Packaging
The Dark Power Pro 13 is a large power supply and large power supplies have large boxes. The Dark Power 13 that I took a look at back in March had a standard PSU box but for this one, you can see that Be Quiet considers this to be in a class above. The box has a color sleeve that slips on which has a picture of the power supply as well as the 1600-watt wattage, the be quiet logo in the bottom right corner in color, and the 80 Plus Titanium badge as well. This slips onto the flat black box which just has the Dark Power Pro 13 name across the front in a chrome finish. The back of the box has the be quiet logo in chrome and down in the bottom right corner the serial number with a barcode and the UPC as well. The slip-on has some information about be quiet and a large QR code that takes you to the product website. The 80 Plus Titanium logo is here as well alongside of all of the normal certification logos. Then they have a breakdown of how the 1600 watts are split up. There is a small logo that shows that this supports PCIe 5.0 with the new 12VHPWR cable but that’s about it for information on the box.
The top of the box lifts off once you take off the plastic and slide off the slip-on ring. It opens up similar to a shoebox but with a lot more protection. The lid has foam cut to fit around the power supply and the be quiet branding etched out. The power supply comes wrapped in microfiber to keep it from getting scuffed up then it sits in more dense foam to keep it safe. On the right there is a second box inside of the main one, this box has the same flat black finish and the Dark Power Pro 13 and be quiet branding all in chrome.
When you open up the second box it has the user manual for the Dark Power Pro 13 which covers both the 1300-watt and 1600-watt models and an accessory bag. Under that they have a thick cardboard layer which has the same flat black finish and chrome letters, this time letting us know this is the drive cables with all of the cables sitting under there. Under that there is a second divider, this time it says main cables, and under that you have the rest of the Dark Power Pro 13’s cables. That last layer also has the power cable as well.
With a wattage of 1600 watts the Dark Power Pro 13 is capable of pulling up to 13.33 amps which technically is possible with the traditional C13 power cable that most power supplies have which supports up to 15 amps. But that doesn’t leave much headroom so for the cable the Dark Power Pro 13 has a C19 connection on the power supply end of the cable which can support up to 20 amps. The cable itself is extremely thick and the picture below doesn’t really give it justice then on the other end it still has a NEMA 5-15 connection, I am surprised with going for the C19 that they didn’t also go with a Nema 5-20P connection. But we know that if they did it would hardly work with any wall outlets, almost no houses use the 20 amp outlets.
In addition to the user manual, the Dark Power Pro 13 does come with a bag of accessories. You get a lot more than the average power supply comes with. This includes on the far right the OCK slot bracket with switch and OCK jumper, you can use this to switch the Dark Power Pro 13 to single rail operation when needed for overclocking. For wire management, you get five small black zip ties and then a pack of 10 reusable Velcro straps which have the be quiet branding on them. To go with the individually sleeved cables you get a whole pack of wire combs to help clean those up if you want that look. Then for mounting the power supply, you get two small baggies with mounting screws. One set are standard black mounting screws, the other bag gets you large black thumbscrews, and both come with 5 screws which give you an extra if needed.
