Enermax 600W vs. OCZ PowerStream 600W [Archive]

CodeHunter

09-20-2005, 09:41 AM

Hi All,

The other day I used a Fry's Electronics store credit towares purchase of Enermax 600W (EG701AX). The thing is after reading some reviews, now I am torn between this and OCZ PowerStream 600W. I don't think they ever had OCZ stocked,(but I did notice the avaiability of S12-600).

Please help me choose the right one (for my upcoming AMD gaming PC project):

DFI nF4 SLI-DR
2GB RAM
7800 GTX

CodeHunter

09-20-2005, 04:24 PM

:stick: Anyone?

[XC] leviathan18

09-20-2005, 04:27 PM

pc power and cooling 510???? i dont know about the enermax but the powestream had some issues running stable....

thegreek

09-20-2005, 04:30 PM

I second the PCP&C

sin0822

09-20-2005, 05:10 PM

zippy and emacs, and PC&P

KoolDrew

09-20-2005, 05:56 PM

I don't ussually recommend the Enermax's because of seeing them droop in the face of heavy CPU load. I do not recommend the OCZ Powerstream 600w because the 520w is a more capapble PSU and is much cheaper.

Dave in Daytona

09-21-2005, 03:35 PM

Hi All,

The other day I used a Fry's Electronics store credit towares purchase of Enermax 600W (EG701AX). The thing is after reading some reviews, now I am torn between this and OCZ PowerStream 600W. I don't think they ever had OCZ stocked,(but I did notice the avaiability of S12-600).

Please help me choose the right one (for my upcoming AMD gaming PC project):

DFI nF4 SLI-DR
2GB RAM
7800 GTXThe Enermax 600W is fine & it is on the DFI "A" list. :toast:
DFI N4 PSU Guide: http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10854

Squid_Spit

09-21-2005, 05:14 PM

I don't ussually recommend the Enermax's because of seeing them droop in the face of heavy CPU load.
Have you got a link?

Autochthon

09-21-2005, 08:00 PM

I've been using that enermax since June currently with DFI NF sli, 7800GTX and 4 Harddrives and have noticed no issues with voltage droop. 12V drops from 12.3 to 12.17 under max load but that is well within spec and hasn't apparently caused stability issues.

Dave in Daytona

09-21-2005, 08:32 PM

I've been using that enermax since June currently with DFI NF sli, 7800GTX and 4 Harddrives and have noticed no issues with voltage droop. 12V drops from 12.3 to 12.17 under max load but that is well within spec and hasn't apparently caused stability issues.It should stay a lot tighter than that!
Did you measure with a DVM/DMM? :confused:

Autochthon

09-21-2005, 09:26 PM

Ok I went and reopened my case for you're benefit ;) 12v as measured by DMM varies from ~12.32V idle to ~12.26V full load. 0.5% to 1% just doesn't seem anything to worry about

Dave in Daytona

09-22-2005, 06:45 AM

Ok I went and reopened my case for you're benefit ;) 12v as measured by DMM varies from ~12.32V idle to ~12.26V full load. 0.5% to 1% just doesn't seem anything to worry aboutThat is 0.06V fluxuation, which is only 0.5%!
CONGRATS! :toast:

sin0822

09-22-2005, 08:59 AM

i have an antec neopower with over 420 watts load, and its only ogt a .02- .03 droop under full load..

Autochthon

09-22-2005, 09:15 AM

sin: I lose almost that much when my 7800GTX kicks in to 3d mode. The reason I don't tend to worry is the fluxuation isn't random. It appears specific to and consistent with the operation of particular components. ie when everything is going full bore it shows 12.17 (12.26 DMM) and it does not change from this value while under these conditions. Actually I'm fairly sure it does change but without an O-scope I can't measure it.

dave: heh heh you're right 0.05% I'm getting old.