Epilogue
At the time of the review, I don’t have any official price information for the SilverStone Triton 850Rx in the US and EU markets, at least. SilverStone should keep its price as low as possible if it wants to be competitive. The fact is that there aren’t many non-modular ATX v3.1 compliant PSUs featuring 12V-2×6 connectors. The most notable competitor for the Triton 850Rx is the XPG Kyber 850, which achieves slightly higher overall performance and is also notably quieter due to its more relaxed fan speed profile.
Instead of a DBB fan, I found a rifle bearing fan in my sample. I prefer a low-end rifle to a low-end DBB, because the latter will have increased bearing noise at low speeds. Be as it may, the marketing material should depict the proper fan bearing so as not to mislead future buyers of this product. Moreover, Andyson, the OEM of this platform, should tune properly most protection features, including OCP on all rails and the over power protection. In addition, the APFC converter needs tuning for higher PF readings. On the bright side, the unit’s 12V rail delivers solid performance at load regulation and transient response, and on top of that, ripple suppression on the same rail is decent. The weak links are the minor rails, but the most crucial rail remains the 12V one.
All in all, the market success of the SilverStone Triton 850Rx relies entirely on the asking price, which should not exceed $100, for this product to remain competitive and achieve a decent performance-to-price ratio.
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- Delivered full power at 46°C
- ATX v3.1 and PCIe CEM 5.1 compliant
- Efficiency meeting the Cybenetics Gold level
- Within 1% load regulation at 12V
- Good transient response at 12V
- Low leakage currents
- Alternative Low Power Mode (ALPM) compatible
- 12+4-pin PCIe connector set at 600W
- Protection features need adjustments
- Loose load regulation on the minor rails
- Noisy operation at moderate and high loads
- Mediocre overall soldering quality
- Mediocre transient response on the minor rails (normal loads)
- APFC needs tuning for higher PF readings
- High inrush currents
- Increased vampire power
- Two EPS connectors on the same cable
- Rifle fan instead of the advertised ICB (DBB) one
