Final thoughts and rating
The Antec High Current Gamer 900W fixed-cable power supply retails just shy of £100 and is designed to offer lots of juice on the all-important 12V line. Build quality is good, cables nice and long, and it delivers solid, if not outstanding, performance across a range of taxing tests.
Inside, the HCG users a smattering of big-brand components that are well-placed over a large PCB, but just be sure to check if the 180mm depth fits fine in the chassis of your choosing.
We'd be happy to use one if running CPU- or GPU-intensive tasks, though we'd suggest jumping up to a capacity high enough to ensure that the supply isn't running at over 75 per cent of available power, thereby keeping the 135mm ADDA fan in check.
Antec, then, has made sensible compromises in putting out a sub-£100 PSU. The perfectionist in us wants to see individual PCIe cables, higher ambient temperature rating, and a metal-oxide varistor present, but if we had everything at this price, what need would there be for higher-specified models?
Bottom line: a good-quality power supply that pumps out stable voltages without fuss.
The Good
Solid build quality
Well within ATX spec in all tests
Long cabling
The Bad
Could do with four individual PCIe cables
Rated at 35°C; 'premium' supplies offer 50°C
HEXUS Rating
Antec HCG-900 PSU
HEXUS Awards
Antec HCG-900 PSU
HEXUS Where2Buy
TBC.
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