Thermaltake 750W TR2 RX Power Supply Review

Okay, once the PSU is installed and hooked up with the necessary modular cables, we can move on to the testing portion of our show.  All tests were performed using a multitester to get accurate readings from the lines, including any dangerous fluctuations that might occur and destroy your components.

The system I am testing on includes the following:

At idle, the TR2 RX got readings of 3.22V, 4.97V, 12.0V on the 3.3V, 5V, and 12V rails.  We were only able to push a 500W maximum load on this test, which definitely doesn’t push this PSU to its limit, the TR2 RX was getting readings of 3.18V, 5.11V, 11.56V at load.  The only major fluctuations occurred on the 5V rail during the load test, with a ripple of nearly 3.3%.  Not many computers would be able to put this kind of stress on a power supply rated at 750W, so chances are that you wouldn’t see this variation in your home PC.  We have read how this PSU has died when running at full load, but we were unable to verify this finding.

	Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W Test 12v 12v variance 5v 5v variance 3.3v 3.3v variance Thermaltake TR2 RX Idle 12.0 0% 4.97 1% 3.22 2% Ultra X3 800W Idle 11.9 1% 4.92 2% 3.21 3% Corsair TX-750W Idle 12.3 1% 5.18 1% 3.29 1% Thermaltake TR2 RX Load 11.56 4% 5.11 1% 3.18 4% Ultra X3 800W Load 11.87 2% 4.86 3% 3.15 5% Corsair TX-750W Load 12.32 1% 5.21 1% 3.29 1%

On the next page, Judge Mental declares his findings…