9-Way 850W Power Supply Roundup

Enermax Revolution 85+ 850W

If you don’t know the name Enermax, we’re sure by the end of this review you will be looking high and low for the Revolution 85+ 850W. This is one company with a longstanding history of producing some of the best power supplies around which are priced accordingly. For example, this 850W unit comes with an eye-watering price of between $230 and $250 Canadian. That puts it within spitting distance of the much-ballyhooed Corsair HX1000 but we also have to remember that the Revolution 85+ is one of the few 80Plus Sliver rated units in the roundup.


We have seen in the past that Enermax has begun going with a plain, non-nonsense package design that features a simple black background with grey lettering. It looks great, conveys the high end nature of the product and is big enough for a pair of additional boxes within its confines. One of these boxes holds the modular cables and accessories while the larger one holds the power supply.

Accessories are typical Enermax as well with a 14AWG power cord, an instruction manual, mounting screws, a quick install guide and an advertisement brochure. There is also a bag for any unused cables and six Enermax-branded Velcro tie wraps for those pesky cable routing jobs.


The Enermax Revolution85+ series is known for being quite long when compared to the competition and the 850W version is no different. Regardless of length, this power supply looks stunning with a rugged back powder coating along with red and white accents. Its huge 140mm fan dominates the upper portion while the modular interface takes up much of the inner side. This interface features red connectors for PCI-E cables and Molex-like outputs for the peripheral cables.


Other than the inclusion of a fan monitoring connector, the Revolution85+’s cable selection doesn’t really allow it to stand out from the crowd. Attached directly to the power supply we have a pair of CPU connectors along with the ATX cable and a pair of PCI-E 6+2 pin connectors.

The modular cables on the other hand may look good upon first glance but we found numerous issues with both their layout and quality of finish. First of all, the PCI-E cables are paired up on each cable which may make sense when using them for high-wattage GPUs but this also makes them infinitely harder to route properly through a case. In addition when looking at a $200+ power supply, it’s the little things that count and seeing both the Molex and SATA cables being sleeved only to the first connector is a definite faux pas. Come on Enermax, this is basic stuff you’re missing here!


The interior of Enermax’s Revolution shows us some top-notch build quality though their unique AHD (Asymmetric Hybrid DC-to-DC topology) design. It should also be mentioned that even though Enermax bought Impervio a few months ago, this power supply is still a home-grown design.