Seasonal Prime PX / TX 1.600W: 2x 12VHPWR für RTX 4000 & Co.

Seasonal extends the Prime series with two extremely powerful power supplies with a maximum output power of 1,600 watts. In the case of upcoming graphics cards with power consumption up to 600 watts (and more), this is of course an important part of the hardware. What does Power Supply Duo offer? Let’s take a closer look at the Seasonal Prime TX-1600 and Prime PX-1600.

The Power Supply Duo is actually very similar, but differs in efficiency class and 80 plus certification. From the name it is already seen that the seasonal dam PX-model One 80 Plus Platinum Certification (92% efficiency at 50% system load), while TX version Even 80 plus titanium (94% efficiency at 50% system load). With an output of up to 1,600 watts, however, both power supplies are much more powerful than the previous seasonal top models with a maximum of 1,300 watts.

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With a size 210 x 150 x 86 mm The Seasonal Prime 1,600 watts is certainly not a compact power supply, so you need a case with enough space. However, this is an advantage Completely modular layout, Which can be used to quickly avoid any tangled wires. In addition to the 1x 24-pin (mainboard) and 3x EPS 8-pin (CPU), a total of 8x 6 + 2-pin cables are available for the graphics card next to the connection. There are also four SATA wires, each with a 4x connector, a Molex wire (3x connector) and a SATA 3.3V wire.

New 12VHPWR connector included twice!

Two 12VHPWR cables are particularly interesting for the upcoming GPU generation à la GeForce RTX 4000 and Radeon RX 7000. These are plugged into two 8-pin PCIe connectors in the power supply and can theoretically be used on the other side. Up to 600 watts About new 12VHPWR connector Distribution We explain to you here exactly what is behind this new standard.

The inner workings of prime power supplies are cooled by one ৷ 135mm fan Including fluid dynamic bearings Semi-passive mode. The fan can be switched to a hybrid mode with a button on the back of the power supply (near the IEC connector), where the power supply is silent (or “fanless”) up to 40% of the load.

Otherwise, both have all of the power supply Important protection circuit And the security function, you can read more specifications on the corresponding product page. In fact, this pair is already listed, with options. Seasonal Prime PX-1600 included 397 eurosWhich is supposed to be the Prime TX-1600 509 euros The cost has one for both power supplies 12 year guarantee.

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Leonardo Jiaza … primarily responsible for the field of smartphones and mobile devices, but examines other hardware highlights such as cases, processors and mainboards. In addition, it ensures high quality pictures in our test reports.