Silver Power SP-1000E 1000W GuardianX Power Supply

Category: Power Supply
Manufacturer: Tagan Technology
Provided by: Tagan Technology
Model: SP-1000E 1000W
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The Test

Idle and Load tests

To test the power provided by the Silver Power SP-1000E 1000W GuardianX Power Supply, it was installed in a system with the following components:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 processor @ 3.5GHz
Intel 975XBX2 "Bad Axe 2" motherboard
2Gb (2x1GB) G.Skill PC2-8000 HZ 4-4-4-5
EVGA GeForce 7950 GX2 @ 550/1300
3x36GB WD Raptors ADFD in RAID 0
2x320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 in RAID 1
Asus DRW-0804P Optical Drive
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
Media Card reader/Floppy Drive combo
Swiftech MCP 650 Water Pump, Apogee CPU block, Dual Heatercore radiator
LIAN LI PC-V2100B case
Fans: 5x120mm, 1x80mm




On this close up picture you can see the Silver Power SP-1000E 1000W GuardianX Power Supply installed in LIAN LI PC-V2100B case.


Idle voltages were measured by powering the system at default speeds and voltages with no applications running for a period of at least 30 minutes.

The load condition was established by running loops of the SM graphics test from 3DMark06 at 1600x1200 resolution with enabled 8x AA and 16x AF and Orthos (2 cores) at the same time for a period of at least 60 minutes. All voltage rails were measured using a digital multimeter by tapping into various connectors.
In addition to these stressful applications running, the loaded system was overclocked and overvolted to add more demand to the CPU and graphics card.



During the tests all voltages stayed well within ATX12V guidelines, which allow for a ±5% tolerance on all rails.