Enermax Revolution 85+ High Efficiency PSU
by Christoph Katzer on November 6, 2008 4:15 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Packaging and Appearance
The power supply comes in a sleek black package, with only the most important information printed in light grey on the front and sides. The back contains more information such as features and specifications. Naturally there's a large 80 PLUS Silver logo on the back, going along with the Revolution 85+ name and alerting users to the fact that this is a high efficiency power supply.
The appearance has totally changed from the pre-release model; it now comes in a rough sandblasted texture that reminds us of the Cooler Master UCP series. The fan grille is no longer gold but is instead black with a bright red plate and a red Enermax logo. The silkscreened Revolution 85+ is still on the side below the stamped arrows. As usual, the entire back is perforated to provide maximum airflow. The front (which will be inside of the chassis once the power supply is installed) has the jacks for the cable management system.
For PEG (PCI Express Graphics) connectors, Enermax uses 12-pin jacks and advertises them as being future-ready. The idea is that Enermax will be able to support new cable harness requirements with different connectors in the future while keeping the jacks the same. We have seen in the past how specifications in the industry change on a regular basis, so Enermax's approach is a nice extra and should help them keep ahead of the competition when it comes to supporting new standards.
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strikeback03 - Friday, November 7, 2008 - link
You should have stated you were using a 700W power supply, your post indicated you thought you were drawing 700W.http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsus/showdoc.a...">http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsus/showdoc.a...
I have a similar system on my desk here at work (only 3 GHz on the q6600, but it is a B3 stepping; 2 HDD, 1 optical, 7300GT instead 0f 9800GX2) and idle is about 100 W at the wall, peak draw is like 160-170. Your system probably draws another 120-150W at idle, and maybe 250 at full power. A 700W power supply is quite reasonable for that system, as it probably uses 200-250 at idle and another 150-200 at full bore. It won't draw 700W.
Freddo - Thursday, November 6, 2008 - link
This PSU is so cool, as it's very energy efficient & have modular cables.I would really like to see a PSU as energy efficient as this one, but down at ~400W or so instead, and with passive cooling, or at least "half passive", with a small 80mm fan outwards that only starts to spin when it's near full load and getting hot.
Christoph Katzer - Thursday, November 6, 2008 - link
Wait until next year's ~CES/CeBIT, there is a manufacturer who might have exactly what you're waiting for...iwodo - Thursday, November 6, 2008 - link
As Anand as well as other tech site has confirm, even with GTX SLI and Quad Core CPU, you will hardly need more then 500W, lets give it a peak spike of 40% will only means 700W.So why are we having PSU that starts at 800W? When only less then 5% of market uses it. Not to mention 1000W PSU.
Shmak - Thursday, November 6, 2008 - link
All power supplies reach their efficiency peak at about 50% load, which is shown on any psu review you care to look at. Therefore, if your system idles at around 500W, a 1000W psu will likely be most efficient for your build.GaryJohnson - Thursday, November 6, 2008 - link
Watts don't mean anything. What matters is having enough stable amps on a couple (or single) 12v rails to power SLI or Crossfire.OddJensen - Thursday, November 6, 2008 - link
Try a Core i7 w/HD4870X2 in crossfire. You'll soon find out why we have 1kW PSUs.larson0699 - Thursday, November 6, 2008 - link
How about a Pentium D or Skulltrail with quad GTX 280's?Do like the small jets and shut off everything else before powering up THOSE engines.
Nigel.k.l - Tuesday, November 26, 2019 - link
I purchased mine back in 09 and its still running, I7 8700k 1070ti system