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phill said:
Doesn't give me masses of confidence in a PSU if I'm honest... For me the PSU is one of the most or the most important pieces of kit in any PC system
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But we looking at an huge over load. 900W on a 750W unit
 
Durvelle27 said:
But we looking at an huge over load. 900W on a 750W unit
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Still, overload protection should kick in. What happens when somebody is running their PSU up to capacity for a few years and it degrades due to capacitor aging?
It should shut down instead of exploding, at least.
 
cst1992 said:
Still, overload protection should kick in. What happens when somebody is running their PSU up to capacity for a few years and it degrades due to capacitor aging?
It should shut down instead of exploding, at least.
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Ideally, you would be correct. Rarely happens though PSUs usually just die and ever once in a while that kill whatever they're connected to. PSUs that are made fail-safe die without damaging anything else, but not all PSUs are made that way.
 
cst1992 said:
Still, overload protection should kick in. What happens when somebody is running their PSU up to capacity for a few years and it degrades due to capacitor aging?
It should shut down instead of exploding, at least.
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That is plausible but how many units degrade overtime. I had units run well past 7 years but this could be the one

With the review I hope Gigabyte fixed the issue. I think I seen 2 reviews mention the same issue back in early 2020
 
Durvelle27 said:
But we looking at an huge over load. 900W on a 750W unit
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I always remember the review on my AX1200 units (the original models not the i models that followed afterwards) and I think it was Overclock.net who did the review stating that they managed to get to pull 1620w out of the 1200w unit before it decided enough was enough and just shut down. Turned it back on and away it went again... There was a reason I bought two of them and they are still working to this day. I believe one of them even powered my mining rig for 6 to10 months or whatever it was, never missed a beat and it was on 24/7... Ran 1200w no problem but for electric costs after a bit of tweaking, it went down to 700w for the load... I was needless to say, dead impressed and happy with the PSU :) Still am to be honest :) It's powering an SR-2 and a Z170 OCF with a 6700k which is pulling next to nothing from it in comparison.

One of the best PSUs I've ever owned I'd have to say, if not the best.

I just don't like bad things happening to good people, PC hardware death is not a nice thing which is why I always say spend on a top tier unit, get a little more power than you need (not double just a 100w or 200w) and away you go. I see so many skimping on it and bad things happen, it's not nice :(
 
phill said:
I always remember the review on my AX1200 units (the original models not the i models that followed afterwards) and I think it was Overclock.net who did the review stating that they managed to get to pull 1620w out of the 1200w unit before it decided enough was enough and just shut down. Turned it back on and away it went again... There was a reason I bought two of them and they are still working to this day. I believe one of them even powered my mining rig for 6 to10 months or whatever it was, never missed a beat and it was on 24/7... Ran 1200w no problem but for electric costs after a bit of tweaking, it went down to 700w for the load... I was needless to say, dead impressed and happy with the PSU :) Still am to be honest :) It's powering an SR-2 and a Z170 OCF with a 6700k which is pulling next to nothing from it in comparison.

One of the best PSUs I've ever owned I'd have to say, if not the best.

I just don't like bad things happening to good people, PC hardware death is not a nice thing which is why I always say spend on a top tier unit, get a little more power than you need (not double just a 100w or 200w) and away you go. I see so many skimping on it and bad things happen, it's not nice :(
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I may swap later down the line to a Seasonic Focus and move this one to my wife’s rig
 
Sometimes i feel like i am the only one in this forum who buys Enermax Units:cry:
 
Knoxx29 said:
Sometimes i feel like i am the only one in this forum who buys Enermax Units:cry:
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Man I almost bought a Enermax before the Gigabyte but no reviews and the warranty very short
 
Durvelle27 said:
Man I almost bought a Enermax before the Gigabyte but no reviews and the warranty very short
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Enermax reminds me of the Ultra series from Tiger Direct.
 
shashy said:
Just bought a Ryzen 5 2600 CPU but i have no idea how to upload pics.
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It's as easy as clicking on the picture icon and uploading.
 
Knoxx29 said:
One of the best ( of course that is my opinion ) and you don't find them?:cry:
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Sadly not... UK's Scan.co.uk

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No Enermax unless they go under a different name that I don't know of??
 
I don't know of many or any other UK sites offering the PSUs anymore :(
 
Knoxx29 said:
Sometimes i feel like i am the only one in this forum who buys Enermax Units:cry:
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Nope. I buy them as well. But I always "over-buy", which means that if the system is going to need 500w, I will use a 700w or 750w Enermax. They're good budget PSUs but reliability was once a bit iffy and it's always a good precaution to over do it with wattage rather than tread the line.
 
lexluthermiester said:
Nope. I buy them as well. But I always "over-buy", which means that if the system is going to need 500w, I will use a 700w or 750w Enermax. They're good budget PSUs but reliability was once a bit iffy and it's always a good precaution to over do it with wattage rather than tread the line.
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Same. After throwing all the numbers at the PSU calculator and always considering worst case scenario (basically, 24/7 usage at 100% TDP) I always go at least 25% over the recommended wattage.
 
lexluthermiester said:
Nope. I buy them as well. But I always "over-buy", which means that if the system is going to need 500w, I will use a 700w or 750w Enermax. They're good budget PSUs but reliability was once a bit iffy and it's always a good precaution to over do it with wattage rather than tread the line.
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I have been buying enermax PSUs for a long time now and started buying/using the Platimax since 2012 till middle 2019 and for my current build i bought a MaxTytan serie, i know 1250W is overkill and it's way too much than what my Build needs considering that if the Wattage Meter of the MaxTytan is correct it shows that my Build uses around 285W when playing Games.
 
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