Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050W Power Supply Review

Cables and Connectors

All in all, there really isn’t anything negative that we can say about this selection of the cables and connectors. There are more than enough PCI-E connectors (8 in total) to run a quad Crossfire configuration which is more than anyone would normally ask for. In addition, for all those dual CPU users Enermax has made sure to offer a pair of 8-pin CPU connectors.

Both the CPU and PCI-E cables are more than long enough to reach your critical components while the ATX cable is similarly well proportioned. It is also interesting to see that Enermax has included substantially more SATA connectors than Molex connectors. Considering the 4-pin Molex standard is quickly going down the path of extinction, we have to applaud this decision.

If I had to be extremely picky I would say that the CPU connector could have been an inch or two longer in order to ensure proper cable routing on larger cases with bottom mounted PSUs but that would be stretching things.


The Revolution comes with a mixture of fixed and modular cables with the connectors you use the most being hard wired to the power supply. Basically, the ATX, the two CPU connectors and a pair of 6+2 pin PCI-E cables are available without having to unpackage anything else. There is also a uniquely Enermax 2-pin fan header included if you wanted to monitor fan speed. The sleeving is quite well done but we would have still liked to have seen it run all the way to the connector instead of stopping a few inches higher up.


Every single one of the PCI-E connectors on this particular power supply are the newer 6+2 pin variety which means they are compatible with both 6-pin and 8-pin graphics cards. In addition, there is a single 4+4 pin CPU connector if you were planning on using this beast of a PSU with a lower end system.


The modular PCI-E cables each carry two 6+2 pin connectors and are sleeved up until the point where the two connectors branch off from the main cable. Unfortunately, the Molex and SATA cables don’t fare nearly as well since they are only sleeved to the first connector and then you are left with the ungodly multicolored mess of unsleeved cables. On a power supply that costs well over $200, this lackluster sleeving job is unforgivable and in our opinion downright reeks of cost cutting.


When it comes to the modular interface, things are pretty straightforward with all the cables being held in place by a simple anchor clip system. The setup for the PCI-E cables is particularly interesting since it allows for six dedicated wires to run to each of the connectors. This should allow the Revolution to retain an edge over similar PSUs which sport two PCI-E connectors per cable but attach it with a single 6 or 8-pin header.