Closer Look and Performance
The Interior of the PSU looks fantastic, as in all previously reviewed Enermax PSUs. No matter how it looks from the outside, we can be sure that Enermax keeps the top quality inside. Everything is clean, the soldering is on the highest level, and the whole design suggests there were no problems with the temperatures of any component. The PSU is designed to handle lower loads with passive cooling, which confirms it’s well-designed.
All the visible capacitors are rated at 100°C or more. Many, if not all, capacitors are Japanese, as we can read in the main features. Rubycon makes the two main capacitors. Both are rated at 420V, 470uF, and 105°C, so exactly as the website specs suggest.
It’s one more Enermax PSU that keeps up the top quality. It’s one of the best options for gamers and PC enthusiasts.
The Revolution D.F. X 1200W uses a dual-ball bearing PFERS-12H fan, rated at 12V 0.34A. This is a high-quality and high-air-pressure fan made by Enermax. It’s designed for long and quiet work. It’s hard to say how long it will live as our tests have limited time, but we can confirm it’s very quiet, and during the tests, it was hard to separate its noise from the ambient.
Below is a photo of what the back side of the RGB panel looks like.
Performance
Tests were performed on the Intel platform, which contains the overclocked i7 14700K CPU, ASUS Z790 APEX motherboard, overclocked Colorful RTX4080 Advanced OC graphics card, and additional components to bump the wattage some more. The peak wattage is around 870W.
All results were performed on an open test rig.
There were no stability issues during all tests. The efficiency of the Revolution D.F. X 1200W is exceptional. The +12V voltage was nearly perfect under load.
The PSU is rated at close to the 80+ Platinum certification, so we can expect it will handle more than it’s rated for. Of course, we don’t recommend that, but our hardware should be safe during extended work at over 1kW.
In idle and during the mixed load tests, the PSU was silent. Under full load, the fan was barely audible, as I already mentioned earlier. The user’s experience should be on the highest level, and it meets our expectations regarding high-end gaming PSUs.
The mixed load test will be the closest to the daily usage, which is about what we can expect during gaming or some more demanding tasks. During this work, the PSU is just perfect. It’s quiet and delivers stable voltages.
The PSU is designed to work with the latest graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD. The new Nvidia graphics cards use the 12VHPWR cable, which is designed to handle up to 600W. The Revolution D.F. X 1200W is designed to run two graphics cards like that, which the manufacturer surely tested. Considering the top gaming graphics cards’ wattage, it gives us about 1.0-1.1kW of continuous load with spikes much over 1.2kW. It wasn’t possible to be tested in our redaction, but it’s what we should expect that the PSU will handle in “the wild”.
The Revolution D.F. X seems like a very interesting option for those who are searching for a high-wattage and reliable power supply for their new gaming PC.
