Introduction

Montech might not be a brand that's at the top of your list if you're asked to name five PSU vendors. But since being established in 2016, this Taiwan-based company has been working hard on building their power supply, computer case, cooling, and peripheral lineup.

Over the years Montech have introduced multiple power supply series, with the latest being the Titan Gold. Like all recent higher-tier power supplies, it complies with ATX 3.0 and PCIe 5.0 specifications, and comes in four different wattages: 750 W, 850 W, 1000 W and 1200 W. All these models come with a very respectable 10-year warranty.

In the past, Montech has based their product names on the 80 Plus efficiency rating achieved (e.g. Bronze and Gold). While it might sound a bit confusing, the Titan Gold series indeed has an 80 Plus Gold rating.

Naming politics aside, today on our test bench is the 1000 W version of the Titan Gold line, positioned to power even the most demanding single-GPU gaming machines. Let's start by taking a look at the spec sheet.

Specifications

Packaging and accessories

The Titan Gold comes in quite an informative box detailing key features like 80 Plus Gold, Cybenetics Gold and the 10-year warranty logos as well as an image of the power supply unit itself. At the back there is further explanation of these specs along with descriptions of other features, such as the hybrid mode for the FDB fan and being rated for the ATX 3.0 standard. There's also an outline of the available connectors.

Detailed power specifications and a list of protections offered can be found on the side of the box while the other side includes diagrams for the fan operating speed, efficiency and AC vs DC power across the power range (albeit only the minimal three data points are included for efficiency).


Inside the box we find the usual set of items. We're greeted by manuals first, with the PSU secured in foam underneath, as well as the accessory bag.


The accessory bag contains four screws, the AC power cable and the DC cables. All cables apart from the sleeved ATX 24 pin and the 12VHPWR cables are of the clean, flat, non-sleeved format which seems to be the current standard for modular cables these days.