Enhance 5140gh review @ jonnyguru.com

[acegazda]

A lot of people ask on these forums "which power supply do I get?" A lot of people are building single gpu gaming systems with moderate power requirements and foolishly think they are getting a good deal by getting a $30 500w psu. I can assure you, unless its because of a $100 rebate, it is not a reliable psu. The enhance 5140gh is by most standards budget priced, $54 from ewiz.com and boasts 28amps combined, not too shabby, and for all you people who think that you need 550w of power to drive an x1900xt, read this!

The Link

 

[dBTelos]

If your going to recommend that, you shouldn't leave out the others

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817341001
OCZ GameXStream 600W w/ SLi

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=PS-E56...725fe8d25d73ac49b3b71576c6f67876470201
Enermax Whisper 535W w/ SLi

http://www.atacom.com/program/print_htm...&Item_code=POWS_CORS_HX_52&USER_ID=www
Corsair HX520W w/ SLi

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=PS-EN5...efba891bfc72cedcbf8d7fc9f93da21568969d
Enhance ENP 500W w/ SLi

http://www.sundialmicro.com/SilverStone-Power-500Watt-sstst50ef_1754_640.html
SilverStone Element 500W w/ SLi

http://www.directron.com/enp5246g.html
Enhance ENP 460W w/ PCI-E

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817388003
Masscool 460W w/ PCI-E

http://atacom.com/program/print_html_ne...&Item_code=POWS_VANT_46_0A&USER_ID=www
Vantec ION 2 460W w/ PCI-E

http://www.case-mod.com/store/seasonic-...-pcie-power-supply-sleeved-p-1891.html******=fr
Seasonic S12 430W w/ PCI-E

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103017
Sparkle FSP 400W

http://www.case-mod.com/store/silversto...ower-supply-titanium-black-p-1055.html******=fr
Silverstone Strider 400W

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104931
Fortron FSP 350W

http://www.sundialmicro.com/sparkle_power_supply_fsp30060atv_1750_348.html
Sparkle FSP 300W


And their are more...... :Q

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: acegazda
A lot of people ask on these forums "which power supply do I get?" A lot of people are building single gpu gaming systems with moderate power requirements and foolishly think they are getting a good deal by getting a $30 500w psu. I can assure you, unless its because of a $100 rebate, it is not a reliable psu. The enhance 5140gh is by most standards budget priced, $54 from ewiz.com and boasts 28amps combined, not too shabby, and for all you people who think that you need 550w of power to drive an x1900xt, read this!

The Link

Toward the end of September Enhance will be selling the ENP-5150GH "series 4". It will
offer combined 12V@35A. Silverstone's element PSUs are built by Enhance and are based
on the series 4. ATM Enhance is trying to get into NewEgg's catalog and I hope they do.

Thier quality and price point is very good, kinda like FSP Group was 5 years ago.


...Galvanized

 

[Howard]

Heeeere's Johnny! (me)

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: dBTelos
If your going to recommend that, you shouldn't leave out the others

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817341001
OCZ GameXStream 600W w/ SLi

Great value as far as amps per dollar goes, but +12V ripple goes out of spec at higher +12V loads. Not good for the voltage regulators.

http://www.atacom.com/program/print_htm...&Item_code=POWS_CORS_HX_52&USER_ID=www
Corsair HX520W w/ SLi

Great supply, but ZZF has it for $3 more but with free shipping, and is probably considered one of the better vendors. link

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=PS-EN5...efba891bfc72cedcbf8d7fc9f93da21568969d
Enhance ENP 500W w/ SLi

What's the combined +12V output for this one?

http://www.directron.com/enp5246g.html

And this one?

http://atacom.com/program/print_html_ne...&Item_code=POWS_VANT_46_0A&USER_ID=www
Vantec ION 2 460W w/ PCI-E

Review, please?

http://www.case-mod.com/store/seasonic-...-pcie-power-supply-sleeved-p-1891.html******=fr
Seasonic S12 430W w/ PCI-E

For some reason, src=fr or whatever it is is handled as an illegitimate string in URLs.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103017
Sparkle FSP 400W

May as well go with the much cheaper and quieter 400W Green version. FSP400-60GLN

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Howard,

The ENP-5150G has high 3.3 & 5V wattage and is intended for a server with many HDDs
or an older system like a Socket A. It's combined 12V is 28A.

The Series 3 ENP-5150GH has 30.5A combined.

...Galvanized

 

[dBTelos]

Howard, you always seem to have the better vendor links as well as at Hard forums. Anyway, the Seasonic link works for me.

http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/vantec_460n/index.shtml

Review on the Vantec ION2.

I don't usually recommend 600W supplies so thats probably why I didn't put much thought into it. I will change that recommendation, thanks.

I can't seem to find the combined rating anywhere on enhance's site or on the internet whatso ever on that 460W ESP. Enhance will be getting an email shortly.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

So you think I'm pulling those combined numbers out of my butt.?? Bwahahaha!!

Here ya go, dBTelos kevin_liu@enhanceusa.com

Read the PSU Forum over at http://www.badcaps.net for further information and edification



...Galvanized

 

[orangat]

That review of the Vantec ION is terribly weak. AXP 2600? GF4 Ti4200? Pah! My crappy retired pc sucks more power than that setup.

And any review which doesn't use a DMM (bios is inaccurate), reveal the internal build quality and tell or show pics of the brand of the capacitors is not helpful at all. Users need to know if the psu is going to last longer than a month or whether it is going to destroy components because ripple is too high.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: dBTelos
Howard, you always seem to have the better vendor links as well as at Hard forums. Anyway, the Seasonic link works for me.

Yes, it works, but right now it's going for $90. With the correct link, the price drops to $75.

For example:

$75 S12-430
$90 S12-430

 

[dBTelos]

That review of the Vantec ION is terribly weak. AXP 2600? GF4 Ti4200? Pah! My crappy retired pc sucks more power than that setup

And any review which doesn't use a DMM (bios is inaccurate), reveal the internal build quality and tell or show pics of the brand of the capacitors is not helpful at all. Users need to know if the psu is going to last longer than a month or whether it is going to destroy components because ripple is too high."

Sheesh, what is your deal? I know Vantec is a quality brand, and I found a different review a while ago on the ION2 and decided that the 460W they have would be good to recommend. Next thing I know, howard want a review on it and I have trouble finding the original review so I just grab another one I found which happended to have a similar conclusion. Vantec isn't anything like Powmax, Rosewill, Deer, Aspire, or even Antec for that matter.

So you think I'm pulling those combined numbers out of my butt.??

No? I didn't ask you to, and if I can't find them anywhere on the net I wouldn't figure you could.

kevin_liu@enhanceusa.com

I already emailed them at another link I got on the site, it was kinda a general email, like support@enhance or something like that. Should I email this kevin liu also?

Yes, it works, but right now it's going for $90. With the correct link, the price drops to $75.

Interesting, I'll edit my links.

for further information and edification

that isn't my entire list of PSUs, I usually have like 3 PSUs or so in each power ranking (example: Emacs 460W (for the rich people that demand something better then PC power and cooling), Masscool 460W, Enhance 460W or something like that) so I wasn't about to post them all. of course the example wasn't very accurate to my links besides the Masscool example.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

The Zippy/Emacs HP-2 6460P, is now $92 at http://www.buildtoorderservers.com/
I'm running one of these units as this is typed. They are good for >10 years.

It delivers 3.3V@30A, 5V@ 40A and 12V@32A. This is a for real server grade PSU
w/a thermally controlled fan (about like an old Fortron Noise Killer set-up).
That high 5V wattage is good for old Socket A machines and or multiple HDDs.

You might look at http://www.servercase.com/ or http://www.myaopen.com/


...Galvanized

 

[dBTelos]

Thanks for the info Galvanized.

 

[BDawg]

I've had nothing but excellent results from Sparkle units. I'll keep buying them until I find reason not to.

 

[orangat]

Originally posted by: dBTelos

That review of the Vantec ION is terribly weak. AXP 2600? GF4 Ti4200? Pah! My crappy retired pc sucks more power than that setup

And any review which doesn't use a DMM (bios is inaccurate), reveal the internal build quality and tell or show pics of the brand of the capacitors is not helpful at all. Users need to know if the psu is going to last longer than a month or whether it is going to destroy components because ripple is too high."

Sheesh, what is your deal? I know Vantec is a quality brand, and I found a different review a while ago on the ION2 and decided that the 460W they have would be good to recommend. Next thing I know, howard want a review on it and I have trouble finding the original review so I just grab another one I found which happended to have a similar conclusion. Vantec isn't anything like Powmax, Rosewill, Deer, Aspire, or even Antec for that matter.
............

My point is that I'd like to know how you "know" that Vantec is a quality brand even better than Antec since the review you linked doesn't tell anything. Build quality? Internal design? Japanese capacitors?

Many reviews including the Vantec one you linked just plug things together and if it runs without crashing - it must be running GREAT. If the psu's voltage regulation or ripple is out of whack, it might cause the motherboard caps burst or ram to fail some months later in which case the user would probably blame the lousy mb or ram instead of the psu.

 

[dBTelos]

Many reviews including the Vantec one you linked just plug things together and if it runs without crashing - it must be running GREAT. If the psu's voltage regulation or ripple is out of whack, it might cause the motherboard caps burst or ram to fail some months later in which case the user would probably blame the lousy mb or ram instead of the psu.

I don't need you to tell me what makes a good PSU and a bad PSU.

My point is that I'd like to know how you "know" that Vantec is a quality brand even better than Antec since the review you linked doesn't tell anything. Build quality? Internal design? Japanese capacitors?

Forums? Possibly? I'd really appreciate it if you would stop questioning me as if this Vantec ION has similar quality to a Powmax Assassin.

http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/power/vantec/ion2/index.htm
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1661
http://www.modthebox.com/review347_1.shtml
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/785/vantec_ion2_460_watt_psu_review/index.html
http://www.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/product_id=3394336/id_type=M/

 

[orangat]

Originally posted by: dBTelos

Many reviews including the Vantec one you linked just plug things together and if it runs without crashing - it must be running GREAT. If the psu's voltage regulation or ripple is out of whack, it might cause the motherboard caps burst or ram to fail some months later in which case the user would probably blame the lousy mb or ram instead of the psu.

I don't need you to tell me what makes a good PSU and a bad PSU.

My point is that I'd like to know how you "know" that Vantec is a quality brand even better than Antec since the review you linked doesn't tell anything. Build quality? Internal design? Japanese capacitors?

Forums? Possibly? I'd really appreciate it if you would stop questioning me as if this Vantec ION has similar quality to a Powmax Assassin.

http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/power/vantec/ion2/index.htm
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1661
http://www.modthebox.com/review347_1.shtml
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/785/vantec_ion2_460_watt_psu_review/index.html
http://www.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/product_id=3394336/id_type=M/

I never said that the ION2 was on the same level as the Powmax. It was you yourself who said that the Vantec was even better than Antec. I quoted you saying that in my previous post.

So you don't have any quantifiable information about why is Vantec is good and even better than Antec do you? I asked you nicely and all it did was get you angry. You have given no concrete information about Vantec's oem, internal build quality/design, component quality etc except to say that it is 'good'.

The reviews you linked are laughably poor. Not one used a multimeter. Everyone used the motherboard bios or mbm5. Not one gave any information about its possible OEM or discussed internal build quality in any useful detail. Only 1 review gave a picture of the insides but it was too small to tell what capacitors was used. Not one measured ripple. And linking to pricegrabber reviews is really reaching.

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: acegazda
A lot of people ask on these forums "which power supply do I get?" A lot of people are building single gpu gaming systems with moderate power requirements and foolishly think they are getting a good deal by getting a $30 500w psu. I can assure you, unless its because of a $100 rebate, it is not a reliable psu. The enhance 5140gh is by most standards budget priced, $54 from ewiz.com and boasts 28amps combined, not too shabby, and for all you people who think that you need 550w of power to drive an x1900xt, read this!

The Link

Thanks for the link! :thumbsup:

 

[eplebnista]

Let's petition NewEgg.com to carry the Enhance ENP-5140GH<- NewEgg's product suggestion page

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: eplebnista
Let's petition NewEgg.com to carry the Enhance ENP-5140GH<- NewEgg's product suggestion page

 

[dBTelos]

I never said that the ION2 was on the same level as the Powmax. It was you yourself who said that the Vantec was even better than Antec. I quoted you saying that in my previous post.

So you don't have any quantifiable information about why is Vantec is good and even better than Antec do you? I asked you nicely and all it did was get you angry. You have given no concrete information about Vantec's oem, internal build quality/design, component quality etc except to say that it is 'good'.

The reviews you linked are laughably poor. Not one used a multimeter. Everyone used the motherboard bios or mbm5. Not one gave any information about its possible OEM or discussed internal build quality in any useful detail. Only 1 review gave a picture of the insides but it was too small to tell what capacitors was used. Not one measured ripple. And linking to pricegrabber reviews is really reaching.

You sit there acting as if Vantec is pure, over rated, paper weight, crap. Me comparing your impression of Vantec to a Powmax Assassin is 100% accurate. Your effort to prove me wrong is, to quote you, "laughably poor". This argument has proven to be a waste of my time, and I promise to myself to never do the same again.

 

[acegazda]

Originally posted by: eplebnista
Let's petition NewEgg.com to carry the Enhance ENP-5140GH<- NewEgg's product suggestion page

excellent idea, ewiz is the only reasonably priced carrier ATM, but I've heard acounts that their customer service is cr@p... though gy has never had a problem.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: acegazda

Originally posted by: eplebnista
Let's petition NewEgg.com to carry the Enhance ENP-5140GH<- NewEgg's product suggestion page

excellent idea, ewiz is the only reasonably priced carrier ATM, but I've heard acounts that their customer service is cr@p... though gy has never had a problem.

Ordered the Enhance 500W on Thursday morning, got a phone call and email from eWiz telling me they can't verify my shipping addy w/ the CC around noon. I immediately called my CC and had them add the shipping addy, then emailed eWiz back. Got the tracking number around 8PM (still on Thursday). Received the PSU on Friday afternoon. UPS Ground.

 

[acegazda]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: acegazda

Originally posted by: eplebnista
Let's petition NewEgg.com to carry the Enhance ENP-5140GH<- NewEgg's product suggestion page

excellent idea, ewiz is the only reasonably priced carrier ATM, but I've heard acounts that their customer service is cr@p... though gy has never had a problem.

Ordered the Enhance 500W on Thursday morning, got a phone call and email from eWiz telling me they can't verify my shipping addy w/ the CC around noon. I immediately called my CC and had them add the shipping addy, then emailed eWiz back. Got the tracking number around 8PM (still on Thursday). Received the PSU on Friday afternoon. UPS Ground.

that's good news! Reassuring that it actually is a reputable place... I think their main problem is RMAs...

 

[orangat]

Originally posted by: dBTelos

I never said that the ION2 was on the same level as the Powmax. It was you yourself who said that the Vantec was even better than Antec. I quoted you saying that in my previous post.

So you don't have any quantifiable information about why is Vantec is good and even better than Antec do you? I asked you nicely and all it did was get you angry. You have given no concrete information about Vantec's oem, internal build quality/design, component quality etc except to say that it is 'good'.

The reviews you linked are laughably poor. Not one used a multimeter. Everyone used the motherboard bios or mbm5. Not one gave any information about its possible OEM or discussed internal build quality in any useful detail. Only 1 review gave a picture of the insides but it was too small to tell what capacitors was used. Not one measured ripple. And linking to pricegrabber reviews is really reaching.

You sit there acting as if Vantec is pure, over rated, paper weight, crap. Me comparing your impression of Vantec to a Powmax Assassin is 100% accurate. Your effort to prove me wrong is, to quote you, "laughably poor". This argument has proven to be a waste of my time, and I promise to myself to never do the same again.

You are using a strawman argument. I never said that the Vantec was powmax crap. I only said and keep repeating that you were relying on a bunch of weak reviews which don't even use a digital multimeter among them - to bolster your statement that the ION2 is better than Antec.

"Sheesh, what is your deal? I know Vantec is a quality brand, and I found a different review a while ago on the ION2 and decided that the 460W they have would be good to recommend. Next thing I know, howard want a review on it and I have trouble finding the original review so I just grab another one I found which happended to have a similar conclusion. Vantec isn't anything like Powmax, Rosewill, Deer, Aspire, or even Antec for that matter. "

I have no doubt that the ION2 should be a decent psu simply going by its reputation/anecdotal but I don't have or seen any hard evidence that it should be good.
You stated "I don't need you to tell me what makes a good PSU and a bad PSU." but produced a bunch of links of poorly conducted reviews including informal accounts from pricegrabber. Thats why your so called quantifiable evidence is laughably poor.