Enermax Infiniti 650W
by Christoph Katzer on September 11, 2007 4:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Cables and Connectors
All cables are sleeved in a black mesh with golden stripes up to the first connector. As we have stated before, we totally understand this approach because the higher cost of putting sleeving between each of the connectors doesn't generally provide enough benefit to be meaningful. Enermax was the first company to introduce the new 8-pin PEG connector with the Infiniti line in 2006.
There are in total eight jacks to which cables can be connected. The two red jacks are reserved for the PEG cables and the black ones are for all other components. A closer look shows the difference between the jacks extends beyond the color. The upper right pin is closed to prevent the user from accidentally connecting the wrong cable. Similarly, it is not possible to connect a normal peripheral cable to the PEG jacks since the shape of the pins doesn't match. The cables have a very snug fit when installed, which is necessary to reduce the resistance which is generated by the additional separation from the cables.
With a maximum length of 80cm the Infiniti has very reasonable cables. All the major connectors such as ATX, 4-pin and PEG have a length of 50 cm which is above average. With up to nine Molex and six SATA connectors users will have the chance to connect quite a few additional components. Also note that the two 6-pin PEG connectors have an additional connection on the PSU side that can be used to create an 8-pin PEG connector for the latest graphics cards. With an additional cable (EMC009) which you can buy in the shops you can even assemble another 6/8pin PEG connector.
The Fan
The 13.5cm fan is transparent and fits in perfectly with the overall appearance of the power supply. Enermax recently acquired a company in China that now helps with the production of fans, among other things. However, the UL number on the fan belongs to Globefan, a company that produces fans for many other power supply manufacturer as well.
All cables are sleeved in a black mesh with golden stripes up to the first connector. As we have stated before, we totally understand this approach because the higher cost of putting sleeving between each of the connectors doesn't generally provide enough benefit to be meaningful. Enermax was the first company to introduce the new 8-pin PEG connector with the Infiniti line in 2006.
There are in total eight jacks to which cables can be connected. The two red jacks are reserved for the PEG cables and the black ones are for all other components. A closer look shows the difference between the jacks extends beyond the color. The upper right pin is closed to prevent the user from accidentally connecting the wrong cable. Similarly, it is not possible to connect a normal peripheral cable to the PEG jacks since the shape of the pins doesn't match. The cables have a very snug fit when installed, which is necessary to reduce the resistance which is generated by the additional separation from the cables.
With a maximum length of 80cm the Infiniti has very reasonable cables. All the major connectors such as ATX, 4-pin and PEG have a length of 50 cm which is above average. With up to nine Molex and six SATA connectors users will have the chance to connect quite a few additional components. Also note that the two 6-pin PEG connectors have an additional connection on the PSU side that can be used to create an 8-pin PEG connector for the latest graphics cards. With an additional cable (EMC009) which you can buy in the shops you can even assemble another 6/8pin PEG connector.
The Fan
The 13.5cm fan is transparent and fits in perfectly with the overall appearance of the power supply. Enermax recently acquired a company in China that now helps with the production of fans, among other things. However, the UL number on the fan belongs to Globefan, a company that produces fans for many other power supply manufacturer as well.
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n0nsense - Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - link
lol.82F =~27C
I have 29-32 (night/day), 75% humidity for ~8 month.
C2D running @ 3.06GHz instead of 1.86, 8800GTS 640MB, 5 HDs on 680i chipset (which is hot). ALL this Air cooled.
almost silent.
the only thing i hear is HDs (specially 15000rpm SCSI head moving).
n0nsense - Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - link
lol.82F =~27C
I have 29-32 (night/day), 75% humidity for ~8 month.
C2D running @ 3.06GHz instead of 1.86, 8800GTS 640MB, 5 HDs on 680i chipset (which is hot). ALL this Air cooled.
almost silent.
the only thing i hear is HDs (specially 15000rpm SCSI head moving).
Jodiuh - Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - link
Haha, doesn't the heat suck in the summer? I'm @ 26-28C depending on TOD and running a lower clocked air cooled C2D w/ an 88GTX, but w/ the PC P&C 610. It def never gets loud, but doesn't have the cool anodized finish either. :D Bring on the winter and it's 22-24C temps!Christoph Katzer - Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - link
Thanks, and before somebody is asking. I do ripple/noise tests but the Infiniti was tested already some time ago. I will add the results asap after I got feedback from the review with actual results (Antec Earthwatts) this month. Hmmmkay?datamogul - Wednesday, July 1, 2020 - link
For psu nostalgics :) Bought this psu unused in ebay and swapped out my evga g3 to use it with a x370 board equippedwith a 1700x and an rx580. The infiniti 650 has been running without problems for over a week. When switching off, the fan briefly but loudly turns up.