Enermax Platimax 600w 80+ Platinum PSU Review

Features and Specifications

Direct from Enermax’s product page for the Platimax 600w!

Features

89PLUS ready! World’s leading modular cable PSU series with 89-94% efficiency @ 20-100% load. Compliant with 80PLUS® PLATINUM efficiency requirement.   ErP Lot 6 ready! Help system to meet ErP Lot 6 2010 ( * Required for ErP Lot 6 2010 compliant systems.   C6 & Hybrid ready! Maximum compatibility with C6 & hybrid states of current and future CPU & GPU generations by ZERO LOAD design.   DXXI ready! 100% 6+2P (8P) PCI-E connector to support new generation DXXI graphic cards.   Future ready! 12P modular design for possibly upcoming new CPU and GPU 10P and/or 12P connectors.   Gaming ready! ATX12V v2.3 support for latest Intel Core™ 2 Duo/Quad/Extreme/i7/i5, and AMD Athlon™ 64X2 & Phenom™ II and SLI or CrossFireX™.   World ready! 100-240VAC in with automatic adjustment and active PFC for global usage.   24/7 @ 50°C ready! Non-Stop industrial class performance at 50°C ambient.   EMC ready! Full-scale electromagnetic filtering protects your system against radiation interferences.   CordGuard Fixing the AC cord tightly to avoid accidental shutdowns of your PC.   HeatGuard Keeping PSU fan running for 30-60 seconds after shut down to dissipate the remaining system heat and prolonging system lifetime.   SafeGuard Industry-leading multiple protection circuitry of OCP, OVP, DC UVP, OPP, OTP, SCP & SIP.   SpeedGuard Advanced fuzzy logic fan speed control for optimal cooling and minimum noise. (Patented) .   Twister fan inside! 13.9cm Twister-bearing fan with low noise and long lifetime. (100,000 hours MTBF, Patented)   100% 105℃ Japanese electrolytic capacitors Highest components standards for maximum durability and stability.   Dynamic Hybrid Transformer Topology Technological breakthrough topology using a staged dynamic transformer array for extremely high efficiency with the most durable and stable output at any load.

That’s right! This PSU is ready for the future! And Gaming! And Lot 6 ErP! And C6 & Hybrid! (Will it run a Prius?) And DXXI! (DX11?) And 24/7@50°C! (de-rated, anyway) And EMC Ready! That’s right, according to the features list thing thing is set up to protect your computer against radiation interference. They don’t specify whether they’re talking about EMI type radiation on the input power, or alpha/beta/gamma/UV type radiation in the air. I’m assuming the former, but who knows! This PSU might be able to handle a Goldeneye type situation!

It says it has a 139mm fan inside too, because putting a 140mm fan inside a PSU is patented. My bet is that the fan says 140mm on it.

What the Dynamic Hybrid Transformer thing is I have no idea, we’ll see how it performs.

Also on the product page we have:

24/7 @ 50°C ready! Non-stop industrial-class performance at 50°C ambient.

In this slide Enermax appears to show that this unit can do 110% output power at temps up to ~40°c, and ~88% output power at 50°c. I’m not sure if that was the goal or not. I seriously doubt I’ll be able to get it over 40°c or so in TEUW, but we’ll see. I’ll be testing at ~100% regardless.

SafeGuard

Industry-leading multiple protection circuitry of OCP, OVP, DC UVP, OPP, OTP, SCP & SIP.

I still don’t know what SIP stands for.

Twister Bearing Fan

A Minimal contact area for effective noise reduction B Rotor with integrated magnet for frictionless and smooth motion C Self-lubricating bearing material abrasion protection for longer lifetime

I’m not a fan person, the diagram looks decently snazzy though. We’ll see (hear…) how it performs in real life.

HeatGuard

After shutdown, HeatGuard will keep PSU fan running for 30-60 seconds to dissipate the remaining system heat and prolong lifetime.

This I like. I doubt the PSU really needs it, but it’s a cool feature. It works (though not for the full 30-60 seconds) even with the PSU is unplugged at shutdown, which is pretty impressive.

Model Number: EPM600AWT

Typically Enermax rates peak power for one minute. I strongly recommend ignoring the peak power number all together and just going with the Total Power number. 100w for the combined 5v and 3.3v seems a bit light, but not that much more so than most units these days. It won’t be an issue.

Nowhere is cooking waffles mentioned, I guess I’m out of luck on that one.