Performance (40% of the final score) - this is going to be an easy one to score, for the performance of this unit was flat out awesome. It had exceptional efficiency, excellent ripple and noise suppression, and such good overshoot transient suppression I'm almost surprised there was any spike on the 5VSB left. That said, I would have liked to see the 3.3V stay more stable than it did in the hot box, and I wasn't all that impressed by the soldering job in the guts. So, these issues will be holding it back from a perfect score here today. But I'm still giving this bad boy a 9.5.
Functionality (20% of the final score) - need SATA connectors? Here, have sixteen of them. PCI-E connectors? Here's eight, and while we're at it let's make them all 6+2 pin, just for the heck of it. Let's throw in a fan that runs a while after power-off. Oh, and an extra twelve pin connector on the modular connector panel, just in case. Can't forget a better sleeving job than the Eco 620W got. Seriously, is there anything about this unit a person could find fault with in this category? I think not. 10.
Value (30% of the final score) - Provantage has this unit listed right now at $267.04. That's a little more expensive than the competing Corsair HX1000, but frankly this unit is a better design, more efficient, and more powerful. Another 10.
Aesthetics (10% of the final score) - while not what I usually look for in my own power supply purchases, I have to admit I'm really liking the looks of this brute. Even the fan hub not matching in color to the fan border isn't bothering me all that much. 9.
Performance
9.5
Functionality
10
Value
10
Aesthetics
9
Total Score
9.7
Summary
With the Revolution 85+ series, Enermax comes in like a lion and goes out like a lion. Not only is the 1050W model possibly the most efficient unit of its size on the market to date, nearly everything else about it is drool worthy from the connector counts to the voltage stability to the ripple suppression to the six cool velcro cable ties they give you. There are a couple of minor nitpick worthy things going on in this unit like the so-so quality soldering, but if I were the competition, I'd be real worried right about now.
The Good:
my sample hit 88% efficiency... seriously!
too sexy for its box
ripple and noise suppression up there with the very best
very stable voltage regulation
The Bad:
soldering could be better
The Mediocre:
what's up with those two kludged in diodes, anyway?
