Many
of you have come to expect some sort of testing methodology with our
power supplies but as of now nothing beats hands on, but in the case
of this PSU it was rather difficult to get this thing to even flinch
even under the load of a A64 vapochilled to 2.8Ghz! The line
voltages wouldn't even fluctuate so we dropped an email to to
E-Power and got a reply within 6 hrs and a diagnosis shortly after
from their technical support staff. WE wanted to know why the 12V
line was kind of low at 11.77, and this was their reply: "Low
loading on both +3.3V and 5V , and specific design for heavy load
system ~ Due to the heavy load design and current system's
requirement, low power consumption on +3.3V and +5V will cause the
voltage down on +12V due to circuitry design, we recommend editors
to put more HDDs or fans to operate again, we believe the +12V
voltage reading will increase to acceptable range."
To some of you this may be disappointing, but we do have some pretty
crazy reviews coming up, so for now we're going to accept their
reply and keep it on as a long term test bed for an upcoming review
of the DFI Ultra 'D' and a ECT Mach II. With a 4v vddr max we're
bound to put a sufficient load on the EP-600MP to see if we can get
it to cough. For now its an open-shut ClubOC recommendation and a
complete overkill. You really can't get more than this, so Nice job
E-Power!
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Club
Overclocker Rating |
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Innovation: |
9.0
out of 10 |
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Performance: |
8.5 out of 10 |
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Quality: |
10 out of 10 |
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Stability: |
10 out of 10 |
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Overclocking: |
10 out of 10 |
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Software Pack: |
N/A |
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Value: |
8.5 out of 10 |
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Overall Rating 9.0 |
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Skill Level |
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Project Skill Level
(10 being hardest) |
3
out of 10 |