In the retail PC PSU area, many of the concentrate on new requirements and their capabilities previously couple of years has been on ATX 3.Zero and it is fast follow-up successor, ATX 3.1. And whereas the revised ATX commonplace is definitely an important new commonplace for the rank-and-file PC builder, it is not the one commonplace that has been launched as of late. Intel and its companions have additionally developed a normal, that in some respects, goes even farther out by dropping among the legacy features of ATX and its more and more esoteric secondary voltages: ATX12VO.
Short for “ATX 12 Volts Only”, ATX12VO is a normal that is been slower to take off because it makes a fairly onerous break with backwards compatibility. But with so many motherboard capabilities operating off of 12V (CPUs and GPUs, for a begin), the necessity for a PSU to offer secondary voltages like 3.3V and 5V simply aren’t what they as soon as have been 20 years in the past – and even 10. So we have slowly seen PC producers and motherboard makers take a look at the waters, with a handful of designs utilizing the extra petite ATX commonplace.
Meanwhile on the ability provide aspect of issues, the result has been a bit extra fascinating, if messy. While ATX12VO motherboards want matching PSUs, there’s nothing to say that such a PSU can solely be ATX12VO. To reference an historic meme, the thought at some PSU producers has been “why not both?”, resulting in high-end PSUs that may bridge the compatibility hole by providing each ATX 3.1 and ATX12VO compatibility.
The first instance of such a PSU to make it in our labs is Enermax’s new PlatiGemini 1200W PSU. Designed to be the Swiss knife of recent top-tier PCs, Enermax’s PSU affords help for each ATX 3.1 and ATX12VO – guaranteeing it could energy nearly any PC – whereas driving each modes with a sizeable 1200W design that may just about energy nearly any desktop PC one can hope to construct at this time. Plus, with options like absolutely modular cables with per-wire sleeving, a dynamic hybrid fan management for optimum cooling, and superior energy topologies, the PlatiGemini 1200W goals to ship each reliability and efficiency on prime of its multi-mode compatibility. The finish result’s a really fascinating (if premium) product that may do all of it.
| Enermax PlatiGemini 1200W Power Specifications ( Rated @ 50 °C ) |
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| RAIL | +3.3V | +5V | +12V | +5Vsb | -12V |
| MAX OUTPUT | 20A | 20A | 100A | 3A | 0.4A |
| 100W | 1200W | 15W | 4.8W | ||
| TOTAL | 1200W | ||||
| 80PLUS RATING | Platinum | ||||
| AC INPUT | 100 – 240 VAC, 50 – 60 Hz | ||||
| MSRP | $230 | ||||
Packaging and Bundle
The Enermax PlatiGemini 1200W ATX 3.1 PSU is available in easy but environment friendly packaging. The outer field, a easy cardboard design, is visually enhanced with an ornamental ribbon. The PSU itself is well-protected throughout delivery by a nylon bag and dense packaging foam, guaranteeing it arrives in excellent situation.
The bundle contains extra than simply the important mounting screws and AC energy cable – a handbook, a jump-start adapter, and cable combs are additionally included.
This PSU options all-black cables, together with connectors and wires, with individually sleeved wires, offering the PlatiGemini unit with a premium aesthetic issue. Enermax additionally contains an ATX12VO connector, which is among the highlights of this collection. Strangely, for the large 1.2 kW output of the unit, the whole variety of connectors is pretty low.
| Enermax PlatiGemini 1200W | ||
| Connector sort | Hardwired | Modular |
| ATX 24 Pin | – | 1 |
| EPS 4+4 Pin | – | 2 |
| ATX12VO | – | 1 |
| PCI-E 5.0 | – | 1 |
| PCI-E 8 Pin | – | 3 |
| SATA | – | 8 |
| Molex | – | 4 |
| Floppy | – | – |
The Enermax PlatiGemini 1200W ATX 3.1 PSU
External Appearance
The Enermax PlatiGemini 1200W ATX 3.1 PSU is housed in a chassis that…
