SilverStone Strider Plus 600 W (ST60F-PS) Power Supply Review

Conclusions

The SilverStone Strider Plus 600 W (ST60F-PS) is a very good power supply with the 80 Plus Silver certification. Officially getting the 80 Plus Gold certification, SilverStone downgraded it to 80 Plus Silver, as they couldn’t guarantee that every single product would achieve 80 Plus Gold levels at full load. Because of that, the ST60F-PS achieves 80 Plus Gold levels (between 87.5% and 91.0% in our tests) when you are not pulling 600 W from it.

The reviewed unit provides good voltage regulation (although it could be better on +3.3 V output during full load) and low noise and ripple levels.

Other highlights of this power supply include the presence of a fully modular cabling system and its size: it is only 5.5” (140 mm) deep, fitting small form factor cases that only support power supplies with this depth.

At USD 106, it competes in price mostly with models with the 80 Plus Bronze certification, making it a no-brainer against such power supplies. However, there are a few models with the 80 Plus Gold (Fractal Design Tesla R2 650 W and Rosewill CAPSTONE-650-M) and even with the 80 Plus Platinum (Rosewill Tachyon 650 W) in the same price range. However, these models don’t have a fully modular cabling system and may have higher noise and ripple levels, and worse voltage regulation.