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Antec High Current Gamer 900W

Metascore

Pros & Cons

Reviews

89

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 8 expert reviews
  • Excellent:
    5
  • Good:
    3
  • Average:
    0
  • Bad:
    0

Pros:

  • Solid build quality.
  • Well within ATX spec in all tests.
  • Long cabling.

Cons:

  • Could do with four individual PCIe cables.
  • Rated at 35°C; 'premium' supplies offer 50°C.
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Last revision on July 31, 2014

Editors Liked

  • Solid build quality
  • Well within ATX spec in all tests
  • Long cabling
  • Excellent Performance
  • Very good ripple suppression
  • Very stable regulation
  • Looks good
  • Rated to 35 degrees but capable of 45 or more

Editors Didn't Like

  • Could do with four individual PCIe cables
  • Rated at 35°C; 'premium' supplies offer 50°C
  • Noise Levels At Extreme Loads
  • Not Modular
  • Average DC voltage regulation
  • An extra 8pin EPS12V connector would provide dual CPU support

Expert reviews and ratings

By HEXUS.net on November 28, 2011 80

Purchasing the correct PSU for your needs has important ramifications for the rest of the system. Go cheap and it may not be able to handle the extra load imposed by jumping from running one graphics card to two. Spend too much and the PSU is barely...

By Kitguru.net on January 07, 2011 90

Antec and Delta deliver another winner. No shock there.For those who are interested in this particular range, but don’t need such a high wattage power supply, Antec are selling five other models, from 400W to 750W in...

By JonnyGuru on November 29, 2010 95

Antec has once again gone fishing in Delta's pond and caught a winner. The HCG 900W unit is a fine example of engineering - it's stable, it's clean at the outputs, and it's affordable. It's not the be all, end all of power supply...

By HardwareHeaven on November 25, 2010 90

Looking first to the external build quality of the High Current Gamer 900w we have a PSU which stands out from most others due to the red and black colour scheme. The finish is good across each surface and the use of braided covers for each cable is...

By Pureoverclock on November 10, 2011

From a functional standpoint, the Antec High Current Gamer is 80PLUS Bronze certified, which is to be considered near the lower range of power efficiency these days, as many other offerings do come in Silver and Gold certification. But the High...

By Real World Labs on March 17, 2011

Antec is amongst the few companies who have never failed us with any of their solutions and that can only be seen as a very good thing. The High Current Gamer Pro 900W is no exception to that and it also happens to be the best looking unit i...

By HardOCP on February 15, 2011

The Antec HCG-900 has a lot of things to like going for it including what looked to be an excellent build quality, however at the end of the day the unit simply was not an excellent 900W unit as billed, but rather a decent 700W-ish unit. In addition...

By PCPer on November 17, 2010

Overall the HCG-900 900W PSU proved to be a good performer delivering excellent AC ripple suppression, quiet operation and good efficiency at an affordable price. I was a little surprised to find only one 8-pin EPS12V connector instead of two and...

International Review By AwardFabrik on November 23, 2011 83

Das Antec High Current Gamer HCG-900W macht einen sehr guten Job. Sehr stabile Spannungen bis an die 1200W und Verbrauchswerte, die sich mit den anderen 80 Plus Bronze Netzteilen messen lassen können. Selbst die Lautstärkewerte sind bis weit...

International Review By Traficantes de Hardware on November 02, 2011 90

Nos ha gustado Eficiencia Excelente refrigeración Óptima regulación de voltaje (muy estable) Estética sensacional 5 años de garantía Nivel sonoro Mallado de calidad Presentación Certificación 80 PLUS Bronze...

International Review By Nexthardware on March 19, 2011 100

Abbiamo sempre evidenziato come sia preferibile un alimentatore con un'ottima regolazione di tensione rispetto ad uno super efficiente, ma con tensioni "ballerine"; è chiaro che avere entrambe le cose sarebbero il massimo, ma se poi pretendiamo...

International Review By Gamezoom.net on January 14, 2011 80

Sieht man über das fehlende Kabelmanagement hinweg, so bleibt das neue Antec High Current Gamer Netzteil frei von Kritik. Das HCG-900 bietet ausreichend Power für High-End System und bleibt selbst unter Last sehr leise. Darüber hinaus...

International Review By insidehardware.it on November 13, 2011

Antec Inc. è un azienda Californiana, con sede a Fremont e numerosi uffici in Olanda, Germania, Cina e Taiwan.I suoi prodotti sono distribuiti in oltre quaranta paesi in tutto il mondo, fattore che già di per sè, da un'idea delle...

International Review By freeocen.de on September 19, 2011

Kommen wir nun zur Bewertung des Netzteils.Hier ist zum ersten anzumerken, dass das Netzteil über kein Kabelmanagement verfügt.Die Verarbeitung ist durchweg positiv zu erwähnen. Einzig die gesleevten Kabel hätte man sauberer...

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