Enermax Liberty 500W Power Supply Review - Page 2

polobunny · June 1st, 2006

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Originally Posted by drew and not u

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Originally Posted by Django

I will stick to the good old psu's like Antec and PCPWC, no modular psu for me.

I could never go back to a non-modular PSU :P

Cutters.

They're pretty handy IMO, really help reducing the clutter. I wish they included more cables however, even it makes the price go a bit higher. I hate having a loose molex hanging somewhere or cramming it between my floppy and memory reader... You know, 1 (or 2) 2 Molex connectors only on a wire would be great sometimes. The third one is almost always unecessary, or at least if you don't want to re-clutterize the thing (new verbs FTW), and who needs more than 1 floppy power connector?

**simple_inhibition** · June 1st, 2006

DFI motherboard owners need more than one floppy connector lol

**gvblake22** · June 2nd, 2006

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Originally Posted by simple_inhibition

DFI motherboard owners need more than one floppy connector lol

Yeah, exactly what I was about to say too.

And I think you can buy more cables for the Liberty. There are a total of six regular modular connectors for the non-PCI-Express cables but the PSU only comes with four regular (non-PCI-Express) modular cables, so there are two empty modular connectors.

**Hitman** · October 17th, 2006

I know this is an old thread, but I have a question about this PSU. I am thinking about buying this exact PSU. Do you think this PSU will have a problem running 2 7900GTs in SLI with the current setup in my sig?

**drew and not u** · October 17th, 2006

I really doubt you will have any problems. Even though it's only got 2 12V rails, they each support 22amps. Plus it's got SLI certification to give you that warm and fuzzy.

**gvblake22** · October 17th, 2006

Well, if your question is asking whether or not the Liberty 500W is an ok alternative to other 500W PSU's for a 7900GT SLI setup, I would have to say it is one of my top choices.

If you are trying to find out if a 500W PSU is powerful enough for a 7900GT SLI setup with all those HDD's, then that is one that could be debated. According to THIS article, it looks like two 7900GT's in SLI consume just under 300W. Mind you, this is total system power consumption, not just the two video cards alone. So if you have an idea of how much power all of your extra HDD's and processor will chew up, then you should be able to make a good decision.

**Hitman** · October 17th, 2006

I was just wondering, I am not running SLI right now, just like to have the option. I would go with the 620 watt liberty, but the 500w fits my budget better. If I do go SLI and have issues I can always swap the HDs out to my other system.

**gvblake22** · October 17th, 2006

I would say you probably could get away with the 500W Liberty. The 12V rails are quite powerful. But there are probably still other good options to explore as well.

**Hitman** · October 17th, 2006

I bought one today anyways.

**gvblake22** · October 17th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Hitman

I bought one today anyways.

HAHA, nice! Let us know how it does for you, I'm serioulsy very interested.

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drew and not u The Pizza Killer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: where do you friggin live?? Posts: 1,722	I really doubt you will have any problems. Even though it's only got 2 12V rails, they each support 22amps. Plus it's got SLI certification to give you that warm and fuzzy. P5K-E / E8400 @ 4.0 / Scythe Ninja Copper / 2GB Hyper-X DDR2-800 / 7800GT / Antec 1200 / Corsair HX-520 P5W DH Deluxe / E7200 @ 3.8 / 2GB Ballistix DDR2-800 / 7600GT (passive) / P180B / Seasonic SS-550HT / Zalman Reserator V2 Optiplex 755 / E2180 / 4GB DDR2 / 160GB HD / ATI HD 2400 Dual-ISP Network aim: drewandnotu \| Skype: drew-and-not-u

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October 17th, 2006	#14
Hitman Functional Alcoholic Join Date: May 2006 Location: 14S E:561116 N:3830189 Posts: 4,221 Blog Entries: 2	I know this is an old thread, but I have a question about this PSU. I am thinking about buying this exact PSU. Do you think this PSU will have a problem running 2 7900GTs in SLI with the current setup in my sig?

October 17th, 2006	#16
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,351 Blog Entries: 1	Well, if your question is asking whether or not the Liberty 500W is an ok alternative to other 500W PSU's for a 7900GT SLI setup, I would have to say it is one of my top choices. If you are trying to find out if a 500W PSU is powerful enough for a 7900GT SLI setup with all those HDD's, then that is one that could be debated. According to THIS article, it looks like two 7900GT's in SLI consume just under 300W. Mind you, this is total system power consumption, not just the two video cards alone. So if you have an idea of how much power all of your extra HDD's and processor will chew up, then you should be able to make a good decision.