Appearance
The last Silencer we reviewed, the 750, had the reddish/bronze copper like finish, which Shoes wasn't the biggest fan of. At the time, we noted that it also shipped in black - which is what we have here on the 610W. The Silencer is very unassuming, but in a good way. It doesn't go with a chrome finish, or a gaudy color, it's just straight to the point; "I am a power supply, use me". Where as many manufacturers place their label on the side, PC Power & Cooling puts theirs on the top - maybe they are on to something here, but in actuality how often do you really read the label of your PSU? Thought so, not often. Hence to us, it doesn't really matter one way or another.

All of the cables are sheathed with the ever famous black mesh that we seem to see on nearly every other PSU now days. While this isn't a bad thing (it looks good), we would just like to see some with a flexible sheathing that isn't see through sometimes just for overall looks in our cases - but a minor gripe, regardless.


As we mentioned in the 750 review, these silencers run a bit longer than your standard ATX form factor, so when considering them you should be sure to account for the added inch to inch and a half that you may need for space when you install it. On most cases it shouldn't be an issue; it fit in our P182 in the lower chamber, with the fan installed down there too, mainly because we have routed the cables so well straight up to the motherboard. In a P180 for instance it is possible, though harder, to install and to keep the lower fan in use.


All in all the Silencer 610 has a solid look to it and black will go with just about any setup or color scheme - unless you are shooting for the Barbie corvette color scheme in your rig. The PSU isn't overly flashy, with funny colors, or shiny chrome, etc. It follows the trend of everything we have seen from PCP&C so far, understated, but not to be underestimated.