Enermax Powersupply, good or hype?

[Nerdwannabe]

Was going to buy an Enermax powersupply @ fry's today, but noticed the PS inside the box had been switched to A1 Electronic. Guess someone wants to save a little and exchanged it.

After I got home and checked the AMD recommended list, I was surprised to find out that no Enermax powersupply is approved for 1.33Ghz T-bird.

Then I found out it is approved for lower speed T-bird and has a combined power of 165W on EG285-P(300W) and EG451P-V(450W) only has 210W.

The other brand with combined power of 180W, Seventeam(300W) actually is approved for 1.33Ghz.

This is quite strange to see that a combined power of 210W can't be approved for 1.33Ghz yet a 180W combined can approved for 1.33Ghz.

I wonder if this has to do with continous power rating rather than peak power, like the receiver ratings.

Anyway, I am very disppointed with Enermax's performance rated by AMD. Too bad, cuz it looks like a very decent powersupply.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

It was on AMD's recommended list until last week....


Mike

 

[junthin]

Their whisper series is good. Nice and quiet.

 

[Jhhnn]

Amd's list is a mess. You need to be able to read between the lines. More here:

Link

That's not to say that Enermax are the ultimate, the seventeam you mentioned and some others are also very good. Part of the reason Enermax are highly regarded is that they are extremely quiet, unlike some of their high performance brethren. The construction, finish and cabling are also top shelf.

 

[Nerdwannabe]

The link still couldn't quite explain the reason it's not on the approved list.

Base on what I know, AMD will only pull or downgrade a product off the recommended list when the mass production part is not performing like the submited samples.

Although this is pretty strange thing happening on such well built power supply company, I would think there is a specific reason behind this "downgrade".

 

[Desmoquattro]

AMD's list of whatever they recommend is pretty inconsistent...if you remember that week where abit was taken off...and then put back on...geez. as far as the enermax...the fc or that fm...people have been trying to get the rear fan spinning faster...i don't know if it's just broken or it wants everything in there to melt before it spins...i think it's just their fan monitoring...kinda odd.

 

[Jhhnn]

I don't recall any Enermax ever being listed for processors above 1gig, and the 285 and 451 are still there for 1gig. Not like I check it every day or anything. Apparently Enermax quit sending samples after the 1gig came out. At least, that's the way it seems to me.