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Xigmatek NRP-HC1001 1000w Power Supply

The "No Rules Power NRP-HC1001," complies with the newest Intel standard ATX 12V V2.2 and SSI standard EPS 12V V2.91 simultaneously. So this PSU actually follows more rules than others? Should you care and does an extra standard give you anything at 1000 watts?

Introduction

The Xigmatek brand is one of the newer faces in the enthusiast DIY market having been launched in 2005. However, Xigmatek’s parent company may be more familiar to the storage minded individuals as Micro Technology Concepts, Inc. or MTC Direct which has been around since 1989. With the establishment of the Xigmatek brand Micro Technology Concepts, Inc. has expanded into some new niches as they now brand products that include CPU coolers, VGA coolers, fans, and power supplies. Having moved away from their roots of distributing storage products Xigmatek has chosen Channel Well Technology as their OEM partner for the NRP series of power supplies. Today’s item of interest, the Xigmatek NRP-HC1001, is the third largest capacity unit in Xigmatek's flagship line of products cleverly dubbed “No Rules Power.”

Channel Well Technology was founded and began manufacturing power supplies in 1993. Since 1993 Channel Well Technology products have shown up under various guises including Antec, Xclio, 2theMax, CWT, Thermaltake, Corsair, and Koolance among many others. While most familiar to our US users under the Antec brand CWT is one of the more complete OEM manufacturers as they have a fairly high level of vertical integration providing transformers all the way up to their well designed independently regulated SMPS.

Rules? We Don't Need No Stinking Rules.

Rules are meant to be broken, and today we have the opportunity to review the first product that proudly proclaims there are "no rules" to its power. While I am sure this sounds like a great marketing concept there most certainly are a lot of rules for ATX/EPS power supplies and large set of de facto rules that come courtesy of the entrenched elite providers of DIY components in the 1000w+ market segment. So the big question then becomes what does the NRP-HC1001 do to free itself from such a suffocating experience as being shackled by rules?

No Rules Power, NRP-HC1001, complies with the newest Intel standard ATX 12V V2.2 and SSI standard EPS 12V V2.91 simultaneously. The advanced features, including bead core protection fro(sic) PCI-e connectors, worry-free power failure detector and an over 80% efficiency rating, enable NRP-HC1001 to the stable and clean power. No Rules Power proves to be a spectacular performer, and full product line also provides various choices for different kinds of consumers.

Apparently, to free itself from the shackles of rules the No Rules Power NRP-HC10001 conforms to the rules as we find the thrust of the marketing beyond the name to indicate. This isn't necessarily bad in that the rules exist for a reason but certainly is going to constrain the uniqueness of this unit if it continues to bow to the rules. And obviously, few [H] readers buy a PSU because of a marketing slogan.

For now, let’s move on and see what we have to look forward to when we purchase the Xigmatek NRP-HC1001 power supply in terms of documentation, accessories, cable count, rail layout, output characteristics, and general build quality.