Enermax Revolution85+ 1050 review [Archive]

burebista

03-03-2009, 12:06 AM

@PCPer (http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=671&type=expert&pid=1).

Weaknesses:
• None that I could find

OK, we have a winner from Enermax. It looks like they're on the right track now.

HOOfan_1

03-03-2009, 06:35 AM

again they see rather large voltage drops, like they did on the Coolermaster UCP....I wonder if something is wrong with their equipment.

Oklahoma Wolf

03-03-2009, 06:43 AM

Just finished load testing my review sample yesterday :)

davidhammock200

03-03-2009, 07:35 AM

Just finished load testing my review sample yesterday :)So, stop posting & write us a review! :rant:

Oklahoma Wolf

03-03-2009, 07:54 AM

Can't - going into the city today. Tomorrow will be the disassembly. Probably won't get into the writeup phase until Friday.

kimandsally

03-03-2009, 05:28 PM

Can't - going into the city today. Tomorrow will be the disassembly. Probably won't get into the writeup phase until Friday.

Oh no bad news don't say that, tomorrow never comes;)

Seriously I can't wait as soon as you stick your approval or not I will buy or not dependant on the review, might sound strange as other people have tested it but I trust your independant reviews and I know how much effort you put in to make them accurate, your the No1 PSU tester/reviewer in my book.

davidhammock200

03-03-2009, 09:13 PM

Oh no bad news don't say that, tomorrow never comes;)

Seriously I can't wait as soon as you stick your approval or not I will buy or not dependant on the review, might sound strange as other people have tested it but I trust your independant reviews and I know how much effort you put in to make them accurate, your the No1 PSU tester/reviewer in my book.Please don't give OKW complements like that,
it takes him longer to write a review when he is constantly looking in the mirror!:lol:

Oklahoma Wolf

03-03-2009, 09:16 PM

Believe it or not, there aren't too many mirrors around here I can look into without getting a backache... I'm well over 6 feet tall, and they aren't :p

Travis

03-03-2009, 09:25 PM

So what about THE jonnyGURU himself?

btw: I'm 6.07 feet tall XD

Oklahoma Wolf

03-03-2009, 09:30 PM

Also tall, though I've never met him in person. If I'm Dolph Lundgren, he's David Hasselhoff. Maybe an inch and a half difference, if that much.

davidhammock200

03-03-2009, 09:50 PM

Believe it or not, there aren't too many mirrors around here I can look into without getting a backache... I'm well over 6 feet tall, and they aren't :pI "was" 6'5", now I'm probably down to just over 6'3", you "shrink" when you get older!:(

Oklahoma Wolf

03-03-2009, 09:55 PM

That's when you start wearing funny hats. I'd do that already, but I'd keep knocking them off on the doorways around here.

Driver's license says 6' 6," but really I'm about a half inch to a quarter inch under that. I have only one cousin taller than I am... everyone else has to look up to me, including my 6' 4" brother in law.

Not sure I'll mind shrinking - I have plenty of altitude I can lose ;)

Then again, I probably lost a good two inches at Wal-Mart today just standing there waiting. 5pm, hundreds of customers, yet they can't open more than one till?

davidhammock200

03-03-2009, 10:09 PM

Then again, I probably lost a good two inches at Wal-Mart today just standing there waiting. 5pm, hundreds of customers, yet they can't open more than one till?Same here, they are "downsizing" for the (small "d") "depression".:(

kimandsally

03-04-2009, 02:35 AM

Well I'm a real shorty started off at 5ft 10 1/2" but after a back injury and crushed 2 discs I'm down to 5ft 8 1/2" and I'm only 46 so even more shrinking to do I'm afraid.
Can't believe 2 discs and 2" can cause so much pain though, I'm on 38 tablets a day and can't stand or walk for more than a few minutes, so much pain for such a small size.

HOOfan_1

03-04-2009, 06:23 AM

Same here, they are "downsizing" for the (small "d") "depression".:(

Don't kid yourself...that is the standard practice at Wal-mat no matter how good the encomony is. They build 15 checkouts and only have one or two open no matter how many people get into line.

Edit-Wal-mat misspelling was not intentional...but it seems fitting

Spectre

03-04-2009, 09:41 AM

jonnyGURU is close to my height, not sure if 5' 10" is considered tall or average these days. My wife however is tall for a woman at 5' 8".

kimandsally

03-04-2009, 01:35 PM

jonnyGURU is close to my height, not sure if 5' 10" is considered tall or average these days. My wife however is tall for a woman at 5' 8".

Mife wife's 6 foot and has had had 2 discs surgically removed from her spine, I got used to it pretty quickly but I didn't like it when she wore high heels and was about 8" taller than me, we have 2 friends who the man is about 6ft 5" and his lady is about 5ft 3" so me and the wife often stand with them if we're out I stand with his wife and my wife stands with him that way we don't look too far out of place.:D

Hondacity

03-04-2009, 10:39 PM

can't wait for the OKW review...

im really interested how its load balancing circuit works...i'll be using 3 videocards

gtx 295 + gtx 285 + 8800gts...so alot of pcie cables...

Spectre

03-05-2009, 08:31 AM

can't wait for the OKW review...

im really interested how its load balancing circuit works...i'll be using 3 videocards

gtx 295 + gtx 285 + 8800gts...so alot of pcie cables...

Who do you work for hondacity?

Tazz

03-05-2009, 10:12 AM

i'll be using 3 videocards

gtx 295 + gtx 285 + 8800gts...so alot of pcie cables...

I hope thats a typo! I would think that most people by now, know that in order to SLI cards, they have to be using the same GPU. So SLIing a GTX 295 with a GTX 285 will not work.

Hondacity

03-05-2009, 10:53 AM

nope its gonna be my folding pc....

Hondacity

03-05-2009, 10:54 AM

Who do you work for hondacity?

im in the healthcare industry...

Spectre

03-05-2009, 12:35 PM

im in the healthcare industry...

Really? Me too.

Here is a suggestion.

Stop shilling for tech companies.

Hondacity

03-05-2009, 04:02 PM

Really? Me too.

Here is a suggestion.

Stop shilling for tech companies.

whats shilling? pardon my english

Super Nade

03-05-2009, 10:34 PM

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shill

Hondacity

03-05-2009, 10:59 PM

i'm shilling for tech companies? i've got 22-23 posts..i don't shill for tech companies

kimandsally

03-06-2009, 05:40 AM

Really? Me too.

Here is a suggestion.

Stop shilling for tech companies.

Sorry am I missing something? I have been through the thread and not seen anything that looks like shilling, please educate me and show me what you mean. I'm not being awkward or anything I genuinely don't get it.

crazy8s846

03-06-2009, 12:31 PM

Sorry am I missing something? I have been through the thread and not seen anything that looks like shilling, please educate me and show me what you mean. I'm not being awkward or anything I genuinely don't get it.

The reason he thinks your shiling for a company is because you named off three video cards that cant be sli togeather, or at least thats what i think.

kimandsally

03-06-2009, 02:56 PM

The reason he thinks your shiling for a company is because you named off three vedio cards that cant be sli togeather, or at least thats what i think.

Got it, it wasn't me but I read it and just missed the point, Thanks.

spursindonesia

03-06-2009, 05:15 PM

But he said those units are gonna be used in his folding PC, and AFAIK you can use a few different nVidia's cards in a crunching rig. :confused:

nope its gonna be my folding pc....

Travis

03-06-2009, 06:05 PM

Yep, I know geeks who's trying to use 4 GTX295 to fold. It's like you can throw anything into your folding machine.

HOOfan_1

03-06-2009, 06:22 PM

Yep, I know geeks who's trying to use 4 GTX295 to fold. It's like you can throw anything into your folding machine.

Call me naive, but I have never understood why people pay so much money to build a machine whose primary use is folding.....as if their one machine will actually show some sort of substantial result....

EaGle1337

03-06-2009, 06:28 PM

Hondacity

03-06-2009, 06:49 PM

Travis

03-06-2009, 08:44 PM

Call me naive, but I have never understood why people pay so much money to build a machine whose primary use is folding.....as if their one machine will actually show some sort of substantial result....

... which PSU manufacturers are quite happy about. 4 GTX295s are beyond any PSU's limit but they're calling for the capable one.

kimandsally

03-06-2009, 11:17 PM

my sister died from cancer...her therapy costs 6digits... my computer is less than 2000$...excluding the watercooling lol

on topic: i might consider this 85+...because of the modular cables and the dual eps..for folding the higher the efficiency the lower the loses will be for folding...

Sorry to hear about your sister.
I also would be looking for a high effciency PSU that way you can fold more for less $$$.

You keep going people like you DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE and be proud for doing it.

jt1

03-06-2009, 11:45 PM

I was motivated enough to create an account just to respond to this thread.

Stop shilling for tech companies.
What shilling? In my opinion, your comments were plain rude.

Call me naive, but I have never understood why people pay so much money to build a machine whose primary use is folding.....as if their one machine will actually show some sort of substantial result....
I admire people who selflessly donate money and time for the welfare of others.

I also would be looking for a high effciency PSU that way you can fold more for less $$$.
I've been on the lookout for 1000W+ PSU's with 90%+ efficiency and it looks like there's gonna be a few just around the corner from Enermax, Channel Well, and High Power.

4 GTX295s are beyond any PSU's limit but they're calling for the capable one.
There's a decent 1500W PSU from Thermaltake and Xigmatek, which should be enough to power 4 GTX295's (TDP 290W x4 = 1160W). Also, Ultra has a 1600W PSU but it's less efficient.

You keep going people like you DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE and be proud for doing it.
Quote for truth.

HOOfan_1

03-07-2009, 12:35 AM

I admire people who selflessly donate money and time for the welfare of others.

again, maybe I am naive, but I would think for actual impact that money would be better spent on a charity specifically researching cancer, or whatever other genetic ailment you most want to be cured.

Hondacity obviously is not one of these people, but many people seem to get a bigger kick out of their folding score than the actual good they might doing with their computers. Then again I am not sure I understand the people who overclock just for overclocking sake and not to actually boost the performance or applications.

Trying not to stray too far from topic, the efficiency of a PSU will not at all affect how well your computer runs a folding program, however it will obviously affect how much power it uses while doing this.

Spectre

03-07-2009, 01:30 PM

I was motivated enough to create an account just to respond to this thread.

What shilling? In my opinion, your comments were plain rude.

Ok, there is a red X at the top of your browser that will keep you from being offended in the future.

kimandsally

03-07-2009, 06:44 PM

Ok, there is a red X at the top of your browser that will keep you from being offended in the future.

I must say for a moderator I find those comments will do no good for the forum, are you having a bad day?