Under the Hood
Here are a few pictures showing the layout and components inside the Enermax Platimax 1000W power supply. The overall build quality appears to be very good as we have come to expect from Enermax. The Platimax PSU incorporates Enermax’s Dynamic Hybrid Transformer Topology (DHT), which we have seen previously in their MODU87+ and Revolution 87+ PSUs. The focus of DHT is to dynamically change the operating voltage and frequency on the AC side of the PSU to help maximize overall efficiency.
The two main capacitors on the primary are made by Nippon Chemi-Con and rated at 390uF, 400V, and 105°C. The main bridge rectifier is located to the right of the large choke coil on the small black heatsink.
The Platimax 1000W PSU uses DC to DC converters to produce the +3.3V and +5V outputs from +12V. Each DC to DC converter resides on its own daughter card and incorporates solid polymer caps. Also noteworthy are the small daughter cards that mount both solid polymer and traditional electrolytic capacitors to help optimize airflow and cooling.
