 Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the NZXT Hale V2 series now as per the V2 This isn't NZXT's first kick at the can when it comes to a power supply But they are continuing with their original philosophy which was Leading customer support for their PSU's now it's hard to differentiate a power supply these days It's got a fan. It's got a 24 pin connector. It's got like power in and it's probably got some kind of an 80 plus rating In this case, it's 80 plus gold which is I think where that 90 comes from because it's basically 90% efficiency But check this out. This is the less than 3 which is their little heart right here So it's two steps if there's a problem within the five-year warranty period for your power supply They will not only pay to ship it back to you Which is what most companies do but they will also pay for you to simply schedule a pickup and Ship it back to them on their dime So the idea is that an RMA shouldn't cost the customer anything even though that is not the industry standard and applies to US and Canada Residents only apparently but there you go. That's what they're going for here. So it's fully modular Japanese capacitors a single 12 volt rail 135 millimeter dual ball bearing fan and energy saving which of course any 80 plus gold power supply would tend to be NZXT does a great job with their packaging So they've got a nice soft foam here that gives you a nice little look at the power supply through that window in the top And then they've got a very stylish white bag That includes all of the cables that you need so it's fully modular like I said before which means you've got a Detachable 24 pin connector actually know what let's get into the let's get into the cables a little bit more after So you've got power assurance look at that they include a little QC thing so they do a 45 degree burn-in They do initial tests they check the soldering secondary Neat I mean Obviously you know QC gets done at some point for most products But the fact that they include that for you I think it's just kind of neat users manual so it's available in 850 watts a thousand watts and 1200 watts and that leaves us pretty much with the power cable and then the power supply itself look at that they're using The higher current connector for the back of the power supply in spite of the fact that it's just a thousand watt unit It's not necessary, but including a beefy power cable is not really a bad thing by any stretch of the imagination They include five cable ties as well as four black screws so that you can install the power supply and manage your cables And of course the obligatory bag of throwaway do not eat silica gel That leaves us with pretty much the power supply itself, so I'm gonna go ahead and put the box down there I I personally love white power supplies. I think they look really stylish I think they look really good, and I think as long as they have awesome innards then then that's all very good thing So here on the top you've got that 135 millimeter dual ball bearing fan that we talked about before as well as a classy looking NZXT logo I'm gonna try and get this sticker off really quick here. See if I can make that happen There we go love it. It's just simple stamped metal logo just kind of a black glossy finish over it looks really nice on this side You've got a hail 90. This is kind of a rubberized finish, so this isn't metal So the metal is actually just the white part here, which feels like a very durable paint finish It's got some texture to it, so I'm not gonna worry about accidentally scratching it That was my one complaint about the old OCC power stream 520 awesome power supply Single strong 12-volt rail back in the days when that wasn't that common But the finish on that thing was terrible you installed it in the system, and then it just looked like butt On the other side so you can see that they've got it such that you can install it either way and the text on the Side will be correct see there you go. You've got another rubber strip that looks equally good, and then there's your modular interface So we're gonna go ahead and pull out all of the cables, and we'll be back in a moment So in terms of modular connectors, there's actually a very wide variety so check this out these are all PCI Express here, so six six plus two connectors, and this is actually quite nice to see so even on a lot of power supplies that have Flat cables for the molex and SATA connectors you'll see You'll see a sleeved connector for PCIe But instead NZXT has opted for flat ribbon cables even for PCI Express the length is also quite optimal So you're gonna be able to manage the cables behind your motherboard tray Bring them out behind your video card, and I mean it's so nice because most Most video cards these days on the high performance side have at least two PCIe connectors on them So what's great about having these flat cables is that you can easily run them somewhere together? See that without them actually taking up much additional bulk at all so then when they reach the destination It doesn't look untidy and gross it just looks very very clean so from an aesthetic standpoint I think these are this is one of the nicest implementations I've ever seen of that so kudos to NZXT for that you've also got a standard four plus four and another standard four plus four and Dedicated connectors for these a lot of the time you see on modular power supplies They're gonna give you the option to either Install two eight pin CPU connectors or your full complement of PCI Express connectors But they have not done that you can plug in all of them as much as you want all the time the 24 pin Connectors the only one that uses a braided sleeving on top of it as opposed to a flat connector I'd love to see someone implement a flat 24 pin and then if I had to complain about the power supply Which I guess I sort of am supposed to I'd say not enough SATA, so we've got Three quad SATA harnesses which is up to 12 connectors But I'd like to see more of a mixture So maybe a couple quad ones and a couple dual ones because you're not always going to be running them somewhere where you actually Have to connect four devices, and we really don't need this much molex anymore, so we've got a Triple molex with a floppy we've got a triple molex with a floppy we've got a Triple mo are quadruple molex, and then we've got another quadruple molex I'd say SATA is a much more common connector now than molex these days So I wouldn't have minded seeing that changed around anyway if you're wondering about the weird setting It's rock solid see get it run a rock Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings reviews and other computer videos