ASUS ROG Thor 1200W Platinum III ATX v3.1 PSU Review

Box & Bundle

My sample didn’t arrive in the retail box, so I used a stock photo here. Like all ROG products, the box features nice graphics, showing an angled picture of the PSU with its OLED screen depicting full power.

Product Photos

Besides large dimensions, this PSU has a fantastic exterior design that is pretty modern. It will be a great shame to use this PSU in a chassis with a closed compartment that will hide it. The fan grill could be less restrictive to allow for better airflow. The side OLED screen is magnetically mounted to either of the PSU’s sides, so you can switch it and adjust it easily according to your needs.

The modular panel includes 15 sockets. Besides the native 12V-2×6 header, there is also a smaller 2-pin one for voltage sense. According to Asus, this circuit provides a tighter 12V rail under high transient loads. This remains to be seen in the respective test sessions. There is also another 2-pin header for the addressable Aura RGB signal.

Cables

Modular Cables
Description Cable Count Connector Count (Total) Gauge In Cable Capacitors
ATX connector 20+4 pin (610mm) 1 1 18-22AWG No
4+4 pin EPS12V (1000mm) 2 2 18AWG No
6+2 pin PCIe (750mm) 4 4 18AWG No
12+4 pin PCIe (740mm) (600W) 1 1 16-24AWG No
SATA (410mm+135mm+135mm) 1 3 18AWG No
SATA (410mm+120mm+120mm+120mm) 1 4 18AWG No
4-pin Molex (415mm+165mm+165mm) 2 6 18AWG No
5V ARGB connector (800mm) 1 1

All cables are individually sleeved and pretty long, especially the EPS and PCIe ones, to be compatible with any chassis. I expected the ATX, EPS, and legacy PCIe cables to use thicker, 16 AWG gauges for lower voltage drops, but this isn’t the case. Only the 12V-2×6 PCIe cable uses 16AWG gauges, which the ATX spec requires. The amount of peripheral cables is large, especially the 4-pin Molex connectors, which are probably way more than the average user will need. Lastly, my sample didn’t come with an AC power cord so that you won’t find any information on this on the table above.

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9 thoughts on “ASUS ROG Thor 1200W Platinum III ATX v3.1 PSU Review

  1. *moSfets !

    ” It features GaN MODFETs…”
    “… high-end ATX v3.1 compliant PSU using a Seasonic platform with MODFETs…”

  2. I’m considering this or MSI MEG AI1600T or Seasonic Prime TX ATX3.1 1300W. 5090/R7 9800X3D what would you suggest?

  3. Aris i’ve seen that Cougar GLE1000/1200 cybenetics the data OEM said it was CE-Link, but i was bought the GLE 1000 and they said on a label it was Compucase or HEC, which it’s true about this CE-Link or HEC/Compucase ?

    1. As I remember I asked Cougar about the OEM and they told me CE-Link, because at some point it is difficult to recognize who actually made the PSU.

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