Cooler Master UCP 700W Power Supply Review

Power Distribution

In Figure 15, you can see the power supply label containing all the power specs.

Figure 15: Power supply label.

This power supply has four virtual rails, distributed like this:

• +12V1 (yellow with black stripe wire): Main motherboard cable, SATA and peripheral power connectors.
• +12V2 (solid yellow wire): ATX12V/EPS12V cable.
• +12V3 (yellow with blue stripe wire): One of the video card cables with one six-pin connector and one of the video card cables with one six-pin connector and one eight-pin connector.
• +12V4 (yellow with green stripe wire): One of the video card cables with one six-pin connector and one of the video card cables with one six-pin connector and one eight-pin connector.

This is the standard distribution for a four-rail power supply.

Now let’s see if this power supply can really deliver 700 W.