Epilogue
The Montech Titan PLA 1000W is not a bad unit, but its overall performance is not competitive, given its high price tag. Even the Montech Titan Gold 1000W, belonging to a lower-tier line in Montech’s PSU portfolio, gets a solid performance lead (over 3%). The good aspects of this unit are the efficient platform, the silent operation, the good transient response of the 12V rail at high loads, and the increased amount of provided cables. For those interested in looks, the PLA 1000W also does well in this section. On the other hand, I would like to see a better transient response with normal loads on all rails, lower inrush currents, a better performing APFC converter, and above all, adequately set protection features. It is also high time for manufacturers to add fan failure protection in PSUs costing over 100 dollars, since this protection will save the day if anything happens to the fan and won’t allow the PSU to get immense stress by operating at high temperatures.
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- Delivered full power at 47°C
- High build quality
- ATX v3.1 and PCIe CEM 5.1 compliant
- Low average noise output
- Efficient (especially at light loads)
- Efficient 5VSB rail
- Within 1% load regulation on the minor rails
- Good enough ripple suppression
- Good transient response at 12V at high loads (ATX v3.1)
- Increased hold-up time
- Higher than 70% efficiency with a 2% load
- Alternative Low Power Mode (ALPM) compatible
- 12+4-pin PCIe connector set at 600W
- Quality (FDB) fan
- Adequate distance between the peripheral connectors
- Not competitive performance
- Voltage step at 12V at light loads, affecting load regulation on this rail
- Mediocre transient response at 12V when the load is applied with the PSU operating at 20% load
- Mediocre transient response on the minor rails
- The protection features need adjustments
- Low-performance APFC converter
- Increased inrush currents
- Increased vampire power at 230V
- No fan failure protection
