INTRODUCTION

   With the recent introduction of the Z490 motherboards and 10th generation CPUs by Intel (and a of course the new B550 motherboards and 3000XT processors by AMD - not to mention the upcoming NVIDIA RTX30XX and AMD RDNA2 graphics cards) demand for high-quality power supply units is certain to rise. Now the benefits of owning a good PSU is something that I’ve covered a lot over the years but in short, the most important thing is stable and clean power for your system and more specifically for your mainboard/CPU and graphics card(s). Still there are many out there who are looking for models with the best price/performance ratio and for those Chieftec somewhat recently introduced their Chieftronic brand which aims to bring exactly that to the market and with me today i have their PowerPLAY 750W model (GPU-750FC).

   Chieftronic will build on the legacy of our Chieftec heritage of quality and experience in the PC chassis industry, while bringing in fresh and innovative design features, thus meeting the high demands of gamers and modern power-users. Chieftronic products are conceptualized, designed and supported in Germany to ensure the products we bring to market closely match the needs of our customers. To complement the new product planning and design, we will be relying on the trusted manufacturing quality the market has come to associate with Chieftec products. We are very excited to bring you the newest products and latest trends with tried and tested quality that you know you can trust. For more information, please visit https://www.chieftronic.com/.

   The PowerPLAY line of PSUs by Chieftronic includes two sub-lines the 80 Plus Gold certified one which includes 3 wattage models (550/650/750W) and the 80 Plus Platinum one which currently consists by just 2 models (850/1050W - review soon). Aside the obvious 80 Plus certifications and output wattages these two sub-lines are pretty much identical and of course fully modular. As for the PowerPLAY 750W model which I’ll be testing today (888W max) aside its 80 Plus Gold certification (electrical efficiency up to 87%) it also sports a single +12V rail (62.5A with a maximum supported power of up to 750W), support for multiple graphics cards (four 6+2 pin PCIe connectors), Japanese capacitors, active PFC, zero-RPM mode (fan only starts spinning after 30% load is reached) and a plethora of electrical protections including OCP (over charge protection), OVP (over voltage protection), UVP (under voltage protection), SCP (short circuit protection), OPP (over power protection), OTP (over temperature protection), SIP (surge & inrush protection) and no load protection. Last but not least Chieftronic also covers both PowerPLAY lines with a 3 year limited warranty.