Enermax Galaxy 850W Power Supply

Rob Williams · 10-11-2006, 09:02 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, 10:21 PM

Hott! Need I say more?

Rob Williams · 10-12-2006, 10:39 PM

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

10-14-2006, 01:47 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, 12:34 AM

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

03-13-2007, 09:09 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, 10:50 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, 09:02 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	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 i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

10-12-2006, 10:21 PM	#2
Jakal Tech Monkey Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Missiskippy Posts: 634	Hott! Need I say more? __________________ Intel C2Quad Q9400 @3.6Ghz \| Asus PM5Q Deluxe \| OCZ Reaper HPC PC2-8500 8GB \| XFX Black Edition 260/216\| knobs are great for twisting, turning, squeezing and pulling... especially your own..... that's how doors open \| Chaos Havok: grrrr im lagging me \| <@Deathspawner> I wish I was in Windows :-/

10-12-2006, 10:39 PM	#3
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	It really is... I am not into PSU's but that one strikes me as gorgeous. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

10-15-2006, 12:34 AM	#5
Greg King I just kinda show up... Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,081	Keep us updated on your system build bro. I can't wait to see that under the UV lights. __________________ "It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan System: Intel i5 2500K \| Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 \| 16GB G.Skill DDR3 \| Crucial M4 128GB SSD WD 1TB Black x1 \| WD 2TB Green x 1 \| XFX Radeonn HD 6850 \| Corsair H80 Water Cooler Fractal Design R3 \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Dell 2410 x 3 @ 1920x1200 ESXi Host: Intel i7 920 @ 3.0 GHz \| Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P \| 24GB Patriot DDR3 \| WD 1TB Black x 2

03-13-2007, 10:50 PM	#7
Rory Buszka Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 388	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 __________________ Best Regards, Rory Buszka

10-14-2006, 01:47 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:

03-13-2007, 09:09 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....

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