SilverStone ST45SF-G Power Supply Review
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The main highlights of the SilverStone ST45SF-G are its 80 Plus Gold certification and its fully modular cabling system. It costs USD 20 more than its sister, the ST45SF, which comes with the 80 Plus Bronze certification.
The problem with this power supply is its price. We know how difficult it is to make a compact, high-efficiency power supply (due to temperature), and SilverStone will probably have a hard time explaining to users why they should buy this USD 100 unit when there are other SFX12V power supplies (most of them are not as good, by the way) on the market selling for half of that.
If you are building a small form factor (SFF) computer and want a 450 W power supply (which is the maximum wattage you can get from an SFX12V power supply) with the 80 Plus Gold certification, the SilverStone ST45SF-G is your only option.
We are giving this unit our Silver Award instead of the Golden because we had issues with the first sample we received, and efficiency at full load at high temperature was below 87 percent.