900W to 1100W PSU Group Test

Tagan Turbojet 1100W Results

The Tagan is actually overzealous to the point where it pushes the upper limits of the ATX specification at 5V. The 3.3V, -12V and 5V standby voltages are all slightly high as well, but not quite as near specification. Slightly higher voltages are better than slightly lower, although too high (outside of ATX specification) could potentially cause component damage.

The six rails on the Tagan can be loaded high in addition to the 3.3V and 5V which wasn't the case for the Seasonic and Silver Power PSUs meaning a greater variety of higher wattages is capable from this power supply.

The PFC rating increases as the load does as well, going from a high 98 percent to scraping the under side of 99 percent. Only the Seasonic was slightly better, but really this is a superb result. It's joined by the 81-plus percent efficiency, which tops out at a massive 83 percent at 75 percent load. From the result, we can't complain at the slight over powering of the rails and, all in all, Tagan has made a superb and true 1100W PSU.

Warranty

Like the other PSUs the Tagan also has a three year warranty, which is comparable to everything bar the BFGTech which offers a much longer "lifetime" (10 year) warranty. RMAing in the first year is to the retailer and the other years are back to Nanopoint in the UK.

Value

If you can grab this for £170 do so because it's a bargain. It's far cheaper than the Enermax, you get a load of extra kit in the awesome case and it falls easily within the 1kW territory. The question is whether you need the case more than you need a few more Molexes and a couple of 8-pin connectors though?

Conclusion

The Tagan Turbojet 1100W is slightly louder than the others but it's a solid, if slightly over zealously, performing PSU. The cabling looks awesome and the case it comes in is truly a fantastic multifunctional addition to the package. The only problem is that it's missing more cables since the Enermax claims support and cabling for 18-24 hard drives and four of everything in a system and it's 10 percent less powerful than the Tagan.

We know the cables can take the strain of 1100W and the six rails make the power distribution much better, but can people actually use the full wattage this PSU can kick out? It doesn't seem likely, unless they use one or two highly power hungry components rather than many little ones.

Even though the Tagan is ahead of the game in wattage it's also missing the 8-pin connectors necessary for future PCI-Express 2.0 cards and AMD's ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT. An update won't arrive until Tagan releases the U6 model available at 1300W, but we'd argue you don't need the extra wattage just for two more connectors the 1100W should already have or at least Tagan should offer in a pair of adapters.

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