SilverStone ET700-MG Power Supply Review

How Much Does it Cost?

At the time of writing, the SilverStone ET700 (or ET700-MG if you prefer) can be purchased for a price in the region of £89.99. In terms of comparative value, this is an excellent price based on the wattage output and Gold efficiency rating that, roughly speaking, has it at least £10 less expensive than many of its competing alternatives.

Performance

Despite some mildly unusual results in our voltage regulation testing, the SilverStone ET700 provided us with excellent results across all of the wide aspects of performance we test. Some of the more stand-out highlights include the much better than it needed to be efficiency results and, of course, that amazingly huge OPP max wattage result.

Based on the highly excellent results we saw, it clearly demonstrates that the SilverStone ET700 is an exceptionally well-designed power supply and, as a purchasing consumers, this should give you not only a solid level of performance, but also the confidence that this has been made to last!

Practicality & Functionality

In terms of funtionality, the SilverStone ET700 is rather basic. As most power supplies generally you. You do not get a hybrid fan mode function and there are no RGB lights to dazzle you. In regards to the former, however, the fan operation is so quiet that I honestly do not think you would notice this running within a system. In regards to the latter, well, the juries still out on whether PSUs really need lighting effects!

With it’s fully-modular design, however, you do have the option to only install the cables you need and with them coming in very generous lengths, cable management within your PC case should be an absolute doddle.

Should I Buy One?

Performing well throughout our testing process, the SilverStone ET700 doesn’t offer much in terms of razzle-dazzle. It is, quite simply, a pretty basic looking power supply. Packing some excellent features, however, a factor that will undoubtedly help tip the consumer scales in it’s favour is that the fact that, comparatively speaking, it’s performs significantly better than a lot of its competition while costing, in many instances, notably less.

Putting all these factors together and while it might not offer that much in terms of aesthetics, who cares about that really when it comes to power supply. You don’t want razzle-dazzle, you want solid and strong reliability and, with those factors in mind, the SilverStone ET700 represents an excellent choice!