The Cables:

   The amount of cables attached to this 1100w Tagan is without a doubt the most I've ever seen. With 4 specially shielded, and somewhat stiff, PCI-e cables and  a ground wire added to the usual suspects, it makes for a heavy lot of cables.

   The main ATX is sleeved but the rest of the peripheral cables are only half sleeved up to the first connector on the line. I'm going to have to say, that with the price range this power supply will be in when it's available for sale, it should be sleeved better than anything I've ever seen. Sadly, that is not the case. One smart move Tagan did was add a hard-wired ground wire on this unit. With 1100w at your disposal, you certainly want to be sure to correctly install that. Just consult the manual, it's very easy to do and it could save a potential disaster. Very smart of Tagan to include that.

Inside the TurboJet:

   Once the initial fluff pictures were over, it was time to immediately crack this power supply open and subsequently void it's warranty. Well that's what we do so you don't have to.

   Inside the beast we find a pair of very large, and round heatsinks. These are unlike most that I see inside todays best power supplies. There is plenty of surface area to dissipate heat, not to mention the dual 80mm fans blowing over them (one in, one out).

   The mass of cables are fully sleeved all the way into the unit itself. This method not only looks better, but it also alleviates the possibility of the mesh fraying at the end near the power supply. You can also see the power leads are firmly connected to the PCB.

   I'd also like to mention the ability to easily change the two 80mm fans out if one should fail, or you'd just like to replace them with LED fans.

   Lastly I'd like to point out the little blue square next to where the fans connect to the PCB. That is a potentiometer. It allows you to adjust the voltage to the rails either up or down by a small margin. If you're overclocking some monster machine and actually need that little bit more juice than this behemoth is pumping out, you could give that a twist.

Testing:

   As far as testing goes, let's not fool anybody here. This is an 1100w beast and I've got nothing even close that will really rev this power supply up anywhere near it's limit. It's like being given a Ferrari and I'm stuck in traffic. However I will test this like I test all the power supplies and that is with personal experience, loading up what I do have for a system, and also using the Seasonic power angel to test this power supplies PFC rating.

   Voltage load testing was done using prime95 to garner 100% CPU usage for 30mins to attain maximum power consumption and heat generation. I also tortured myself and played Need for Speed: Carbon for over 2 hours to generate maximum power consumption from my 7800GT OC graphics card. Well this Tagan 1100w didn't even break a sweat (or get hot). Not that I expected it too. It's made to run FOUR cards bigger and badder than mine!

Test Rig:

• Intel E6400 Core 2 Duo @ 2400mhz

• ASUS P5B Deluxe Motherboard

• NVIDIA 7800GT OC

• 2x80GB Western Digital SATA HDD's

• 2x120GB Seagate SATA HDD's

• 2x1GB SuperTalent PC2-8000 @ 2.2v

• Creative Audigy2 ZS Gamers

• 16x Sony DVD-RW

Voltage Readings:

Idle

Load

   Voltages were solid and didn't even budge with my puny little system for this beast.