bit-tech News: Lian Li's Silent Force 850W power supply unit

news · November 13, 2008

Hi all,

We have just published a review of *Lian Li's Silent Force 850W power

supply unit* - if you could post a link on your site that would be very

much appreciated.

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*Quote:

*/At a $210 MSRP this PSU is really very expensive, especially if we

compare it to the OCZ EliteXStream 800W PSU which can be bought for

$139.99 or $109.99 after a mail-in rebate. The BFG ES Series is even

less at $109.99 before rebate and $69.99 after, while the more powerful

Corsair HX1000W is only a little more at $259.99 or $239.99 after rebate.

We're still waiting for Lian Li to bring the unit to the UK, but with

the poor USD to GBP exchange rate giving UK Sterling less strength, this

will cause higher prices anyway - if the Silent Force is already

expensive in the States we can't see the end result being positive in an

already overly competitive UK market. Lian Li will have a hard time

convincing people it's better value when the efficiency is marginally

lower than the cheaper and more established BFG and OCZ units, even if

it is marginally quieter than them both. In terms of noise, we actually

only think it's only second to the awesome and genuinely silent Be

Quiet! Dark Power Pro 650W that uses a fluid bearing fan.

The end result is that the Lian Li Silent Force 850W does what it says

on the tin perfectly well, and while it may not be the most efficient,

it is still highly efficient and makes up for the slight difference with

a complete lack of noise, a solid table of voltages and some good

quality cable and connector choices. We do like the Lian Li Silent Force

a lot, and for a first try it's a fantastic effort, but for our cash

we'd plump for the more popular OCZ or BFG units, even if the BFG is

expensive by UK terms, it seems our US brethren have it better than we do./*

*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net

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