The NZXT Performance Power PP800 makes for a great budget power supply. Despite its small form factor, the two fans keep it nice and cool, even when under load. Not only does the unit run cool, but it's also very quiet. All of the fans together in my case run whisper quiet, and the PP800 cannot be heard over any of them, even with the case side-panel off.

NZXT also did a good job keeping this product very low on frills. We find that there's no glossy finish or shiny LEDs, and that there's very little included in the box. This is great news for those of you who just want the parts to build up your rig, and don't want to buy into essentially useless features like modular cabling. Even though it comes with such a minimalist package, the PP800 still runs very good performance. While we don't see top of the line voltage accuracy on the PP800, it does run better than any power supply I've tested that hits at the low end of their price-range.

I did run into a few problems with the PP800, though. The Lian Li PC-A77 in which I installed the PP800 has a bottom-mount PSU bracket. My first issue was the CPU power connector, which simply was not as long as I would have liked. It was a very tight reach to hit the connector in the top left of my motherboard, reaching right up next to my graphics cards. Needless to say, there was absolutely no play for cable management. Also, the SATA connections were put together for a top-mount power supply (rather than using the ambiguous, standard zig-zag design), which meant that I had to run two separate cables to the top of the case. One cable ran normally to the optical drive, and the other was flipped over 180 degrees to accommodate the flipped design on the cables to power the hard-drives.

Other than the issues with the cables, the PP800 makes a great budget power supply. At under $150.00 at a popular online reseller, the PP800 is among the cheaper 800W power supplies, but doesn't skimp on quality, true to the NZXT name. The PP800 earns the OCIA.net Seal of Approval.