Enermax Galaxy DXX 1000w Quad Extreme

**Charles Wirth** · 05-23-2007, 01:44 PM

There is a chirp noise of power up, other than that it is a very quiet PSU.

Ultras overclocked with quad core and four raid drives, no squeel.

**cadaveca** · 05-23-2007, 01:56 PM

mine squeals under quad and 2 2900's, 4 drives as well. But the sound could be motherboard...although squeal was more prevalent with 850w model.

**Leeghoofd** · 05-23-2007, 11:06 PM

Mine doesn't squeal mate and I hope it never does

just make sure you get the dxx version and not the regular (better amps)

**bmg** · 05-26-2007, 01:47 AM

I'm loving this power supply! Nice and quiet, and it's got plenty of power for future upgrades. Not a hint of whine or squeal like my two PCP&C 750 quad's were doing.

**Charles Wirth** · 05-26-2007, 04:37 AM

Thanks for the update and good to know problem resolved.

**dengyong** · 06-07-2007, 03:57 PM

I had one of these, model egx1000ewl-dxx 02 in my sig rig. It looked great had nice cables and had received good reviews so I thought it was the one for me. When I fired this thing up for the first time I noticed a strange smell now and then, kind of an odd sweet smell. I wasn't able to pinpoint the smell but I suspected the power supply. About four weeks later my computer shut down with a loud pop, the galaxy was dead. I consider myself lucky that it didn't take the rest of my parts with it and burn my house down. The only damage to the mobo was a burned out debug led, so I put my spare tt750 in and set about disassembling the enermax (screw the warranty). After removing the cover everything looked fine other than a blown 20a fuse so I pulled the pcb to see if there were any problems on the back side. I didn't see any burns there but I did find the worst soldering I've ever seen in my life. All the traces had been soldered by hand their full length, I would guess to allow them to carry more current but it was unbelievably sloppy, In some spots strips of solder were laid down in bundles of 6 or 8 about 2.5" long and partially melted to form big sloppy bridges, there were also unnecessary blobs of solder and lots of rosin. I could go on but I think you get the point. I replaced the fuse, checked the wiring for shorts reassembled and tested on small 12v load. When I flipped the switch it popped again burning a big black spot on the top of the pcb at a resistor that says R9. The unit I received can't be be indicative of enermax quality or more people would be complaining, so may be one of the workers just had a bad day. I don't want another one so I think I'll try a tt1200 next.
just in case it may help someone the dead unit was p/n; 801015990020 s/n; 71c0610541
I'll post pics when I get a digital camera.

**Leeghoofd** · 06-10-2007, 02:17 AM

I think the guy just got his C4 but he needed to finish the last PSU, your PSU !!! Also why did you pop the cover you loose ya warranty then , no possible way you could have got that one in RMA as it has stickers to protect from opening ....

**dengyong** · 06-10-2007, 09:27 AM

I bought it at performance pc and the 30 day return period had past.
I had also added a single punchdown sata connector to the native line and enermax warranty says it can't be modified in any way. I modify just about everything in one way or another and accept responsibility for it at the outset. Its also not worth the grief (or the $330) for me to send it back to enermax and have them screw around for a couple of weeks only to tell me I voided the warranty when I added a connector. I would rather pull the cover and repair it my self or in this case post pics of shoddy workmanship. I've ordered a digital camera and should have it this week. I hope everyone else has better luck.

**Leeghoofd** · 06-11-2007, 03:12 AM

I don't get it you modified the psu and didn't return it due to that plus to the 30 day return policy it has 3 years of freaking warranty.Man you got some cash to spend jeeeez

**dengyong** · 06-11-2007, 12:52 PM

Well it clearly fed 110v to low voltage parts of the pcb, it looked like a welding flash when it blew. If I got another one I would always wonder if it would do the same or even take out the rest of my system. I see your point tho, I am being a bit of an ass.

**Leeghoofd** · 06-11-2007, 09:02 PM

I mod the modular cables so once something goes wrong I put back a normal cable in the box and that's it, it's too expensive for me I want this baby to last 3 years at least

**dengyong** · 06-13-2007, 04:06 PM

just got the camera, haven't learned to use it.

**Leeghoofd** · 06-13-2007, 09:44 PM

That's awfull, looks like an RMA'd one, seems they tried to replace a power circuit by putting solder onto it .... I ain't gonna open mine to verify but that's not normal indeed...

**amdholic** · 06-21-2007, 04:12 AM

hi i have a question for Enermax Galaxy DDX owners

i am planning to buy one for me and i was a bit confused
to the fact that if you install Galaxy in you casing the top fan would be facing upwards rrite?, and when its facing upwards, it will be blocked by casings roof, am i guessing rite, or is there any solution to it, please reply ASAP thanx

**[Spectre]** · 06-21-2007, 08:06 AM

Originally Posted by amdholic

hi i have a question for Enermax Galaxy DDX owners

i am planning to buy one for me and i was a bit confused
to the fact that if you install Galaxy in you casing the top fan would be facing upwards rrite?, and when its facing upwards, it will be blocked by casings roof, am i guessing rite, or is there any solution to it, please reply ASAP thanx

The fan faces down away from the top of the case so it can pull air in.

**Leeghoofd** · 06-21-2007, 08:58 AM

Indeed there's nothing abnormal about the Galaxy, they just printed the name a bit akwards...

Sucks hot air out of the case like an other PSU with a fan...

**rubber5** · 04-01-2010, 05:16 AM

Originally Posted by dengyong

just got the camera, haven't learned to use it.

hello i feel your pain i have the exact same thing but to be honnest i think mine is worse than yours have a look seriosly AVOID THESE PSU'S PLESE AS THEY ARE RUBBISH WITH A CAPITAL S IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEEN

**Leeghoofd** · 04-01-2010, 05:51 AM

Mine is still going strong, fingers crossed

**Movieman** · 04-01-2010, 05:51 AM

Originally Posted by rubber5

hello i feel your pain i have the exact same thing but to be honnest i think mine is worse than yours have a look seriosly AVOID THESE PSU'S PLESE AS THEY ARE RUBBISH WITH A CAPITAL S IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEEN

Did you look at the date of the post above you?

**rubber5** · 04-01-2010, 06:01 AM

Originally Posted by Movieman

Did you look at the date of the post above you?

no i did not
wow thats a long time ago lol
but still that treatment cant be normal for a psu im really dissapointed about enermax now dont think i will be buying any more from now on

**revenant** · 07-27-2010, 01:25 PM

hah... holy necro batman. my galaxy dxx is still going strong.. I am working it harder now than ever with my OC'd and over volted GTX 470s.. no noise from it at all. fingers crossed it keeps on trucking.