Today we’re looking at a power supply that can power up the most power-hungry components inside the case, giving the continuous power of 1000 Watts for most demanding PC setups. SilverStone Strider 1KW not only provides the power, but also an advanced cable management, quiet operation and over power / voltage protection.
Silverstone packed the 1KW PSU inside a big box that contains some information’s about the PSU itself on the box with details of each cable length and power pin identifications for the power supply.
Inside the box, you’ll find the PSU with all the cables attached to it. Beside the PSU, SilverStone also bundled some mounting screws, 3-pin power cable, two 6-pin PCI-Express cables, small bag, and the manual.
First look
Silverstone Strider power supply comes with usual black coloring and the size of normal ATX PSU. Top of box features the Silverstone logo with the main power connector, power switch and the power indicator LED on the front. The LED proved to very useful since it lets the user know the status of the PSU by changing the color of the LED.
The rear side of the PSU hast the power cables connectors for the CPU, motherboard, HDD’s, FDD’s, and the PCI-E power cables; once you connect them all and turn on the PSU, the 140mm Fan on the PSU will do the job of cooling down the components inside the PSU.
