Antec HCG850 Pro Platinum ATX 3.1 Power Supply Review

A Closer Look

The Antec HG is a pretty robust looking power supply, with an appealing industrial-esque aesthetic that’s sure to look great in a workstation, gaming PC or any other system build for that matter. There’s lots of ventilation up on the top, with a larger 135mm FDB Silence fan that should deliver big airflow even at lower RPM.

Down the side of the power supply, there’s a large sticker with the branding, if anything, I think there’s a little too much going on here, and would prefer something more understated, but then again, my PSU will likely end up under a PSU shroud where I can’t see it, so it’s a bit of a moot point.

Of course, it’s the same design on the other side.

At the back, there’s a rather unique design on the ventilation, and plenty of ventilation at that, so getting heat out the back on of the PSU should be easy enough. There’s a hybrid mode switch too, allowing for zero RPM functions when the PSU is under a temperature threshold.

Finally, onto the business end, we can see the connectors are split up into multiple sections to make it easier to see what’s what. There’s the motherboard at the top, the SATA/Molex at the bottom, PCIe/CPU on the right, and the +12VHPWR in the bottom corner. Not a vast number of connectors, but keep in mind this is only an 850W unit, and the bulk of that is going to go to the 12VHPWR.