Too many watts for my liking, although nice efficiency at 10%.
I've generally picked med-high end Enermax PSU's because I know they are going to last, I've yet to have a failure. However, a few other brands have caught my eye recently so the next build won't be a quick decision.
Those cables are a deal breaker, very unattractive.
Seriously? What is your preference?
AndyM95
Those cables are a deal breaker, very unattractive.
Same here, if your following a particular colour scheme the cables just don't do it for me.
Enermax has told us that it is upgrading the Revolution87+'s cables to flat versions that fit in better with the colour scheme. This engineering change should be done in the next month or so.
With PC components getting more energy efficient, im more interested in Gold/Platinum PSUs that deliver less than 500W at a decent price.
Personally I'm planning on spending big money on my next PSU, I mean what is the lifespan on a top-end unit? 20-30 years?
Willzzz
Personally I'm planning on spending big money on my next PSU, I mean what is the lifespan on a top-end unit? 20-30 years?
Not sure how much it should be, but my mid/high end Antec True Power Trio 550w is at 6.5 years right now (paid $150 at the time, which was adequate for a Seasonic-made 80Plus unit and was probably the best I could buy on my country).
Seasonic say 150,000 hours MTBF, so that's 17 years of constant use.
MTBF is a flawed assessment of drive life, but it's the only measure they can give seeing as it's impractical to test drives for years at a time ;) As long as you don't actually take it to mean x hours before failure it's fine (it's actually a measure of how many drives in a certain batch size have failures).
Well between the 7 year warranty and the 150,000 hour MTBF I feel pretty happy.
The MTBF is no guarantee, but it's pleasantly reassuring.
I think this brand is good enough.