Enermax Galaxy 850W Power Supply

Rob Williams · 10-11-2006, 10:02 PM

Are you building a huge machine and require a power supply to match? Enermax has got you covered. Their Galaxy 850W fully supports Quad SLI, Quad core CPU, mass amounts of hard drives and your other hardware. It passed with flying colors in our stress tests, so read on.

Read Gregs in-depth look here and then discuss it here!

Jakal · 10-12-2006, 11:21 PM

Hott! Need I say more?

Rob Williams · 10-12-2006, 11:39 PM

It really is... I am not into PSU's but that one strikes me as gorgeous.

10-14-2006, 02:47 PM

I bought the Enermax Galaxy 1000w PSU from Hank Baron at performance-pcs found here: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=20569.
They did a fantastic job of Sleeving all the cables in a real nice UV-Neon Green Sleeving and Heat Shrink. Just Look at all the extra Cables. I am glad that I chose the Enermax Galaxy, especially after finding out that the new G80/8800GTX requires at least TWO 6-pin PCIE Power Plugs per card. The Galaxy 1000w & 850w, like Your review says, has Four 6-pin PCIE Power plugs so you will be able to run TWO 8800 GTX Cards in SLI Mode. I can't wait to get my new rig built. Here are some pics:

Greg King · 10-15-2006, 01:34 AM

Keep us updated on your system build bro. I can't wait to see that under the UV lights.

03-13-2007, 10:09 AM

Just baught the 850W in the UK.

Running well, VERY quiet too. Though longer - it fit my case fine.

My only gripe was the lack of a floppy connector in the standard loom (comes as an accessory with some 4-pin plugs). I got round that one by making my own floppy to 4-pin adaptor. Also as said on other sites the loom should come out the other side (right) of the rear panel to give easier access to the additional output sockets in the future. It would also have been nice to see the power status light from inside the case and not have to look round the back...

9.5/10 from me so far.

Digital....

Rory Buszka · 03-13-2007, 11:50 PM

I don't get the cooling scheme of the Enermax Galaxy. They use a 140mm fan, but they don't provide anywhere for that air to go except out through the back through another 80mm fan, or through some small slits on the interior end. They should have at least put a full-face vent on the interior end to let it dump extra airflow into the case, and let the case's cooling fans deal with the heat.

My $0.02

10-11-2006, 10:02 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor in Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 8,921	Enermax Galaxy 850W Power Supply Are you building a huge machine and require a power supply to match? Enermax has got you covered. Their Galaxy 850W fully supports Quad SLI, Quad core CPU, mass amounts of hard drives and your other hardware. It passed with flying colors in our stress tests, so read on. Read Gregs in-depth look here and then discuss it here! __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.20GHz, ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, OCZ 8GB PC2-6400, EVGA GTX 285 1024MB Seagate 500GB, 750GB & 1TB, Pioneer 22x ODD, Corsair 1000HX, Thermalright Ultra-120, CM Storm Sniper Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Ultrasone PRO 750, Gentoo Linux (KDE 4.3.2, 2.6.31 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter Profiles: Last.fm \| Xbox Live \| Steam

10-12-2006, 11:21 PM	#2
Jakal Tech Monkey Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Missiskippy Posts: 605	Hott! Need I say more? __________________ AMD Opteron 150@2.9Ghz 1.5v\|DFI Lanparty Expert 4/06 Bios\|OCZ Gold OCZ4002048ELGEGXT-K 2x1024 242Mhz 3v\|Twin eVga 7800GTs 470/1100 If you have a large quantity of Hot Pockets building up, you simply aren't eating them fast enough.- dibene \| Chaos Havok: grrrr im lagging me My Pics

10-12-2006, 11:39 PM	#3
Rob Williams Editor in Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 8,921	It really is... I am not into PSU's but that one strikes me as gorgeous. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.20GHz, ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, OCZ 8GB PC2-6400, EVGA GTX 285 1024MB Seagate 500GB, 750GB & 1TB, Pioneer 22x ODD, Corsair 1000HX, Thermalright Ultra-120, CM Storm Sniper Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Ultrasone PRO 750, Gentoo Linux (KDE 4.3.2, 2.6.31 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter Profiles: Last.fm \| Xbox Live \| Steam

03-13-2007, 11:50 PM	#7
Rory Buszka Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 440	I don't get the cooling scheme of the Enermax Galaxy. They use a 140mm fan, but they don't provide anywhere for that air to go except out through the back through another 80mm fan, or through some small slits on the interior end. They should have at least put a full-face vent on the interior end to let it dump extra airflow into the case, and let the case's cooling fans deal with the heat. My $0.02 __________________ Rory Buszka

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10-14-2006, 02:47 PM	#4
SaberSix/EVGAJKohl Guest Poster Posts: n/a	I bought the Enermax Galaxy 1000w PSU from Hank Baron at performance-pcs found here: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=20569. They did a fantastic job of Sleeving all the cables in a real nice UV-Neon Green Sleeving and Heat Shrink. Just Look at all the extra Cables. I am glad that I chose the Enermax Galaxy, especially after finding out that the new G80/8800GTX requires at least TWO 6-pin PCIE Power Plugs per card. The Galaxy 1000w & 850w, like Your review says, has Four 6-pin PCIE Power plugs so you will be able to run TWO 8800 GTX Cards in SLI Mode. I can't wait to get my new rig built. Here are some pics:

10-15-2006, 01:34 AM	#5
Greg King Tech Junkie Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,976	Keep us updated on your system build bro. I can't wait to see that under the UV lights.

03-13-2007, 10:09 AM	#6
Unregistered Guest Poster Posts: n/a	Just baught the 850W in the UK. Running well, VERY quiet too. Though longer - it fit my case fine. My only gripe was the lack of a floppy connector in the standard loom (comes as an accessory with some 4-pin plugs). I got round that one by making my own floppy to 4-pin adaptor. Also as said on other sites the loom should come out the other side (right) of the rear panel to give easier access to the additional output sockets in the future. It would also have been nice to see the power status light from inside the case and not have to look round the back... 9.5/10 from me so far. Digital....