TOP-700P8 U14 (700W)

Now we have approached the newer P8 series of Topower products. Models within this series are distinguished not only with their wattage ratings but also with the output cable design. The U14 version is a PSU with non-detachable cables; there exist versions with detachable ones.

Traditionally for Topower, the box tells you the wattage, but not the particular model of the PSU contained within. The photograph shows two models with quite different fan types.

The U12 index denoted a PSU with a 12cm fan, so U14 means a PSU with a 14cm fan. It is a 13.5cm fan, to be exact, but the manufacturers round this number up.

The exterior hasn’t changed much since the U12 series otherwise. The case is still longer than the standard 145mm but there is a lot of free room inside. The PCB doesn’t occupy all the interior of the case.

The PSU has non-detachable cables. Most of them are twisted, without an additional exterior casing. The mainboard and CPU cables are sleeved. The graphics card cables are screened and covered with thick, stiff plastic.

Well, the technically meaningless screening of the output cables is not even as impressive as the screening of the mains cable. It could please an audiophile, I guess, for whom a whole small industry makes such cables. But I have to tell you that the screened mains cable and the gold-plated pins of the plug affect the appearance but not the characteristics. Just imagine that there is some 100 meters of ordinary cable going from the nearest substation to your wall socket. And this cable is connected not with gold-plated but with ordinary pins of fuses, an electricity supply meter, and various clamps. So what can 1.8 meters of screened cable with gold-plated pins do? Nothing at all. But it looks pretty for sure.

Also included with the PSU is a set of nonexpendable fabric braces and a couple of single-use braces to fasten the cables in the system case.

The PSU has the following cables and connectors:

• Mainboard cable with a 20+4 connector (45cm)
• CPU cable with a 4+4 connector (48cm)
• Two screened cables for graphics cards with 6-pin connectors (60cm)
• Two cables with three Molex connectors on each and one mini-plug for a floppy drive (46+15+15+14cm)
• Two cables with two SATA power connectors on each (46+15cm)
• Three fan cables (70cm). The PSU automatically regulates the speed of the fans depending on its own temperature, just like it regulates the speed of its own fan.