Sapphire FirePSU 625W power supply review

Over the years here at Elite Bastards, we've found ourselves reviewing countless graphics boards from the AMD graphics AIB partner behemoth that is Sapphire, and the company have also released more than a few motherboards in recent times too (one of which we'll finally be reviewing shortly with any luck).  However, here's something new for you to get your teeth into - A Sapphire-branded power supply.

Given the power and connectivity requirements of those aforementioned graphics boards and motherboards, you could argue that the move to PSUs is a logical next step for the company, and this line of thought seems to be behind Sapphire's move into this market.  As Sapphire are official suppliers of workstation-class FireGL products in certain regions of the world, there have apparently been demands for solid, reliable power supplies to go alongside them.  With this in mind Sapphire have partnered with Enermax to produce the subject of today's review, the FirePSU 625W.

Although this effort may primarily be aimed at graphics workstations and the like its functionality, connectivity and power rating also have an obvious application for a large number of high-end desktop PCs, and it's to this end that we'll be putting the FirePSU 625W through its paces.  We promise not to make any jokes about PSUs and fire either.