Specifications

Efficiency rating is not so high for today's standards but we shouldn't forget that Gold and Platinum efficiency PSUs play in the expensive category and NZXT obviously targets the lower-end market with HALE82 series. It may have only Bronze efficiency but this doesn't mean that it isn't equipped with all possible protections, on the contrary even the rare OTP is present. As always we are very pleased to see OTP, a protection of major importance for every PSU. Also the five year warranty, which comes with the unit, will ensure the future buyers' peace of mind. The unit's long lifespan is also supported by the exclusive use of Japanese capacitors and the double-ball bearing fan. Unfortunately NZXT doesn't provide any info about the operating temperature range and the standards (ATX, EPS) the PSU is compatible with. Finally price is quite high and regardless performance of the unit we are pretty sure that the price/performance ratio will be crippled. NZXT should lower the price in order to boost the unit's sales and competitiveness.


There is only one, pretty strong, +12V rail which can deliver almost the full capacity of the PSU. This is a clear indication that the minor rails are generated through DC-DC converters from +12V, an approach which boosts efficiency. The max combined power of the minor rails is high enough at 150W and 5VSB also has sufficient power with 3A max.

Cables & Connectors, Power Distribution

There are plenty of PCIe connectors for the capacity of the unit while the SATA and the peripheral connectors are sufficient, although a few more SATA connectors would be very welcome. Also it is noteworthy that there are no FDD connectors (who needs them anyway).
The main ATX cable along with the EPS and PCIe ones surely are not short, but 50mm additional length would be ideal. Thankfully the distance among the SATA/peripheral connectors is the recommended one. The PCIe connectors have only 100mm distance among them but in all VGAs, that need two PCIe, the sockets are very close to each other so there will be no compatibility problems. All connectors use 18AWG wires which is the recommended wire gauge according to ATX spec and the modular cables are flat, something that greatly helps in cable management.

Since this PSU features a single +12V rail we do not have anything to comment about its power distribution.