Thermaltake Toughpower DPS 750W

Thermaltake Toughpower DPS 750W

Want to know how much it costs to power your PC? The new Toughpower DPS 750W power supply works with Thermaltake’s DPSApputility. This helpful, downloadable app calculates the cost of the electricity your system uses. It also displays the PSU’s efficiency in real time and provides info on wattage and voltage. This PSU offers digitally controlled power, which improves voltage regulation and load efficiency, according to Thermaltake.

With DPSApp, Thermaltake becomes the latest company to develop its own PSU monitoring utility. The software presents a wealth of information about your PSU beyond what we’ve already mentioned, including internal temperature, fan speed, and the selected rail’s voltage and amperage. Note that DPSAppcalculates electricity costs based on national averages rather than your specific state or city.

The Toughpower DPS 750W’s single 12V rail supplies a maximum current of 62A, which equates to a maximum output power of 744 watts. DC-to-DC converters are built into the PSU for the 3.3V and 5V outputs to increase efficiency. The Toughpower DPS 750W uses Japanese capacitors that can handle temperatures up to 105 degrees Celsius. Industry-grade protection is built-in for overcurrent/power/voltage/temperature, undervoltage, and short circuits. The PSU is 80 PLUS Gold-certified.

The Toughpower DPS 750W is completely modular, and all of the modular cables feature a flat, low-profile design that makes them easier to route behind motherboard trays and through your case. We tested the Toughpower DPS 750W with both an Extech True RMS Power Analyzer Datalogger and the DPSApputility. Between the two power monitoring tools, real-time measurements for wattage, amperage, and voltage were within 2% of each other. We stressed the system by simultaneously running POV-ray Beta 3.7 and the Aliens vs. Predator.

In SLI, the Extech datalogger displayed a maximum wattage of 652W at an impressive power factor of .986. With one GeForce GTX 580, the Toughpower DPS 750W produced a maximum wattage of 428W and a power factor of .985.

When you consider the cost of something like Extech’s datalogger, the DPSApputility is great for those who crave real-time data about their PSU. The Toughpower DPS 750W also tested well in our benchmarks, so this isn’t just a PSU that’s propped up with gimmicks.

Test system specs:Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K; Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-UD5H; GPU: ZOTAC GeForce GTX 580 (2x, SLI); RAM: ADATA XPG V2 DDR3-2400; Storage: 128GB Crucial RealSSD C300; OS: Windows 8 Enterprise (64-bit)