be quiet! Straight Power 10 CM 800W Power Supply Review

Final Thoughts

Pricing

be quiet! have told us that their Straight Power 10 CM 800W will cost £109.50 in the UK and it comes with a 5 year warranty. Pricing for the rest of the Straight Power 10 series are as follows:

Straight Power CM (Cable Management) 10

• 800W – £109,50
• 700W – £97,50
• 600W – £85,00
• 500W – £75,00

Straight Power 10

• 700W – £90,00
• 600W – £79,50
• 500W – £69,50
• 400W – £53,00

Final Thoughts

be quiet!’s Straight Power 10 CM 800W power supply offers a cheaper alternative to their expensive Dark Power Pro 10 850W product while still remaining competitive with other offerings on the market. The 80 Plus Platinum drops to 80 Plus Gold, the number of features tail off a little bit and the price drops by quite a sizeable chunk. For most people the extra features and performance offered by the Dark Power Pro are nice, but they may just stretch the budget a little too far. The Straight Power 10 CM 800W offers a nice compromise for users with high-end systems but wanting to make smart buying decisions to get more for their money. Indeed the Straight Power 10 CM 800W power supply is a compelling buy for any high end user. As our results show the performance is excellent: voltage regulation, efficiency, PFC, ripple suppression and noise output are all impressive.

What’s not to like then? Well we have to point out that be quiet still lack the ability to produce tasteful cables. While some power supply brands like Corsair and XFX use all-black rubber cables, other vendors like BitFenix have gone further with individually sleeved custom cables. be quiet! are still using a basic combination of average quality mesh with exposed cabling at the connector ends. They’ve also missed an opportunity to make the unit fully modular, giving people the flexibility to use their own custom cables if they don’t like the provided cables. I don’t want to dwell too much on cabling though because be quiet! have got everything else right. The Straight Power 10 CM 800W is an solid piece of kit. It’s by no means the cheapest but it certainly is one of the best. It also helps that be quiet offer a variety of wattages in this new Straight Power 10 series for users with different requirements.

Pros

• Superb voltage regulation
• Quiet operation
• Lovely aesthetics
• 5 year warranty
• Excellent PFC & efficiency
• High-end ripple suppression
• Competitive pricing for its performance and features

Cons

• Basic cables & not fully modular

“It’s quiet, it performs great and it looks the business: another be quiet! power supply walks away with our highest recommendation.”

Thank you to be quiet for providing this review sample.