Comdex 2003, my display rig in the Abit booth had a heart attack firing up at 4.4Ghz and the PSU was dead. I tracked back out onto the show floor and found Tom @ Enermax who said sure my 450w power supply could handle the situation, so he gave the the PSU in good faith and I hauled it back to the Abit booth with Tom in tow and snapped it like a twig. Whoops, so we go back out the Enermax booth and grab the biggest supply they had at the show, it was a 651w model that worked great for the entire duration of the show.
Well as luck would have it this year at CES we ran into power supply problems again with a 1Kw single rail from another popular manufacture failed to post on the bench rig.
Tom was able to hook us up with the new Galaxy 1000w DXX. This is a well thought out power supply design. The air flow through the PSU is obvious with minimal obstructions and beefy fans. The non modular will suite the most xtreme such as myself with SLI and quad raid drives. There is connections for dual R600 graphics as well as second 4+4 (+12v) cpu connection. Everything you would normally expect in a high end power supply with the capability to support dual R600 now.
K|ngp|n and I were able to push the X6800 up over 5.1Ghz with up to 1.9v, a fairly good push but it was very impressive to see how stable the voltages were at top speed. We dialed in the vcore with precision and the power supply worked flawlessly. No VC clocks on the score below but it was as the only saved 3D run above 5Ghz.
I have since moved this into my daily gamer and it takes it place in my signature for being a top notch product I would be happy with recommending them.
Now for the torture testing, it will take me months and several upgrades to fully test this bad boy, no need to requote the specs or brag about how life changing it is to own one. Time will tell and I will give updates with upgrades. The abundance of connectors will make this an obvious choice for those who need something this Xtreme.
Thanks Enemax for the assist again this year and for stopping by our event to check out the overclocking going on.
Something I need to add to the write up is the noise heard when the power supply starts is completely normal.
After having two PCP&C 1Kw fail on me, it may have been a timing or load issue preventing them from firing up and I wasnt about to hotwire it at -100c and all voltage levels near maxed.
I just got this psu.. LOVE IT.. so quiet.. and pretty.. and powerful. mmm
edit: the two transformers on this unit are both theoretically capable of producing 80A each on 12v... freaking crazy. it's really a two rail psu.. and it derives it's 5v and 3.3v seperately.. very nice for stable voltage when loading. the use of quality componets throughout it and lots of ferite beads on the leads of the components is a plus also..
Correct, that is the first cascade use in competition against Oppainter for the race to 30K. We cut the 19" rack mount in half and shipped it to Alaska where Kunaak hopefully is getting some use out of it.
. I've always loved their units.
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