Cooler Master has released a new power supply that is seemingly next-gen ready now. The Cooler Master X Silent Edge Platinum is now listed on Amazon for preorder and features the RTX 5090 in the long-winded title as one of the graphics cards it supports alongside the RTX 4090 from the current generation. This comes as we don’t expect to see the RTX 50 series release until the beginning of 2025.
This gives us a potential look into what the flagship Blackwell GPU might have to offer in terms of power requirements. As the 4090 has a recommended system power of 850W provided by Nvidia then considering the PSU is maxing out at this the 5090 is likely going to have the same requirements. Considering the 5090 leaked TDP clocking in at 500W which is only 50W more than the previous gen and so it’s not unreasonable for it to still only need 850W.
- Wattage: 850W
- Form Factor: ATX
- Rating: 80+ Platinum
- Design: Fully modular, fanless
Silent Edge Platinum specs and features
Further on from the fact it has an 850W of power, it does support the ATX 3.1 standard. An improvement on the previous 3 options it’s what Nvidia’s latest GPUs use for their power needs. That provides the newer 16-pin power connector as most of them now utilize. But it has updated to the 12V-2×6 plug instead of the original 12VHPWR that still has 4090 power connectors melting up, so hopefully shouldn’t cause any issues with being used. But there are also four standard 8-pin PCIe connectors in case you need them too.
It is also given a Platinum power rating from 80+, meaning it does a good job of transforming your wall power to the type your PC needs. This does contribute to the price tag of the component, as this higher spec does cost a bit more and leads to the near $500 price tag, but we can only hope that might drop on the actual release of the PSU.
It is of course fanless as well, upping the feature of most PSUs already that have a silent or hybrid move keeping the noise down unless it’s required. Now this option omits it overall and should basically make no noise overall if you’re going for a quieter build.
