Rosewill Fortress 750 W Review 2

Rosewill Fortress 750 W Review

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Value and Conclusion

  • The Rosewill Fortress 750 W retails for $129.99.
  • Delivered full power at 45°C
  • Good price for a Platinum 750 W unit
  • Tight-enough load regulation on the +12V and 5V rails
  • Fairly good ripple suppression on +12V
  • Silent operation
  • Seven-year warranty
  • Quality finish
  • All cables are affixed
  • Very low hold-up time
  • Ripple at 3.3V was on the high side
The Fortress-750 uses a good all-around platform to delivers nice performance, Platinum efficiency, and a silent overall operation, while operating under normal conditions. This unit's only compromise in exchange for a better retail price is the complete absence of modular cables, but I am pretty sure some users prefer to save the money instead of buying a more expensive modular unit. The PSU's load regulation is good, especially on +12 V, a PSU's most important rail. However, I would also like to see lower ripple results on the minor rails, although today's PCs hardly rely on the minor rails since the +12V rail actually feeds all power hungry system components. Rosewill manages to offer a nice price/performance ratio with the Fortress line, and users on a tight budget should include these units in their scope, while searching for a good, silent, and affordable unit.

Today, I got to test another worthy Rosewill product with a pretty good price/performance ratio, which is its key selling factor to most consumers. Its performance definitely can't compete with high-end 750 W units by other respected brands, but doing so really isn't its goal. The Fortress-750 is supposed to perform well, as the efficient Platinum option it is. If you don't want to burn a hole into your wallet, but crave a Platinum unit and are willing to deal with affixed cables, you should put this product at the top of your to-buy list. There were periods where its price dropped under $110, making it a great bargain, so you had better put in a price alert as well. The cherry on top is its silent operation which puts many PSUs featuring a semi-passive operation to shame.
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