Although 1000w plus power supplies are far from essential, they are becoming necessary for a small percentage of end users piecing together the latest and greatest gaming systems. While very few users actually require such extreme power supplies there are still loads of them out there, with countless manufacturers now claiming to produce units in excess of 1000 watts!

Another manufacturer of computer hardware that is known for producing a wide variety of products is Gigabyte, and very recently they also exceeded the 1000 watt barrier. Like just about everyone else, Gigabyte is moving into the overly crowded power supply market with a range of their own products. While Gigabyte has done their best to make this look like an inside job, their new power supplies are actually produced by Channel Well Technology, though they have been designed by Gigabyte.

The Odin family was actually announced way back in 2006, though it took Gigabyte a year to fully test these new power supplies before releasing them late in 2007. The Odin family consists of two series, being the Odin Pro and Odin GT, which original featured just 550w and 800w power supplies. However recently Gigabyte did extend the Odin Pro series, adding a new 1200 watt unit designed to handle the most demanding systems. Unfortunately because this is a member of the Odin Pro family and not the Odin GT, this particular unit does miss out on Gigabyte’s real-time monitoring feature.