Product Name: Pure Power 13 M 1000W
Manufacturer: be quiet!
MSRP: $164.90 / €169.90
be quiet!, a German PC hardware brand renowned for its focus on silent computing across PC cases, cooling solutions, and power supply units, has sent us one of its latest ATX 3.1 offerings — the Pure Power 13 M 1000W. The Pure Power 13 M series is an 80 PLUS Gold-rated PSU lineup spanning from 550W to 1000W, targeting mainstream and performance-oriented PC builds. In this review, we take a closer look at the top-end 1000W model, examining its multi-GPU support and unexpectedly Platinum-level efficiency performance.
Introduced in October, the be quiet! Pure Power 13 M Series is positioned as the brand’s Gold-rated offerings, certified with 80PLUS Gold and Cybenetics Gold efficiency ratings. The Pure Power 13 M is available in 550W, 650W, 750W, 850W, and 1000W variants which caters to a wide range of mainstream PC users. All of the variants also have native PCIe 5.1 12V-2x6 connectors – including the 550W model which is usual but likely necessary moving forward as NVIDIA and AMD Radeon adopts the 12V-2x6 connector standard to include even the entry-level GPUs.
Moving on, the Pure Power 13 M Series features a newly introduced semi-passive cooling function featuring a 120mm be quiet! cooling fan. On paper, the Pure Power 13 M 1000W model features Cybenetics Gold efficiency. However, Cybenetics did certify this particular PSU to Platinum-level efficiency – see Cybenetics certification here. Even so, be quiet! uses the Cybenetics Gold badge on both the product page and retail packaging, likely to maintain consistency across the entire Pure Power 13 M lineup. That said, the 1000W variant achieves Platinum-level efficiency under Cybenetics testing, which further enhances the overall value proposition of the unit.
be quiet! ATX 3.1 Lineup
Like all the PSU manufacturers we’ve checked out this year, be quiet! has also updated its lineup with the latest ATX 3.1 standard models. The brand’s ATX 3.1 lineup is as follows below.
• Dark Power 14: Flagship series featuring 80PLUS Titanium and Cybenetics Titanium efficiency certification. Equipped with Silent Wings cooling fan with active and semi-passive cooling modes. Covered with a 10-year warranty. Available in 850W, 1000W, and 1200W variants.
• Power Zone 2: Features 80PLUS Platinum and Cybenetics Platinum efficiency certification, equipped with Pure Wings 3 cooling fan with semi-passive cooling. Covered with a 10-year warranty. Available in 750W, 850W and 1000W variants.
• Straight Power 12: Features 80PLUS Platinum efficiency certification and equipped with Silent Wings 135mm cooling fan. Covered with a 10-year warranty. Available in 750W, 850W, 1000W, 1200W, and 1500W variants.
• Pure Power 13: Features 80PLUS Gold and Cybenetics Gold efficiency certification, semi-passive cooling and covered with a 10-year warranty. Available in 550W, 650W, 750W, 850W, and 1000W variants.
• System Power 11: Features 80PLUS Bronze efficiency. Covered with a 5-year warranty. Available in 550W, 650W, and 750W variants.
Learn more about be quiet!’s PSU lineup here.
