Antec Signature Titanium 1000W Power Supply Review

Antec Signature Titanium 1000W
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It is nice to see Antec's Signature PSU line coming back to life again. I still remember the legendary Signature 850 and 650 models, which were phenomenal products during their release 12 years ago. The new Signature line consists of three models with 1000W and 1300W capacities, and efficiency levels ranging from Platinum to Titanium in the 80 PLUS scale, with the Titanium model achieving an impressive ETA-A+ rating in the Cybenetics scale. 

The overall performance of the Signature 1000 Titanium is impressive, although it doesn't manage to take the lead from the Corsair AX1000, which also uses the same Seasonic platform. When it comes to noise output, both PSUs have the same Cybenetics rating, LAMBA-A (20-25 dBA), which is impressive given the 1kW capacity. 

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The Antec Signature 1000 Titanium (ST1000) will soon be available in the US market with a pretty high price tag ($280). The Platinum 1300W model (SP1300) will be more affordable, at $270, and the Platinum 1000W unit (SP1000) will cost 230 dollars. The Seasonic Prime Titanium model with similar capacity costs ten dollars more than the ST1000, while the Corsair AX1000 has a similar price tag with Antec's high-end offering. Since all three models are based on the same Seasonic platform, their overall performance is identical, and they also feature silent operation, so the purchasing decision comes down to availability, current street price and brand preference.

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Disclaimer: Aris Mpitziopoulos is Tom's Hardware's PSU reviewer. He is also the Chief Testing Engineer of Cybenetics and developed the Cybenetics certification methodologies apart from his role on Tom's Hardware. Neither Tom's Hardware nor its parent company, Future PLC, are financially involved with Cybenetics. Aris does not perform the actual certifications for Cybenetics.

Aris Mpitziopoulos
Contributing Editor

Aris Mpitziopoulos is a contributing editor at Tom's Hardware, covering PSUs.

  • refillable
    This is the first review I saw on the Seasonic titanum platform. Looks good on paper but I'd personally avoid it. Are you not extremely concerned about that sky-high OCP? I mean 117 A, that's huge! What if something went wrong? Wouldn't that instantly fry something? Shame Seasonic doesn't bother having multi-rail OCP on a 1000W unit. Something like the HX1000 I think is a better option with multi-rail OCP. I think 1000+ W PSUs without multi-rail OCP is just asking for trouble.

    I wonder why you don't seem to agree with this and instead give this thing an editor choice award.
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  • mdd1963
    Just in time for the upcoming Comet Lakes!
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  • Aris_Mp
    refillable said:
    This is the first review I saw on the Seasonic titanum platform. Looks good on paper but I'd personally avoid it. Are you not extremely concerned about that sky-high OCP? I mean 117 A, that's huge! What if something went wrong? Wouldn't that instantly fry something? Shame Seasonic doesn't bother having multi-rail OCP on a 1000W unit. Something like the HX1000 I think is a better option with multi-rail OCP. I think 1000+ W PSUs without multi-rail OCP is just asking for trouble.

    I wonder why you don't seem to agree with this and instead give this thing an editor choice award.

    The HX1000 also has a single +12V rail: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-hx1000-psu,5214.html
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  • refillable
    Aris_Mp said:
    The HX1000 also has a single +12V rail: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-hx1000-psu,5214.html
    No, it definitely has multi-rail OCP around 40A, a huge difference from 117A seen in this seasonic platform. You said that here:
    https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-hx1000-psu,5214-6.html
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  • javiindo
    It would be nice to precise the use case for each power supply. Because the power supply is recommended, but you don't indicate for what. For 1000W maybe a threadripper 3990X with two 2080 ti in SLI?
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  • waltc3
    refillable said:
    No, it definitely has multi-rail OCP around 40A, a huge difference from 117A seen in this seasonic platform. You said that here:
    https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-hx1000-psu,5214-6.html

    Yes, the Corsair HX-850 has a single/multi-rail hardware switch for either a single 72A 12v rail or else 7 40A rails...;) https://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/zardon/corsair-hx850-platinum-2017-power-supply-review/3/
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  • emgarf
    Please consider providing power-off rail sequencing as well as power-on. Both are important.
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  • Aris_Mp
    refillable said:
    No, it definitely has multi-rail OCP around 40A, a huge difference from 117A seen in this seasonic platform. You said that here:
    https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-hx1000-psu,5214-6.html
    LOL my bad, totally missed that :)
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  • refillable
    Aris_Mp said:
    LOL my bad, totally missed that :)
    So, which one do you prefer? The HX seems to as quiet despite efficiency difference, so I don't think the Titanium efficiency matters. Plus, the HX is also cheaper here and in many other countries such as the US and Australia. I think the HX is a much better choice, or at least should be honourably mentioned.
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