Antec HCG 850W Gold Modular Power Supply Review

Peter Donnell / 7 years ago

Efficiency, PFC and Voltage Regulation

Voltage Regulation

Straight away, we see that Antec has made some great component choices here. The voltages are all well within a tight margin of their target voltages and pretty consistent overall. There’s some deviance at 20% and 100% load on the -12v rail, but that’s really not an important rail for any system these days.

Power Efficiency

The HCG 850 cruised through this test with ease. It’s certainly hitting the requirements of 80 Plus Gold. However, if it weren’t for it dipping at 100% load, it mostly sits in 80 Plus Platinum territory for day-to-day usage.

Power Factor Correction

There is a small dip here, but it’s pretty small overall. For low and high loads alike the PFC does a great job

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