Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050W Power Supply Review

by Michael "SKYMTL" Hoenig     |     July 15, 2009

Voltage Regulation



+12V Regulation (CPU Connector)



+12V Regulation (PCI-E 8-pin Connector)


Ideally, we would like to see as straight a line as possible in these tests and while the Revolution 1050W more than held its own against the Corsair unit, it wasn’t quite perfect. Its voltage regulation was extremely tight with about a 0.10V variance from one test to the next over both tested connectors but the Extreme Load test rained on the party. While the Revolution did well in this stressful test, the readings on the PCI-E connector experienced a significant 0.23V delta between idle and load voltage readings. Nonetheless, this is still well within ATX guidelines and by any stretch of the imagination a great result.


+3.3V / +5V Regulation Notes

As our system does not draw much power from the +3.3V or +5V rails, the Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050W displayed next to no voltage fluctuations on either of these two rails. The maximum variance we saw was +/- 0.02V for each.
 
 
 

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