Providing evidence of its popularity, the Antec TruePower branched off into two series, namely the Quattro and the Trio. This year, sometime in February, Antec threw in another range of PSUs into the TruePower lineup dubbed as the TruePower New, primarily comprised of models available in 550W, 650W, and 750W power ratings. But what’s actually new with the TruePower New? Join us as we find out.

 

 

 

For our curiosity, our friends from Antec sent us the TruewPower New TP-750. Browsing the company’s website, we found out that they also offer the TP-750 Blue model that comes with blue, internal LEDs for an enthusiast’s appeal. Either the basic or the Blue variant is equipped with a 120mm PWM fan, smaller than that of the PSU which we examined a couple of months back.

 

 

 

The profile photo of the fan.

 

 

 

The TP-750 is a modular PSU, but do take note that many of its essential connectors are still permanently attached to the unit. These cables are the 24-pin main power connector, 4-pin ATX12V power connector, 8-pin EPS12V power connector, SATA power cable with three SATA power connectors, peripheral power cable with three standard peripheral power connectors, floppy disk drive power connector, and two auxiliary power cables for graphics cards with one six/eight-pin connector each.

 

 

 

If the connectors that we mentioned do not suffice, Antec supplied the TP-750 with detachable cables for powering up additional peripherals. Items listed are a pair of auxiliary power cables for graphics cards with one six-pin connector each (red connector); two SATA power cables with three SATA power connectors each (black connectors); and two peripheral power cables with three standard peripheral power plugs each (black connectors). All of these come along with a standard power cable, the one that you plug straight into the electrical socket.

 

 

 

 The label on the side of the PSU.

 

 

 

In this photo, we can have a glimpse of the PSU’s innards through the air vent. Let’s proceed on looking closer at some of its important components.

 

 

 

Instead of making use of thick heatsinks, the TP-750 PSU is equipped with heatsinks with extended protrusions. These protrusions are designed to increase the heatsinks’ surface area that come into contact with air for better heat dissipation.

 

 

 

 Noticeably, we spotted no huge electrolytic capacitors on the primary stage of the PSU. Conspicuous here are the three ferrite coils for transient filtering.

 

 

 

While usually found on the primary stage of a PSU, the huge electrolytic capacitor in this case is positioned adjacent to the primary and secondary transformers.

 

 

 

 Taking into consideration that the TP-750 has more connectors built in, the secondary stage of this PSU appears more jam-packed. We can see a lot of smaller, electrolytic capacitors from this angle as well.

 

 

 

In the perspective of patrons of modular PSUs, the Antec TruePower New TP-750 could be relatively new based on some aspects. On the outside, given that most of its essential connectors are permanently attached to the unit, the PSU can be best described as half modular. In any case, whether such a design is advantageous or not, that matter is dependent on the space requirements of users. On the inside, we saw that the TP-750 possesses a layout that fairly differs from that of a conventional PSU. Certainly, that is beneficial in the long term. The extensive, protruding heatsink design and additional ferrite coils are good indications that this PSU is capable of withstanding stressful conditions and of delivering continuous power distribution as well.