Enermax EG465P-VE V1.2

This is the layout that we've come to know. Two fans one on the back of the power supply and one that sits right above the CPU in most cases. The case that I am testing on requires the power supply to be installed upside down. This would mean that the top fan you see in the picture would be against the top of my case. This is not the power supplies fault, this is a poor design of the case. As you can see on the back of the power supply, there is no fan control. This series power supply has a temperature probe and a fan header that is plugged into the motherboard. This is how the fans are controlled.

Model No.				EG365P-VE FCA	EG465P-VE FCA
I/P	Voltage rating			90V~135V AC or 180V~264V AC (selected by slide switch)
	Iin=115/230Vac			10A / 6A	12A / 7A
	Frequency			47Hz~63Hz
	Inrush current			60A max./230V (at cold start)
O/P	DC Voltage	Ripple & Noise	Total Reg.	Output current rating Min. / Max.
	3.3V	50mV	±4%	0.3A / 32A	0.3A / 35A
	+5V	50mV	±5%	0.3A / 32A	0.3A / 35A
	+12V	120mV	±5%	1.5A / 26A	1.5A / 33A
	-5V	50mV	±10%	0A / 1A	0A / 1A
	-12V	120mV	±10%	0A / 1A	0A / 1A
	+5Vsb	50mV	±5%	0.1A / 2.2A	0.1A / 2.2A
	+3.3V & +5V			185W	200W
	TOTAL O/P			350W	460W
Hold up time				17ms min. at 230V AC full load
Over Power Protection				105%~160% of max load
Over Voltage Protection				+5V: 5.6V~6.9V +3.3V: 3.7V~4.5V +5Vsb: 5.6V~6.9V
Efficiency				70% min. at full load
Cooling				Air convection by +12V DC fan
Operation Temperature				0ºC ~25ºC for full rating of load, decrease to zero Watts O/P at 70ºC
Storage Temperature				-20ºC ~80ºC
Humidity				Operating: to 85% relative humidity , non-condensing At 25ºC Storage : to 95% relative humidity , non-condensing At 50ºC
MTBF				100K hours at 25ºC, 70% full rated load
EMC				EN55022, Class B FCC Part 15 CNS D43028 EN 55024
Safety				UL CUL VDE DEMKO NEMKO SEMKO FIMKO
Dimension				W150 x H86 x D140 (mm)

Testing a power supply is always challenging. There just isn't anything you can do except monitor it for fluctuations during normal and 100% usage. The test system will be an AMD Athlon AP2500+ on a MSI K7N2G-ILSR nForce2 motherboard. The memory is 512mb of Crucial PC3200. The system also features a Geforce 4 TI4200 8x video card, 60gb IBM hard drive and a 52x CD Drive. I also have 4 system fans, a CPU heatsink fan and a northbridge heatsink fan.

The PC Health section of your BIOS is a good place to start. Here we can see what kind of power your system is getting on startup. This is the first time that I've seen all of the standards exceeded. Let's see how the EG465P-VE does at full load.

Once again all of the standards are exceeded. This is outstanding. Monitoring the power for a while I saw minor fluctuations, but they did not dip below the standards in any category.

The Enermax EG465P-VE is a great power supply. It produces very clean power on all rails. In my tests it did not drop below the standard on any rail. This is just outstanding and shows the high quality of Enermax power supplies. As for price, CrazyPC currently lists them at $84.95. Not a bad price for a high quality power supply. About 6 months ago I purchased the non shielded version and paid over $100.00 through a local dealer.

Club Overclocker Rating
Innovation:	9.0 out of 10
Performance:	9.5 out of 10
Quality:	9.5 out of 10
Stability:	9.5 out of 10
Overclocking:	N/A
Software Pack:	N/A
Value:	9.5 out of 10
Overall Rating 9.5