Enermax Revolution 85+ High Efficiency PSU
by Christoph Katzer on November 6, 2008 4:15 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Cables and Connectors
All of the cables are sleeved in Enermax's standard black mesh with golden threads. As mentioned on the previous page, the cable management works with different jacks on this PSU. The peripheral harnesses utilize a 5-pin port: one pin for 3.3V, 5V, and 12V with the last two for grounding. The connectors are keyed so that they can't be inserted backwards. The PEG connectors for graphics cards come from the 12-pin jacks. The six pins on the left each provide 12V; since each 12-pin connector supports two PEG connections, three 12V cables are routed to each PEG connector. The four PEG jacks and six jacks for peripherals should be more than enough for all but the most insane users.
As the graphic shows, the cables in this unit are not very long. 75cm is the longest distance between power supply and SATA or Molex connectors. This might be okay for many cases, but especially with cases where some hard drives are in the opposite corner from the PSU you will need cables longer than 75cm. The two long PEG connectors is a great idea since the user will be able to route these cables through the case. In addition, there are three more cable harnesses for graphics cards, each with two connectors (6/8-pin transformable). With eight PEG connectors plus features like the 12V rail design, this power supply is truly designed for maximum graphics setups.
The Fan
The fan is a double ball bearing model, frequently used by Enermax. The part number is RL4Z-B1352512LB-3M.
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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