chances are favorable that whoever is using one of these powersupplies will have an SLI DX10 level system. There will be massive amounts of cabling in such a case, and because of this a modular design is probably superior in this instance. However, the Real Power Pro offers 2 additional +12V rails, a quieter design, and a smaller form factor - all of which are very important things to consider when purchasing a power supply.

Pros
+ Not excessively large
+ Nice mirror finish
+ Single fan design, quiet
+ High efficiency
+ Six true +12V rails
+ Reasonably priced
+ Sleeved cables
Cons
- Rails not as accurate as competition
- Expensive (in relation to less powerful units)
- Lacks an on/off switch
Rating
8.3 out of 10