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Reviews - Antec HCP-850 850W

Hello, everyone. It's time for my first review of the new year. Come on in and sit down... I'm just looking over the notes I left myself last year on what I'm scheduled to review today. Let's see... January... I'm apparently supposed to be reviewing a hiccup today. What the... where in my colossal mishmash of a brain did that come out of? How am I... I don't even... Ohhhhh... a hiccup. An Antec HCP series unit, in fact. And here I thought my brain was going to make me review what happens when I swallow a french fry sideways. B'doyyyy! We've seen the HCP series here before, and not too long ago, when the HCP-1200 was tested back in September. And that was an awesome unit indeed. The HCP-850 isn't too likely to be based on the same platform as that one was, so it'll be interesting to see what, if anything, is different. But at least one thing's the same if the above box shot is any indication... this unit is also certified 80 Plus Gold. On the back of the box are a number of interesting bullet points used for marketing purposes. These are shown above. Among the marketing is a declaration that DC to DC regulation ensures stability. It can, but this is not always the case.