Antec is no stranger to I daresay anyone and everyone reading these, the words that are coming out of my fingers. While Antec is probably best known for their cases, they are equally well known for their power supply offerings. Not all that long ago, the company experienced a not insignificant amount of embarrassment when their Truepower and Smartpower lines started racking up complaints due to capacitors that failed prematurely due to heat.
The response to this epidemic of failing units turned out to be a major revamping of their offerings. No longer did they rely on Channel Well Technology as a source for their units. Instead, they went to Seasonic and Fortron-Source. But, Seasonic and FSP didn't satisfy them on the high end, so they gave Enhance a go in the Truepower Quattro line. Alas, Antec hit some rocks along that path too, when reports of TPQ units not behaving themselves with certain high powered video cards came rolling in, although this was later determined to not be the PSU's fault.
And then, along came that upstart company we all know as Corsair; and suddenly Antec had a very serious threat to contend with. Not only that, Corsair was building some of their top notch units using the very OEM that Antec had moved away from. What was Antec to do? Well, they called up another company. A company known for server grade "reliable as the day is long" units. A company with very little market presence in North America outside the server realm.
That company is Delta Electronics, and Antec's answer to not only the Corsair crowd but also the PC Power and Cooling crowd is called the Signature series. Today, I'm looking at the current flagship of that line, the SG-850.
