OC3D Review: Enermax Revolution85+ 950w Modular PSU

[JN]

"Having already got a taster for the Revolution85+ in pre-production format several months ago, it's time for another visit - only this time on a retail model."

Enermax Revolution85+ 950w Modular PSU

 

[tinytomlogan]

*pounce

Looks like the Corsair 1000w finaly has some competition?

Seems to me this wins on performance but the Corsair wins on quality?

 

[JN]

Yeah its a bit of a tough call really. Although the performance of the Corsair HX1000 isn't _quite_ up to the same level as the Revolution, the Corsair is a fair bit cheaper, is more generic in appearance (for those who don't have a red PC) and doesn't have any of the cable issues that the Revolution does.

 

[tinytomlogan]

The cables would be a big thing for me personally, but if you can hide them well in your rig and you want the best PSU you can get then it looks like the Enermax gets that crown.

 

[Diablo]

I think £195 is a little bit more than I'd be prepared to pay for it, considering the little niggles it has. If they corrected those in some sort of a revision, it would definitely be worth it.

 

[VonBlade]

Goddam that's brutally expensive. Amazing, but yowsers.

Great to see the hot box really stressing them. And I totally agree about the molex thing. 6 SATA cables is plenty, 8 is overkill (who has 6 HDs?) and 12 is just ridiculous especially when it comes at the cost of molex's which work for pumps and lighting and and and.

(btw, the "discuss in the forums" bit on the last page isn't a link)

 

[JN]

Goddam that's brutally expensive. Amazing, but yowsers.

Great to see the hot box really stressing them. And I totally agree about the molex thing. 6 SATA cables is plenty, 8 is overkill (who has 6 HDs?) and 12 is just ridiculous especially when it comes at the cost of molex's which work for pumps and lighting and and and.

(btw, the "discuss in the forums" bit on the last page isn't a link)

Yeah I'm not quite sure what possessed them to put THAT many SATA's on there. Even for server use thats excessive. Most 2/3U rackmount servers cant hold more than 9 disks.

The ideal cable configuration in my opinion is:

2x SATA cables, one with 4 connectors, the other with 2.

4x Molex cables. two with 3 connectors, two with 2 connectors

 

[PeterStoba]

I think they should just include basic cables, and 2 of each, and you should be able to order custom cables.

or not custom, but select from a larger range, custom lengths etc... would cost alot but worth it

 

[Peace11uehman]

of course this comes out the day after i order my corsair 1000...

although im pretty happy with my decison because i know that the corsair has proven itself

 

[Luigi]

Woah, those Sata's do seem outrageous...

I personally think 3 per cable is just about right, since most caddies hold 3 drives, so it fits rather nicely.

Corsair still get my vote, but nice review Jim

 

[kimandsally]

Terrific review so nice to see someone be critical of these PSU's honestly it makes me weep when some reviews are so one sided as have so many of this PSU.

I don't recall any other site retesting a off the shelf model and also I might be wrong but no other review picked up on the Sata Molex issue.

Thank goodness that there is somewhere we can come to get a totally unbiased review of what is really just a very good PSU, not a world beating machine that will run for the next millenium and only use 10 pence of electricity like some other sites might try to have us believe.

Thank you for the BEST review of this PSU I've ever seen and I think I "might" have read 98% of them.

 

[JN]

Cheers for the feedback everyone. KimandSally I'll slip you that £20 next time I see ya lol

Fingers crossed they get the issues sorted. The Galaxy went through a few revisions in its time, so at least Enermax don't seem to be the kind of company to bosh out a product and then put their fingers in their ears until it goes EOL.

I'm quite surprised nowhere else picked up on these things though. Even tho I'm a picky git sometimes, these things were so glaringly obvious.