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Cooler Master V SFX GOLD 850 ATX 3.0 Power Supply Review

 

Packaging

Inside the box, you’ll find the the power supply itself, a SFX-to-ATX mounting bracket, cable ties, screws and a velcro strap for cable management. There’s a another plastic bag containing the modular cables.

 

The Cables

You get a full set of flat modular cables which includes 1 x Molex, 2 x SATA, 1 x 24-pin ATX power and 2 x 8-pin CPU power cable for the motherboard. For graphics cards, there’s 2 x 8-pin PCIE cables with dual 8-pin connectors. And finally, you get a 90 degree 16-pin PCIe 5.0 power cable or next-gen graphics cards (labelled 450W).

You also get a power cable for the wall, a SFX-to-ATX mounting bracket, cable ties, screws and a velcro strap for cable management.

 

A Closer Look

The PSU is truly tiny measuring just 100 x 125 x 63.5 mm in size. As far as connectors goes, you get the usual 10-pin plus 18-pin ATX power connectors, 1 x 12VHPWR connector for next-gen graphics cards, 4 x 8-pin PCIE connectors for motherboard and graphics card, and 4 x 6-pin power connectors for SATA power and Molex.

For cooling you’ll find a 92 mm FDB fan inside (no RGB). There’s a sticker covering the power socket. It states that the fan does not spin until a specific core temperature is reached. What that temperature is … is not mentioned.

 

Installation

As you can see from the photo below, the PSU is crazy small. I can literally fit this between my thumb and fore finger!

During installation, we didn’t encounter any issues, but we thought the modular cables were a bit short to be honest. To power the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER we used the included 90-degree 12VHPWR cable which is rated at 450W.

I placed my Apple Airpods next to the power supply for size comparison. It just amazes me how you can power all the latest high-end PC components, using such a small compact power supply.

 

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