CONCLUSION

   One of the top improvements the latest ATX 3.0 certification offers is optimal power delivery/efficiency which means that your system will be drawing less power from an ATX 3.0 unit compared to an ATX 2.4/2.5 unit. Now this is somewhat evident in the charts (especially at load) but the difference is a bit less than what I was expecting (still with electricity being what it is today whatever we can save is welcome). Rail stability is also excellent and even though I can’t really attribute this to the ATX 3.0 certification (I’ve seen such numbers many times before) do keep in mind that my tests are done with PCIe 3.0 cards and not 5.0 ones (and certainly not with the latest GeForce RTX 4xxx line). Noise levels is once again another area where the Dark Power line of PSUs by be quiet! shines and with them just surpassing 38dBA even at load things couldn’t get any better. Build quality is pretty much excellent as well not only in terms of interior layout but also materials including top end capacitors by Nippon Chemi-Con and Rubycon. Finally, the OC key is a good feature to have if you’re into manual overclocking but it needs to be pointed out that it doesn’t work well with every system out there so if you turn it on and you have random system restarts or bootup issues that could be the reason (this happened with my EVGA Z590 DARK motherboard and the Dark Power Pro 12).

   The brand new Dark Power 13 1000W PCIe 5.0 and ATX 3.0 power supply unit by be quiet! currently retails for 305.57Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) and is expected to retail for around USD290 inside the USA, a price tag which is more or less the same as that of the Dark Power 12 1000W at launch (which is a good thing). Now some people may wonder why the Dark Power 13 is not available at higher outputs but with the Dark Power Pro 13 just around the corner it really doesn’t need to be. Overall, the Dark Power 13 1000W is clearly one of the best power supply units out there and for that it gets the Platinum Award.

PROS

- Excellent Build Quality
- Solid Rail Stability
- ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0
- 80 Plus Titanium Certified
- Electrical Protections (OCP/OVP/SSP/OPP/UVP/OTP)
- Low Noise Levels
- Frameless Silent Wings 135mm Fan
- Multi & Single Rail Mode (32A/40A & 83A)
- 10 Year Limited Warranty

CONS

- Price (For Some)
- Current Availability (USA)