Silverstone ST850F-GS Strider Gold S Power Supply Review

We already mentioned that the Strider Gold S as being a fully modular power supply and it comes from the factory with every cable there is a plug for.  Much to our surprise we didn’t find a storage pouch for unused cables but you do get some small black zip ties and four wide Velcro straps for cable management.   

The main 24pin ATX cable features the standard 20pin + 4pin connector configuration.  These connections do not snap together so you will need to make sure they are inserted at the same time to make sure they both get seated correctly.  It is hard to imagine that any modern motherboard is still using a 20pin power header but stranger things have happened.

There are two sets of 12v CPU power connectors and both use the 4+4 configuration for better compatibility.  Unlike the main 24pin connector you can install each 4+4 plug separately.  Overall cable lengths vary with the 24pin and one 8pin cable measuring in at around 22 inches long.  The second 8pin cable is a little longer at 31 inches which can help with cable routing since the CPU power is often on the other side of the motherboard.

The Strider Gold S supports a variety of GPU configurations but is limited to only four 8pin PCI Express power connections.  This would equate to 2-way SLI or Crossfire unless you are using a high-end video card like the EVGA GTX 780 Ti Classified Kingpin edition or MSI R9 290X Lighting.  These video cards require three power connections each.

The final cables are the standard SATA and Molex power connections.  Each cable features four plugs per end and measure in at around 41 inches.  You will get both SATA only and a Molex mix with the smaller plug used on floppy drives.