Almost exactly one year ago, OCZ shocked the overclocking community by purchasing PC Power & Cooling. Ever since, the enthusiast community has waited with bated breath to see the children from this fated marriage.  Well, cradled in my arms, I now hold one of the dear children.  Now, when we looked at the PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610, we concluded that it was a great power supply; however there were some interesting design philosophies that I felt were holding back the company.  It will now be interesting to see how these design philosophies seep their way into the OCZ-branded product.

Out of Box Experience: 

The particular model that we are examining today is the 800W; the EliteXStream also comes in 900W and 1000W flavors.  The front of the box claims 80% efficiency, good cooling, Active PFC and SLI readiness.

The back of the box claims much of the same, as well as OCZ's five year warranty and tech support. 

Upon opening the box, we find everything is well packed.  Not as fancy as some others I have seen, however we all know that isn't nearly as important as what is inside. 

The contents of the box include about what you would expect: the power supply itself, a cord, screws, zip-ties, and a full color manual.

Features and Specifications:

• 800W and 1000W(1KW) Configurations

• Internal 120mm fan

• 5 year warranty backed by OCZ's exclusive PowerSwap Warranty replacement program.

• 150mm(W) x 86mm(H) x 160mm(L)

• ATX12V v2.2

• High efficiency 82%

• 80+ Certified

• Overvoltage/Overcurrent/Short-Circuit protection

• Active PFC (.99)

• MTBF:100,000 hours
  90-264 VAC 10-5A 50/60Hz 

Connector Layout:

• 1 x 20+4 pin connector

• 1x 8 pin EPS connector

• 4x 6+2 pin PCI-e connectors

• 8x SATA Power connectors

• 8x Molex connectors

• 1x Floppy Power connector