Hello everyone. More reviews? My gosh! Another one comin @ ya!
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This one, is about my PSU, which is...mm, ~6 month's old.
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The Enermax Noisetaker.
First off, I'd like to say, thnx to Newegg. My first ever "purchased" PSU was a Enermax 350w. I needed to upgrade so I got some POS Aspire 550w. That was a disaster. I demanded an exchange. So, I picked out this beast.
When I first got it, I immediately noticed it's heavy weight. It weighs a TON. The second thing I noticed was the nice, high-quality feel of it. The gold plated pin's in the connector's, the gold-plated fan grilles, the EMI Ring core, and the NICE paint job.
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This one, is about my PSU, which is...mm, ~6 month's old.
--
The Enermax Noisetaker.
First off, I'd like to say, thnx to Newegg. My first ever "purchased" PSU was a Enermax 350w. I needed to upgrade so I got some POS Aspire 550w. That was a disaster. I demanded an exchange. So, I picked out this beast.
When I first got it, I immediately noticed it's heavy weight. It weighs a TON. The second thing I noticed was the nice, high-quality feel of it. The gold plated pin's in the connector's, the gold-plated fan grilles, the EMI Ring core, and the NICE paint job.
As you can see, this PSU look's very nice.
Looking at the wires, you see the gold connector's.
Nice colourful label too, clearly stating the max amp's on each line.
And a nice box.
Installed, pix
3 Year warranty on the PSU. Not bad.
As you can see, all the wires coming out of the PSU are sleeved half length.
The manual clearly states which connectors use what +12v rail, which is very helpful when evening out the load.
So, for my particular system...
2x Optical Drives, 1x HDD, 1x 6800, 1x Floppy Drive, 2x Fan's, 2x CCFL Light's = +12v1
Motherboard, CPU, 6800, PCI Card's, RAM, 2x HDD's = +12v2
Pretty Evenly Dissapated.
PSU Connector's:
1x ATX 24 Pin Cable
5x Molex Connectors
2x SATA Connector's
1x 6-Pin PCI-E Connector
2x Floppy Drive Connector's
1x Fan Monitoring Connector
Package Contents:
2x Case Badges
1x Power Cable
4x Screw's
1x Manual
And some other little doohickeys.
It came packaged nice in lots of foam and large bubble wrap.
Features:
ATX 12V V2.01 :
Support latest P4 Prescott and Athlon 64/64 FX processors based systems: P4 main boards that use 875 (Canterwood) and 865 (Springdale) chipsets, and also fully support power requirements for platforms using chipsets like Intel 925 (Alderwood) or 915 (Grantsdale) and next generation CPU.Intel approved
Smart Fan：
After PC shuts down, cooling fans keep running for at least 2 minutes to effectively cool down parts and hardware inside PSU and PC case. Thus, ensure longer product life time of power supply and hardware inside PC case.
Dual Fan：
The best cooling method for PC system,and is strongly suggested by AMD.
Separate 12V rails：
Independent 12V rails supply to MB/CPU and drives in order to provide stable and clean current to noise-sensitive devices, such as: CPU, add-on cards.
SATA power connectors：
Connect your system to the faster SATA interface for better performance.
Manual and automatic fan speed control：
Manual fan speed control to keep the balance between cooling effect and acoustic noise. Automatic fan speed adjustment to prevent system overheat.
Reliability：
OCP, UVP, OVP, OLP, OTP, and SCP circuits ensure system well guarded from any dangers. Maximize safety for your hardware and valuable data.
Ring Core：
Effectively prevents electro-magnetic pulse leaking from switching power supply to appliances that are being attached to the same power source, i.e. AC wall plug.
Fan Monitor function：
RPM signal of 8cm fan is provided for MB detection.
Silence：
Acoustic noise is successfully reduced with two fans giving more airflow in less rpm and smooth mechanical design of fan guards.
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Performance:
Well, I've had this PSU with a few system's.
First System:
Intel Pentium 4 2.4C GHz w/Hyperthreading @ 3GHz, 1000MHz FSB, 1.535v
1x 512MB Kingston HyperX PC4000, 2.6v, 3-4-4-8, 250MHz
BFG 6800OC 128MB AGP8x Overclocked, Unlocked Pipes
SB Live! 5.1
2x Optical Drives
2x HDD's
A few LED fan's
etc etc
Second (Current) System
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Newcastle s754 @ 2.2GHz, 880MHz HTT x2, 1.55v
2x 512MB GeIL Golden Dragon PC3200 w/LED's, 2.9v, 1.5-3-2-5, 220MHz
BFG 6800OC 128MB AGP 8x Stock
TV Tuner
48x NEC CD-RW
16x Dual Layer NEC DVD+RW
80GB 7200RPM Western Digital SATA w/8NB Cache
80GB 7200RPM Seagate Barracuda SATA w/8MB Cache
80GB 7200RPM Hitachi Desk Star ATA w/2MB Cache
2x 120MM LED Fan's
2x UV Cold Cathode's
Thermalright XP-90 Heatsink & Fan
This PSU has never hiccuped on either system, even suicide OC'ing. I really can't rely on my motherboard's voltage sensors as the temp sensors are borked, but on boot the BIOS read's 11.98v (I'm not sure how, because I have 2x +12v Rail's). +5v read's 5.03v, and +3.3 read's 3.28v. Not sure about under load.
The fan's i keep @ full blast via knob. Under serious load they increase themselves automatically even further. I can see this because of the temp monitoring cable.
The highest ive seen them is 1830 RPM's about for the 80MM fan
The PSU run's silent. I can NEVER hear this thing. I like that, because I love my computer quiet. I hate loud computers.
Conclusion:
A few month's ago I paid $77.50 for this PSU + shipping. For the money I'm extremely pleased and don't plan on replacing it until a new standard comes out. (BTX?) It's silent...perform's well, and delivers clean, stable power, and looks great too. I live by Enermax PSU's. I'd reccomend them to anyone.
For more information, visit www.enermax.com.tw
If you are looking into purchasing this PSU, you can get it here.
Point's
Build Quality
Overall, the exterior of the PSU is great, and from what I can see in the fan and vent holes, the interior is full of heatsinks and high-quality looking part's. The wires are very nice, molex connector's are high quality, and the guage of the wires is very thick.
Build Quality: 9.5/10
Value
It's not the cheapest PSU on the market. Compared with other model's, it could be cheap, or expensive.
Value: 8.5/10
Functionality
It provides stable, clean, enourmous emount's of power in a nice fashion.
Functionality: 9/10
Final Thoughts
Great PSU, not a BAD price, great looks and quality.
Overall Score: 9/10
90%
Pro's
-Great Quality
-Silent
-Stable
-Reliable
Con's
-Not SLi Ready
-Not a PCP&C
Installed, pix
3 Year warranty on the PSU. Not bad
.
As you can see, all the wires coming out of the PSU are sleeved half length.
The manual clearly states which connectors use what +12v rail, which is very helpful when evening out the load.
Enermax Manual said:
So, for my particular system...
2x Optical Drives, 1x HDD, 1x 6800, 1x Floppy Drive, 2x Fan's, 2x CCFL Light's = +12v1
Motherboard, CPU, 6800, PCI Card's, RAM, 2x HDD's = +12v2
Pretty Evenly Dissapated.
PSU Connector's:
1x ATX 24 Pin Cable
5x Molex Connectors
2x SATA Connector's
1x 6-Pin PCI-E Connector
2x Floppy Drive Connector's
1x Fan Monitoring Connector
Package Contents:
2x Case Badges
1x Power Cable
4x Screw's
1x Manual
And some other little doohickeys.
It came packaged nice in lots of foam and large bubble wrap.
Features:
ATX 12V V2.01 :
Support latest P4 Prescott and Athlon 64/64 FX processors based systems: P4 main boards that use 875 (Canterwood) and 865 (Springdale) chipsets, and also fully support power requirements for platforms using chipsets like Intel 925 (Alderwood) or 915 (Grantsdale) and next generation CPU.Intel approved
Smart Fan：
After PC shuts down, cooling fans keep running for at least 2 minutes to effectively cool down parts and hardware inside PSU and PC case. Thus, ensure longer product life time of power supply and hardware inside PC case.
Dual Fan：
The best cooling method for PC system,and is strongly suggested by AMD.
Separate 12V rails：
Independent 12V rails supply to MB/CPU and drives in order to provide stable and clean current to noise-sensitive devices, such as: CPU, add-on cards.
SATA power connectors：
Connect your system to the faster SATA interface for better performance.
Manual and automatic fan speed control：
Manual fan speed control to keep the balance between cooling effect and acoustic noise. Automatic fan speed adjustment to prevent system overheat.
Reliability：
OCP, UVP, OVP, OLP, OTP, and SCP circuits ensure system well guarded from any dangers. Maximize safety for your hardware and valuable data.
Ring Core：
Effectively prevents electro-magnetic pulse leaking from switching power supply to appliances that are being attached to the same power source, i.e. AC wall plug.
Fan Monitor function：
RPM signal of 8cm fan is provided for MB detection.
Silence：
Acoustic noise is successfully reduced with two fans giving more airflow in less rpm and smooth mechanical design of fan guards.
--
Performance:
Well, I've had this PSU with a few system's.
First System:
Intel Pentium 4 2.4C GHz w/Hyperthreading @ 3GHz, 1000MHz FSB, 1.535v
1x 512MB Kingston HyperX PC4000, 2.6v, 3-4-4-8, 250MHz
BFG 6800OC 128MB AGP8x Overclocked, Unlocked Pipes
SB Live! 5.1
2x Optical Drives
2x HDD's
A few LED fan's
etc etc
Second (Current) System
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Newcastle s754 @ 2.2GHz, 880MHz HTT x2, 1.55v
2x 512MB GeIL Golden Dragon PC3200 w/LED's, 2.9v, 1.5-3-2-5, 220MHz
BFG 6800OC 128MB AGP 8x Stock
TV Tuner
48x NEC CD-RW
16x Dual Layer NEC DVD+RW
80GB 7200RPM Western Digital SATA w/8NB Cache
80GB 7200RPM Seagate Barracuda SATA w/8MB Cache
80GB 7200RPM Hitachi Desk Star ATA w/2MB Cache
2x 120MM LED Fan's
2x UV Cold Cathode's
Thermalright XP-90 Heatsink & Fan
This PSU has never hiccuped on either system, even suicide OC'ing. I really can't rely on my motherboard's voltage sensors as the temp sensors are borked, but on boot the BIOS read's 11.98v (I'm not sure how, because I have 2x +12v Rail's). +5v read's 5.03v, and +3.3 read's 3.28v. Not sure about under load.
The fan's i keep @ full blast via knob. Under serious load they increase themselves automatically even further. I can see this because of the temp monitoring cable.
The highest ive seen them is 1830 RPM's about for the 80MM fan
The PSU run's silent. I can NEVER hear this thing. I like that, because I love my computer quiet. I hate loud computers.
Conclusion:
A few month's ago I paid $77.50 for this PSU + shipping. For the money I'm extremely pleased and don't plan on replacing it until a new standard comes out. (BTX?) It's silent...perform's well, and delivers clean, stable power, and looks great too. I live by Enermax PSU's. I'd reccomend them to anyone.
For more information, visit www.enermax.com.tw
If you are looking into purchasing this PSU, you can get it here.
Point's
Build Quality
Overall, the exterior of the PSU is great, and from what I can see in the fan and vent holes, the interior is full of heatsinks and high-quality looking part's. The wires are very nice, molex connector's are high quality, and the guage of the wires is very thick.
Build Quality: 9.5/10
Value
It's not the cheapest PSU on the market. Compared with other model's, it could be cheap, or expensive.
Value: 8.5/10
Functionality
It provides stable, clean, enourmous emount's of power in a nice fashion.
Functionality: 9/10
Final Thoughts
Great PSU, not a BAD price, great looks and quality.
Overall Score: 9/10
90%
Pro's
-Great Quality
-Silent
-Stable
-Reliable
Con's
-Not SLi Ready
-Not a PCP&C
