OC3D Review: Enermax Galaxy 1000w Quad-SLI ATX PSU

[JN]

"Having already reviewed a couple of 1000w+ units on the market, it seemed necessary to get hold of one of Enermax's Quad-SLI beasts to put through its paces. Does the Galaxy deserve all the attention it's been getting recently, we find out."

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[llwyd]

nice review and a pretty hefty psu. i see you point about the pre-fixed cables making it half modular but what 1000W pc wouldn't use all those cables anyway lol

 

[JN]

nice review and a pretty hefty psu. i see you point about the pre-fixed cables making it half modular but what 1000W pc wouldn't use all those cables anyway lol

Yeah exactly. It would have been near impossible to impliment a sturdy modular system with all of those cables and remain 100% modular.

 

[Ham]

That thing is huge....

 

[FarFarAway]

Looks nice but I'd still buy a PCP&C

 

[underclocker]

now thats a Power Supply!!!!

no no no get out of my head I've spent far too much already

Great review as always guys.

 

[Dav0s]

will that thing fit in a normal case lol

wheres NickS? somebody told me he liked enermax

 

[Toxcity]

It's impressive... But To big?

 

[Rastalovich]

1000w?! humph

*walks off in a huff*

 

[TJS]

Its nice having a 1KW PSU, amazingly enough hardware is coming out that can actually make use of its wattage. The size is kind of a downer, takes some finagling to get it into most cases, maybe a little Dremeling... but once its in, power problems become a thing of the past.

I had an Enermax Liberty 620W PSU, and after 3 months it popped, no rhyme or reason. Thankfully nothing else in my setup got damaged, bought a PC P&C 610W for my backup pc.

You can go cheap with some hardware, especially if reviews are favorable... but for a component that can destroy all your other hardware should something go wrong, I prefer to spend a bit more for piece of mind.

Also, I've read that modular is good, but not as good (yet) as non-modular(?) PSU's. Yes, the Galaxy is only half modular, and it is nice to be able to disconnect unused cables to keep clutter down in a case, but it's still modular. The upshot is that its less expensive than a PC P&C while still being a respectable brand name.

TJS

 

[NickS]

will that thing fit in a normal case lol

wheres NickS? somebody told me he liked enermax

Hehe. I saw a review on that a while ago @ JonnyGURU's site.

-- XMS, did you apply 15a * 5 at one time for a total of 75a of 12v? I wanna see what it does

 

[GrimReaper]

dang thats one big fat psu

 

[smiler99]

I have one of these beasts in a Coolermaster Stacker (massive case) and had to adapt the case for it to fit.The 120mm fan on the top will now not fit and had to bend back the alli clips so psu would fit in.Think its about 3 inches longer than a regular psu.

Once in the case it has been a sweet psu,and it is half modular but i only need one of the modular leads.Theoretically you could easilly run 2 high end gaming pc's from this psu.