Thermaltake TR2 S TR2 S 500W

Efficient and affordable PSU from Thermaltake

TR2 S is an efficient and affordable (by Thermaltake standards) power supply with active power correction and 80+ certification. That is, at a voltage of 230 W and a load range from 20% to 100% of power, the efficiency of the power supply can reach 86% and does not fall below 82%. And all this gives a three-year warranty instead of the usual two.

Load 420 W on line 12V

Despite the entry level, Thermaltake turned out to be a well-assembled power supply with high-quality and competent circuitry, which in many nuances looks more interesting than other state employees. Doubts here are caused only by smoothing capacitors unfamiliar to us from the Chinese company Chengx. TR2 S demonstrates stable performance under continuous load and a good load on the main 12V line - the Capxon 330 uF capacitor is rated at 420 watts. In addition, it offers a sufficient set of connectors and the optimal length of wiring for connecting components. Thanks to this, the model can be safely recommended both for assembling a simple working system (a 450 W option is better here), and a fairly powerful gaming PC with a GeForce RTX 2060 caliber graphics card and a 6-core Ryzen 5 3600 type processor.

Quiet but not silent

It is worth noting that although Thermaltake is not Be Quiet!, it also respects quiet products. Therefore, one of the chips of this power supply was claimed almost silent operation. And this is not entirely true. To cool the filling of the block, a completely ordinary TT-1225 cooler with 7 blades is used, the same as in most other low-cost power supplies. Therefore, if up to a load of 220 W, the cooling system operates almost silently, but when going abroad at 440 W, the noise level is above average. And it increases with increasing load on the system, reaching 34 – 35 dB. In principle, in most cases, this noise does not stand out against the background of the cooling systems of other components, but calling it "exceptionally quiet" is not entirely fair.