Tagan 2 Force II 900W Cross Fire certified Power Supply Unit
The TG900-U33 comes with independent +12v rails which can be split or combined depending on how demanding your power requirements are and conforms to ATX12v Ver 2.2 and EPS12V Ver.2.92 form factors. Since the power requirements for new Drives, Fans and Video cards keep growing the demand on PSU’s have also grown proportionately. As such the new requirement is that any PSU that produces more than 18A for the 12v rail has to be split into two separate 12v rails to increase stability of the system. The TG900-U33 (900W) comes with 6 rails with a maximum output of 20A, which is quite significant considering other higher end PSUs that only come with two or four 12v rails.
As you can see from the pictures the TAGAN TG900 comes with two 80mm fans on either side of the unit. When most other manufactures use a single 120mm fan on top to cool the PSU, this model differs from the norm providing greater airflow. With two 80mm fans on either side we were expecting to hear quite a lot of noise from this device, but surprisingly you could hardly hear them working. Mind you the fans are thermally controlled so we waited to see if the fans would increase in noise when the PSU was under full load, yet remarkably they’re noise free. Using one of their patented technologies TSCT (Tagan Silence Control Technology) it keeps these fans under 30dBa even on full load which is very impressive.
The outer casing is all metal with a black painted finish. Nothing very flashy to talk about here; it’s also got a water proof switch to turn the unit on and off if required for added safety.
Unfortunately the TAGAN TG900-U33 isn’t a modular setup so all cables are already connected to the PSU. I wish Nanopoint actually made this as a modular setup as it comes with a ton of cables standard and if you won’t really use all of them it just gets in the way. The good thing however is all the cables are shielded in a black mesh with copper shielding so that it won’t be an obstruction for airflow. The mesh does not make the cables rigid and they are very easy to handle and give a very heavy duty feel to them. Also provided are Velcro cable ties to keep everything together.
While on the subject of cables the TAGAN TG900-U33 offers a plethora of expansion options. Here’s a run down of what’s available:
1 x 20+4pin motherboard connector
1 x 4pin CPU connector
1 x 4+4pin CPU connector
2 x 8pin PCI-E connectors
2 x 6pin PCI-E connectors
2 x SATA cables capable of handling 8 drives. (4 on each cable)
6 x 4pin Molex connectors and
2 x 4pin Floppy drive connectors
I can’t see anyone who’d really use all these cables provided, yet considering the strange things I have seen in the past it’s not impossible to see someone requiring this amount of expansion. Nevertheless kudos on Nanopoint for providing this level of flexibility.
