PC Power & Cooling Silencer MKIII Power Supply

Category: Power Supplies

Created on Wednesday, 21 December 2011 23:31

Written by Steve

PC Power & Cooling's 'Silencer' name is no unfamiliar term to us - it wasn't even a year ago when their Silencer MKII crossed through our test bed. The Silencer MKII was a well built power supply which offered a great warranty, high quality manufacturing and a large assortment of non-modular cables. However, there's one thing the Silencer MKII was not - silent. Despite it's name, the Silencer MKII was actually one of the loudest power supplies I had tested in a while!

Hoping to improve a good name, PC Power & Cooling (owned by OCZ) have recently released the Silencer MKIII line. The MKIII is very similar to the MKII in regards to it's high quality manufacturing and strong warranty, but it also improves on the MKII in a couple very important ways. First, the MKIII claims to be up to 90% quieter per watt, which should hopefully deal with my complaint of noise from it's younger brother. Second, PC Power & Cooling has now opted to make the Silencer series modular and the MKIII is debuting as the first modular supply in this line. Also sporting a more competitive price than the previous Silencer series, the Silencer MKIII is looking like a very promising power supply.