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Enermax Platimax 600 W Power Supply Review

The Enermax Platimax is one of the first power supply series carrying the 80 Plus Platinum certification to reach the market. Let’s see how the 600 W model fared in our tests.

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Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A Look Inside the Enermax Platimax 600 W
  • 3. Transient Filtering Stage
  • 4. Primary Analysis
  • 5. Secondary Analysis
  • 6. Power Distribution
  • 7. Load Tests
  • 8. Ripple and Noise Tests
  • 9. Overload Tests
  • 10. Main Specifications
  • 11. Conclusions

In Figure 19, you can see the power supply label containing all the power specs.

Enermax Platimax 600 W power supplyFigure 19: Power supply label

This power supply is advertised as having three +12 V rails, which is correct, since the monitoring integrated circuit has three +12 V over current (OCP) channels, and we clearly saw three current sensors (“shunts”) on the solder side of the printed circuit board. See Figure 20. Click here to understand more about this subject.

Enermax Platimax 600 W power supplyFigure 20: Shunts

The three +12 V rails are distributed like this:

  • +12V1: ATX12V/EPS12V connector and main motherboard cable
  • +12V2: Half of the red modular cabling connectors and two of the black modular cabling connectors (the ones closer to the red connectors)
  • +12V3: The other half of the red modular cabling connectors and the other three black modular cabling connectors

This distribution is perfect.

How much power can this unit really deliver? Let’s find out.

Continue: Load Tests

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