Overclocker Cafe - Kingwin Mach 1 PSU (600w) Review

Kingwin Mach 1 Power Supply (600w)

Manufacturer: Kingwin
Supplied by: Kingwin
Street Price: $100 (USD)

by Dean Barker (6/13/2006)

Introduction

Kingwin has always managed to release products sporting a host of practical features accented with just the right amount of panache'. Their latest being the Mach 1 power supply. Not only is the Mach 1 SLI and CrossFire ready, it also boasts modular power lines, LED lighting and a full 600 watt capacity at a street price of $100. The last being no small accomplishment for a full featured quality power supply. Today, we have an opportunity to look at the Kingwin Mach 1 power supply here at the OC Cafe'. Our thanks go out to Kingwin for sponsoring and making this review possible.

Specifications

Power: ATX 600 watts
Dimensions: 161 x 150 x 85mm
Weight: 2.7 kg
Construction: Steel / Nickel Plating
Fan (s): Blue LED 120mm bottom mounted and Blue LED 80mm front mounted fan
Over voltage protection: +5V output is between 5.7V to 6.5V/+12V output is between 13.2V to 14.4V/+3.3V output is between 3.7V to 4.1V
Under voltage protection: +5V output is between 3.3V to 3.7V/+12V output is between 8.5V to 9.5V/+3.3V output is between 2.0V to 2.4V
Overpower protection: 105%~150%
Features: SATA x 2; PCI-E x 2; 4-Pin Molex x 9; FDD connectors x 2
All cables modular and sleeved with EZ-Grip Molex connectors
SLI / CrossFire ready

What you get

Kingwin's Mach 1 package opens up into a neatly laid out box of modular lines for the power supply itself along with an instruction booklet and wall cable. The modular lines included with the Kingwin Mach 1 are three Molex lines, a SATA line and PCI-E line. Looking more closely at them you can see that they appear rounded. That is because they are.

The unit

The Kingwin Mach 1 power supply boasts a full service 600 watts. That should be plenty of juice for even the most robust of systems. Aesthetically, the unit is a nickel plated gun metal grey color with two blue tinted side windows. The base itself is almost completely taken up by its large blue LED 120mm cooling fan with a smaller blue 80mm LED intake fan on the rear wall.