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The Thermaltake digital display is easy to read.

All the information is available and clearly laid out - just as it ought to be.

All the same - and this is where the display can score points compared with the Coolermaster display - it is easy to read from virtually any angle both by day and by night.

The device delivers an efficiency of 75% at half and 74% at full load, which is very respectable. At a low load, the efficiency is less at 69%, which ought to be higher.

In standby mode, 9 Watts at a low load and 18 Watts at a high load is drawn from the mains, for which this power supply is marked down. All the same, the rates are all right. What is more, the power meter remains at 10 Watts, irrespective of which load is set.

The price of $130 (€110) is reasonable for the scope of functions available.