VR Features

With 1.375V on the Vcore and CPU at 3.33GHz, we ran Asus's 790i Ultra motherboard with a triplet of Inno3D 8800GTX graphics accelerators. G80 are infamous power guzzlers, so we load 'em all 'PUs. The Everest was not designed for such a setup, being lower-rated than NVIDIA recommendations. We pulled out the adapters anyway just to see how each one fares in different scenarios.

By now it is apparent that the FSP holds its front against the Silverstone where efficiency is concerened. A 30W lead is saved with the setup in idle. What about brunt then? You ask. We loaded the system on both PSUs and the Everest halted operation as a safety precaution after a few runs. The Silverstone ramped up fan speed, making turbulence audible.

The last reading we captured on the Everest prior to cutoff was 760W. Assuming 80% efficiency, this would have meant that the PSU was putting out over 600W of power, meeting manufacturer specifications on worst case condition. The Silverstone ran the setup stably for hours. Wanting more, we ramped up Vcore just to test the capabilities of the Olympia.

Much to our surprise, the Olympia shut down after 3 loops of Canyon Flight. The power supply was unhappy about the extra 12V load on it's purported 90A rail. A quick scan of the power meter revealed the peak power draw to be 836W. With Silverstone's efficiency figures, the power capability of the Olympia seems to fall short of its claims.