Epilogue
It is nice to have another big brand like ASRock entering the PSU market with the simultaneous release of so many models! The Taichi TC-1650T is the flagship model, achieving a top place at 115V and first place in my 230V charts among all similar capacity ATX v3.1 units available in today’s market. Its transient response is top, the load regulation is tight, ripple suppression is good, inrush currents are well controlled, and most importantly, its protection features are correctly configured, which is usually not the case even in high-end and expensive PSUs. My only complaint regarding the protection features is that it doesn’t have fan failure protection, but I push hard for FSP to implement and provide it to this platform. Every PSU needs to have fan failure protection since if the fan goes wrong, the PSU will soon follow! Speaking about the fan, this PSU uses one of the best fans available in the PSU market, provided by Power Logic. I am so happy to see this fan brand again in PSUs. Most choose Hong Hua because they offer an increased performance per price ratio and are reliable enough, but in my book, Power Logic is higher than Hong Hua.
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- Delivered full power at 46°C
- Top overall performance
- Silent operation
- Excellent soldering quality
- High-quality capacitors
- High average efficiency (especially at 230v)
- Conservative and properly configured protection features (OCP and OPP)
- The unit operates properly under all ATX v3.1 transient response testing scenarios
- Excellent transient response at +12V
- Very good transient response at 3.3V
- Tight load regulation
- Good ripple suppression
- Extended hold-up time
- Long and accurate power ok signal
- Controlled inrush currents
- Highly efficient 5VSB rail
- Low vampire power consumption at 115V
- High enough PF readings at 230V
- Alternative Low Power Mode (ALPM) compatible
- 2x EPS, 8x PCIe and 2x 12+4-pin PCIe connectors
- Quality FDB fan
- No fan failure protection
- Not so high efficiency under light and super-light loads
- Higher than 0.1W vampire power at 230V
- Lower than 150mm distance between the peripheral connectors
NZXT C1500 ($ 370) vs ASRock TC-1650T ($ 500)?
Hello 🙂 Thank you very much for the review. I have two questions if you dont mind:
1. On the product page they say the 12V-2×6 cable of this PSU has a temperature sensor and it sends signal the PSU to ensure safe operation. Did you test this. Is this a useful feature given the issues we have right now with melting connectors and cables or how is that supposed to work ?
2. There is also a 5V boost button on the PSU. On the product page it says “When this switch is enabled, it boosts the +5V voltage to maintain optimal performance. If no voltage drop occurs, the PSU will regulate the +5V rail to approximately +5.15V, ensuring consistent power delivery.” For what scenarios is that useful or should i enable it all the time ?
Thank you very much!
1) nope but I have to now 🙂
2) completely unnecessary IMO
Any news regarding the temp sensor of the GPU cable and how it works? I can’t find any information about this.
tested on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y46KiK3qF8
Hey i saw the old cybernetics site of the psu (evaluations/psus/2616/) wasnt accessible anymore, instead there is a new site and test for this psu from yesterday (evaluations/psus/2737/).
I noticed the PSU being much more silent and also having a better cybenetics lambda rating at 115 volts.
Did anything else change? Will the article be updatet to reflect the better performance?
Thanks in Advance.
Also another Quick Question. I noticed the 1650 and 1300 Watt Version being nearly identical in their used components and all measurements being pretty close, so i guess, the 1300 Version is also an instant recommend?
They changed the fan speed profile yes, and since this change will pass ASAP to the production, we didn’t want to have confusing results on our site.
Updated PSU review, if I find the time I could yes.
1300W is same platform is it has similar performance.
Hello,
thanks for the super fast answer. Nice, that they actually bothered to push an (imo pretty big) improvement (cutting the average noise in half from 26 to 16 dba) so early in the products lifetime. Sad you couldnt convince them getting that fan failure protection though as well. :P.
Currently waiting on the 1300 being (again) available, will definitely get it.
Hope they will be more Infos soon about the 5V boost setting and the additional temp sensor in AsRocks 12V 2×6 Cables. Cant rly wrap my head around the 5V boost usefulness. The Temp Sensor on the other hand might be even more needed, then before (Hope you get your hands on a 5090FE soon, for some more extensive testing beyond what der8auer was observing).
Sadly their downloadable manual is currently just the quick install guide. Hope there will be a proper manual soon with more Infos about both features.
Have a nice day.
Hey how are you.
I am currently thinking about a PSU that is Future proof 1200w+ with Dual 2x 16 Pin Connectors.
I am currently evaluating between
NZXT C1500 Platinum
vs
1300 Taichi / Gold Series
I have read that the c1500 has wrong ocp/opp values, but the Asrock Models dont have Fan Failure Protection.
What is more Important, and what would you advice me too buy from the Models:
NZXT1500C
Phantom Gaming Gold 1300/1600
Taichi 1300
🙂 The Noise doesnt matter i have headset 🙂
Did you find the answer? What did you choose? I am interested in exactly the same.
Wouldn’t have expected AsRock to enter that space but it’s always a welcome surprise to see new competition. Are there any plans to also test their SL-G and PG-G units?
Yes, I will try to review all of the new ASRock PSUs.
I can’t wait for that since AsRock is available in my country unlike many other brands that you review.
Interestingly, ASRock Phantom and Taichi have the same specifications for the 1600 and 1300 units.
The only differences are in the Gold efficiency for the Phantom units and Titanium for Taichi ones,
and the number of connecting cables for the 1600 and 1300 models.