NZXT C1500 Platinum 1500W PSU Review
Presenting the 1500W NZXT C1500 PLATINUM
NZXT’s C1500 Platinum is the company’s most powerful PSU to date
Recent years have seen high-end PC components are becoming more and more power hungry, with CPUs featuring ever higher core counts while GPUs become larger and increasingly powerful. Today, NZXT has a PSU that arrives as an response to the growing demand for ultra-high-end PCs, delivering users 1500 watts of power with its all digital design.
NZXT has sent us their new C1500 Platinum power supply for testing, and it boasts some impressive specifications. Efficiency-wise, this PSU is 80 Plus Platinum and Cybenetics Titanium rated, boasting 94% efficiency levels. Additionally, this PSU is both ATX 3.1 and PCIe 5.1 rated. Furthermore, this PSU ships with two 12V2x6 power connectors for high performance graphics cards.
With this new power supply, NZXT offers customs a generous 10-year warranty. The PSU comes with fully modular cables, uses 100% Japanese capacitors, and uses a 140mm magnetic levitation fan to deliver low noise levels and a long lifespan.
In the UK, this power supply has an MSRP of £299.99, and in the US this unit has an MSRP of $369.99. This PSU will be available in the US, China, UK, Australia, the EU, and Japan. Sadly, this power supply is only available in black.
Low Noise levels
When using this C1500’s Zero RPM fan mode, the power supply will not use its fan until loads of over 900 watts are applied. This makes this power supply silent under all but the most stressing of conditions. Even when the fan is spinning, this PSU remains very quiet under most load conditions. Unless you are maxing out this PSU, this PSU will be near silent. That’s why this PSU has a Cybenetics A- noise rating.
Inside the Box
This high wattage PSU comes with a large number of cables, with all PSU cables being pre-braided with a neat black nylon braid. There are also screws to attach this PSU to your case and an AC power cord, as is standard with most PC power supplies.
