Corsair TX750, Thermaltake QFan and Enermax Pro 82+… yes, more PSUs

Ξ February 17th, 2008 | → | ∇ |

I dropped in on Enermax again last Friday with a load more power supplies - specifically interesting was the Corsair TX750 which turned out really well, as expected, although the VX550 wasn’t as good. I still have to look at the results in greater depth though to be sure.

The new Enermax Modu 82+ and Pro 82+ were seriously awesome. Clearly the guys there were psyched (well, as much as you can be over a power supply) about the new models that replace the liberty and noisetaker ranges. About time too to be honest.

Despite the quite crap name, they genuinely are 82-85 percent efficient across the whole range with awesome rail quality. The modular cables on the Modu model have fantastic connectors too but from what I hear the price might be a show stopper. It’s all well and good charging a premium for an awesome product, but this is the mainstream market and what Enermax were quoting was just ridiculous - they better sort it out before the CeBit launch.

Surprisingly the Thermaltake Qfan 650W was actually quite good, but a lot noisier than the Enermax at high load. The 1500W model is a POS though - it got too hot to touch and we only loaded it to 80 percent of its full capacity. Thermaltake really need to stop this BS e-peen wattage ramping because it’s destroying its brand. It still needs to employ a designer for its cases too - not a 6 year old with a crayon.

On the subject of crap products, I really feel sorry for Sapphire - PCAM2RD790 is just not a board worth buying. The DFI side of things is solid, but it just needs to have more effort from Sapphire. Rebranding just doesn’t work any more. I feel sorry for Bill too - he said the board will be £150 yet CCL seem to have decided £170+ is better. Why the hell would you pay that when you can get an MSI K9A2 Platinum for £115?

As usual, I’ve still got a fuck ton to do at work - there’s a load of features pending that I’m just not going to finish before CeBit. Truth is, I’m not entirely looking forward to CeBit - 18hr days for 4 days is not my idea of fun, even if this year I should actually know people there. Computex is far better - smaller, better press rooms, better food and it’s not shoved out in the middle of nowhere.

Next week should be the Gigabyte Energy Efficient P35 mobo which looks surprisingly good, although there is at least one crippling layout issue the software side of things looks impressive.