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Thermaltake Toughpower 775W Power Supply Review
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Power connections
As we was mentioned before the Toughpower XT is almost completely modular with the only hardwired connections being the 24pin ATX cable and dual 8pin and 4+4pin 12v CPU power connectors.
The 24pin connector does not come with a 4pin break away section however since most modern motherboards come with 24pin sockets having the breakaway seems a little unnecessary.
The 24pin connector does not come with a 4pin break away section however since most modern motherboards come with 24pin sockets having the breakaway seems a little unnecessary.
Modular plugs are rather limited and extend to include the following.
2x sets of SATA power connectors supporting up to 4 devices per tail.
2x sets of Molex power plugs supporting up to 3 standard devices per tail and a single floppy drive connection.
4x sets of PCI Express power connections that feature a single connection per tail. 2 cables feature a 6+2pin connection while the other 2 feature a 6pin connection only.
2x sets of SATA power connectors supporting up to 4 devices per tail.
2x sets of Molex power plugs supporting up to 3 standard devices per tail and a single floppy drive connection.
4x sets of PCI Express power connections that feature a single connection per tail. 2 cables feature a 6+2pin connection while the other 2 feature a 6pin connection only.
With only 4 PCI Express power connections it is safe to say the Toughpower XT 775W can support dual card SLI/Crossfire systems but can support many of the overclocking motherboards we have seen using the dual 12v power sockets.
