GlacialPower GP-AL650A Power Supply Power Supplies   Page 1

Reviewer: Nik Kastrantas Article Publish Date: 11/10/2008

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

    The power supply unit is easily one of the most important parts of any computer. No matter the system there is a rule which can never be changed and that is that whether we are talking about a simple workstation or a multi CPU / GPU gaming system they both require power to operate. Enthusiasts all agree that not all power supply units are the same and like in most cases this is also one that you get what you pay for.

     It is therefore quite unfortunate that for most people power supplies seem to be of secondary interest when building  a system and very often in the place of the power supply we find cheap units that are unable to provide the system with quality and stable power.  I alone have seen cheap power supplies burn endangering every component in a system. So needless to say that especially with today’s countless power hungry components, having a quality power supply with enough overhead allowing it to run efficiently is more important than ever before.

    GlacialTech is the dream of eight world class researchers come to life. All eight specialize in cooling, chassis, and power regulation. In 2006 GlacialPower was realized and so all of the of the combined knowledge from all those years in which they made custom solution power supplies for IBM and Dell was put into making high quality power supplies. Today GlacialPower provided us with the GP-AL650, their latest power supply featuring 650watts of power along with a few interesting extra features.