The be quiet! Dark Power 13 1000W offers titanium efficiency and dead silent operation, and it is ATX v3.0 and PCIe 5.0 compatible, achieving top performance in the demanding transient response scenarios that the aforementioned standards dictate.
The Dark Power 13 line consists of three members with capacities ranging from 750W to 1000W. FSP provides all Titanium certified platforms, which promise low noise output. After all, this brand is known for its silent products, so I can’t help but wonder why be quiet! hasn’t yet embraced the Cybenetics scheme, which awards silent operating products. A “silent” oriented brand that doesn’t support a “silent” oriented certification is something that I cannot explain, and I will stop this here.
The retail prices of the Dark Power 13 units are provided below:
| Model | MSRP |
| Dark Power 13 1000W | $289.90 / 294.90€ / £289.99 |
| Dark Power 13 850W | $249.90 / 259.90€ / £249.99 |
| Dark Power 13 750W | $209.90 / 214.90€ / £209.99 |
The be quiet! Dark Power 13 1000W has large enough dimensions, measuring 175mm in length, and I also believe that this is the way to offer quiet operation. In compact PSUs, the cramped-up PCBs don’t allow a good airflow between the electronic parts, so the cooling fan has to spin fast to remove the heat. Moreover, I agree with the lack of a semi-passive operation when the fan rotates at low speeds at light loads. The fan-stop feature increases heat at the PSU’s internals, so fan speed peaks can be annoying. Lastly, the provided warranty is extended to ten years.
- Manufacturer (OEM): FSP
- Max Power: 1000W
- Cybenetics Efficiency: [115V] Cybenetics Titanium (91-93%)
- 80 Plus Efficiency: Titanium
- Noise: Cybenetics A+ (15-20 dB[A])
- Compliance: ATX v3.0, EPS 2.92
- Operating Temperature (Continuous Full Load): 0 – 40°C
- Alternative Low Power Mode support: Yes
- Power 12V combined: 996W
- Number of 12V rails: 4
- Power 5V + 3.3v: 125W
- Power 5VSB: 15W
- Cooling: 135mm Fluid Dynamic Bearing Fan (BQ SIW3-13525-HF)
- Semi-Passive Operation: ✗
- Modular Design: Yes (Fully)
- High Power Connectors: 2x EPS (2x cables), 4x PCIe 6+2 pin (2x cables), 1x PCIe 12+4 pin (600W)
- Peripheral Connectors: 13x SATA (3x cables), 2x 4-pin Molex (single cable)
- ATX Cable Length: 600mm
- EPS Cable Length: 700mm
- 12VHPWR Cable Length: 600mm
- Distance between SATA/4-pin Molex: 150mm
- In-cable capacitors: No
- Dimensions (W x H x D): 150 mm x 85 mm x 175mm
- Weight: 2.45 kg (5.4 lb)
- Warranty: ten years
- MSRP (excluding VAT): $289.90 / 294.90€ / £289.99
Power Specifications
| Rail | 3.3V | 5V | 12V1 | 12V2 | 12V3 | 12V4 | 5VSB | -12V | |
| Max. Power | Amps | 25 | 25 | 32 | 32 | 40 | 40 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Watts | 125 | 996 | 15 | 6 | |||||
| Total Max. Power (W) | 1000 | ||||||||
A review of the be quiet! Dark Power Pro 13 1300W (or 1600W) would be very welcome.
The 1600 is on my list 🙂
Great! Do you have a time frame for the release of your review?
Does your Dark Power model suffer from a fan that spins with an “rrrrrrrrrrrr” noise?
I have a Dark Power Pro 12 and some user reviews of the Dark Power 13 in the UK report that the fan noise is persistent.
There are some areas where then noise is increased, because of the bearing noise, but it is too low in general.
RPM Noise (LAeq) – Corrected
380 6
386 6
389 6
390 6
391 6
392 6
393 6
394 6
395 6
396 6
398 6
399 6
400 6
401 6
404 6
406 6
442 6.8
443 6.1
450 9.2
471 7.9
572 13.2
648 17.6
656 14.4
693 16.5
848 24.4
1027 27.5
1090 28.6
1133 32.6
1240 33.0
1321 34.1
1398 35.8
1556 39.1
1614 40.4
1684 42.7
1938 45.0
1951 45.1
2011 45.8
2013 45.8
2014 45.8
2015 45.8
2016 45.8
2017 45.8
2019 45.8
2020 45.9
I got two Dark Power 13 100W from two different online retailers and they both have obvious bearing noise. Stay away.
A bit of further messing about, it seems that the one I tried it with would make no irregular fan noise when placed fan up, but makes obvious bearing noise when oriented fan down.