PC Power & Cooling

PC Power and Cooling, also PC Power & Cooling is owned and operated by FirePower Technology, Inc., a California-based company that manufactures computer power supplies. PC Power and Cooling was founded in 1985 and based in Carlsbad, California. On May 25, 2007, the company was acquired by OCZ Technology. On February 10, 2014, FirePower Technology announced acquisition of OCZ Technology Group's power supply division including PC Power and Cooling.

PC Power and Cooling was founded by Doug Dodson in April 1985. The company was responsible for many innovations including the first CPU cooler, the first PC heat alarm, the first independently regulated PC power supply, the first redundant power system, the first NVIDIA SLI Certified supply, the first 1000W computer power supply and the first - and still only company - to offer an individual certified test report with each power supply sold.

It sells to both consumer and enterprise/oem channels. The company can customize power supplies for U.S.-based OEM customers in their Carlsbad facility.

The Silencer brand of power supply units is available in 400 watt, 500 watt, 600 watt, 750 watt, 850 watt and 1200 watt varieties. The 360 watt and 470 watt versions are also offered in Dell compatible models. PC Power and Cooling also offers a maximum performance line of power supplies, the Turbo-Cool units, which are available in an 860 watt version.

Other models sold by PC Power and Cooling include the ModXStream, CoreXStream, ZX, ZT, ZS, and the FireStorm gaming power supply. The ModXStream brand of power supply is available in 500 watt, 600 watt and 700 watt varieties. The CoreXStream brand of power supply is available for the EU and UK markets only in 550 watt. The ZX brand of power supply is available in 850 watt, 1000 watt and 1250 watt varieties. The ZT brand of power supply is available in 550 watt, 650 watt and 750 watt varieties. The ZS brand of power supplies is available for the European/UK Market in 500 watt, 650 watt and 750 watt varieties. The FireStorm gaming power supply is available in 750 watt and 1050 watt varieties.

A feature of PC Power and Cooling units is that their units use a lone, high-current +12 V rail for DC output to the rest of the system, as opposed to multiple lower current rails that run in parallel. This single-rail configuration is reminiscent of high-end power supplies in the early to mid 2000s, before an industry shift towards using split +12V rails for reliability, stability, and economical reasons.

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