Antec High Current Pro 1200W Power Supply Power Supplies   Page 1

Reviewer: RWL Staff Article Publish Date: 7/1/2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

 

 

 

    The necessity of owning a high quality power supply is something we have talked about dozens of times in the past years. Especially if you are living in places like Greece where spikes in electricity are a daily thing you really don't have a choice but to own such a high quality PSU, unless you don't mind if everything in your system gets fried quite often. That being said there are many capable high quality power supplies in the market but only just a handful actually belong in the ultra-high end segment.

 

 

    Antec, Inc., is the leading global brand of high-performance computer components and accessories for the gaming, PC upgrade and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) markets. Founded in 1986, Antec is recognized as a pioneer in these industries and has maintained its position as a worldwide market leader and international provider of efficient, quiet, and reliable products. Antec has also achieved great success in the distribution channel, meeting the demands of quality-conscious system builders, VARs and integrators. Antec is headquartered in Fremont, California, with additional offices in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, as well as in Germany, China and Taiwan. The company’s products are sold in more than 40 countries throughout the world. Please visit www.antec.com for more information.

 

 

    The High Current Pro 1200W by Antec is one of these ultra-high end power supply units and although it took us quite some time to get our hands on it our test results made up for that since as you will also see later on it managed to produce rock solid voltage regulation with very good noise levels, for an 1200W power supply unit that is. Another great feature of the HCP-1200 is its size since by using two PCBs placed ontop of each other Antec has managed to reduce the size to almost the size of the smaller 800W units which should come quite handy with midi towers (although i doubt people with midi towers would ever need an 1200W PSU).