Gigabyte's New Odin GT 800W Power Supply

The Inside


For the housing of this power supply CWT/Gigabyte came up with a very odd design. Frankly, it took us a few more minutes than usual to open it since it is not done in the normal way. The top, bottom, and right sides (assuming the unit is positioned in a standard ATX case) are a single U-shaped piece that slides away once you remove the screws. With the case open, we are greeted by a layout that is quite different than we normally see.

The three heatsinks are anodized aluminum that only appears to be copper. The heatsinks are flat with lots of fins, and the size of the fins sometimes makes it impossible to see what's underneath. While we did our best, our pictures still can't provide a good look at all of the components located under the heatsinks.



The design of the filtering stage is a typical CWT-layout like we can see in Thermaltake power supplies.



The whole primary side is covered by a heatsink which makes it difficult to identify certain components. Since there is a heatsink on both sides of the primary side, the layout here is slightly different to other power supplies. The big main capacitor sticks out of the heatsink and has a large sticker to make sure everyone can tell where the component is made: Japan.