We have today tested the TruePower Quattro 1000W from Antec, a powerful power supply that can handle the most demanding equipment available for home computing.

It is a good looking power supply, but it is quite long and I had some troubles when I was installing it in the Antec P182 as this case is a little bit too small for this kind of power supply. So therefore, check with your case to see if it can hold the longer power supply.

Update 2008-01-17, by Antec
However, as reported by Antec, this is one of the smallest 1000W power supplies on the market. So we probably would have had more problems with another brand.
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The size of the power supply is however not included in the score.

One thing I don’t like with modular power supplies is that the connectors are usually of less quality than non-modular power supplies and that is the case with even this power supply.

Update 2008-01-17, by Antec
Antec want you to know that this is only a partial modular power supply. But this still doesn't change my opinion on half or full modular power supplies. This because you can compare two power supplies.

First one is a non-modular power supply, the second one is a modular power supply. When using these power supplies you must be able to move the cables around, while your computer is on, without connector problems.

Normal power supplies ships with their power cables fastened onto the circuit boards with a lot of solder, which makes them more durable. However a modular power supply also offer this kind of feature, but only to the plastic connectors where you connect your extendable modular cables. And it is the plastic connectors themself that gives us the problem.
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It is great to be able to remove the cables you don’t need, but I rather stuff them away somewhere in the case instead of having the modular option. Also a personal opinion which is not included in the final score.



Overall this power supply is working well, I haven’t been able to test it with two heavy-duty graphics cards so I can’t tell if this power supply have the same bug as the earlier version.

The first version of the 1000W power supply didn’t work so good with two graphics cards installed as they didn’t receive enough juice from the power supply.

But this was back in 2007, I guess they would have solved all the problems and got back all the bad power supplies by now.

Update 2008-01-17, by Antec
Antec also tells us that only a few of the first units that was shipped had this problem with the graphics cards. All power supplies that ships now are fully compatible with two graphics cards.
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I would like to thank both Antec and the Swedish PR agency LEWIS PR for sending me the sample.