Application:

Power Supplies

Provided by:

E-Power

Available at:

newegg

MSRP:

$175

Availability:

Now

Review by:

Matt

Edited by:

Scott

Review date:

April 17th, 2005
   
 

 
     Last, but not least, we couldn't help but take the unit apart and show you the nitty gritty, and hopefully some adjustable pots where we could turn up the volts a bit for some overclocking endeavors. Sadly no pots were found, but we did find what appeared to be load componentry which we'll discuss later. For now we can tell you that you can rest assured that the EP-600MP is fully qualified and well worth its asking price of $175.

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     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!

Club Overclocker Rating

Innovation:

9.0 out of 10

Performance:

8.5 out of 10

Quality:

10 out of 10

Stability:

10 out of 10

Overclocking:

10 out of 10

Software Pack:

N/A

Value:

8.5 out of 10

Overall Rating 9.0

   

Skill Level

Project Skill Level
(10 being hardest)

3 out of 10