be quiet! Pure Power 11 FM 1000W, ATX 2.52

Das be quiet! PURE POWER 11 FM 1000 W Netzteil ist derzeit zu einem angemessenen Preis erhältlich und besitzt eine fünfjährige Garantie und eine üppige Ausstattung. Zudem ist das Netzteil nicht hörbar und bietet uns eine konstante Spannungsversorgung über jegliche Anwendungen hinweg.

Dieses Netzteil macht dem Namen be quiet! alle Ehre, denn es ist nicht zu hören. Weder im Idle noch unter Volllast.

The Pure Power line is above System Power in the be quiet! portfolio and below the Straight Power and Dark Power. The Pure Power 11 FM is the flagship of the line, offering good performance and decent build quality, but not so low noise output, at higher loads at least. When you hear the name “be quiet!” you expect to only find whisper quiet products under all conditions and nothing less. This doesn’t seem to be the case, though, for the Pure Power 11 FM 1000.

What I like about the Pure Power 11 FM 1000W from Be Quiet is that they have designed it aesthetically to be clean and simple with its all blacked-out design. But in areas like the fan, it stands out compared to other budget-focused models. In other words, the money is invested in the areas that matter, not in fancy styling LED screens or RGB lighting. The Pure Power 11 FM lineup is available in all of the wattages that you might need including higher wattages like this 1000 watt version that will help support the power-hungry CPUs and GPUs that we have been seeing recently. You get full modular cables and almost all of the cables are the easy to work with flat flexible cables, I do wish the 24-pin cable wouldn’t be sleeved but it does have the flat cabling behind the sleeving so I guess you could remove it if you wanted. It has a 5-year warranty which isn’t too bad and 80 plus gold certification does seem to be the sweet spot right now for efficiency and cost which is exactly what they are aiming for with the Pure Power 11 FM lineup.

The be quiet! Pure Power 11 FM 1000 W is a solid PSU, especially since it managed to survive all of my tough tests, and with a street price close to $140 in the US market, will stand well. Its street price in Europe is below the 155€ MSRP, at 142€ with the Corsair RM1000x costing around 30€ more. This is notable for users on tight budgets who want a strong PSU. I would pay 5-10 euros or dollars more, though, to have better capacitors. I am not fond, at all, of the Teapo SC caps, and I cannot hide it.

As I mentioned in the FM 850 review, this is the best HEC platform I have had my hands on so far. I am sure be quiet!'s guidance played a big role in HEC putting together such a competitive platform. It might not be up to Corsair RM1000x levels, but the latter is more expensive. The Corsair RM1000x offers better overall performance and double the warranty period since it uses a better fan and caps. We need more choice from new players in the high-end market, so I agree with be quiet! going with a lesser-known OEM for this price bracket. That said, competition is tough, so an even lower price point for the Pure Power 11 FM 1000 could result in considerably more sales.

Meet today's review candidate, the be quiet! 11 FM Pure Power, this round available as 850W and 1000W models. the FM series is a popular completely modular power supply with outputs of 550W, 650W, 750W 850W, and 1000W 80Plus gold certification. The Pure Power 11 FM is a completely modular variant of the Pure Power 11 geared at more general computer users who appreciate the variety of modular cables and 80 PLUS Gold efficiency.