Enermax Modu87+ 500W PSU Review

👤by Thomas Koflach Comments 📅30-04-10
A Closer Look

Looking from above we can see the large, gold coloured fan. At almost 14cm in size, it should shift a lot of air whilst also, with any luck, producing very little audible noise.



The gorgeous 14cm twister fan used to keep the internals nice and cool.


Moving round to the back of the PSU we can see the row of modular connections. The unit I was supplied didn’t come with enough modular cables to saturate these ports, suggesting the back plane is universal between all the Modu87+ models and Enermax just remove some of the cables for the lower models.


Although there is a number of modular ports on the back of the PSU, not all of them can be used at once.


The cables themselves just slot in the required port and are locked in place by a small clip. Here’s a shot of a modular to dual 8 pin Connector (note how nice the braiding is – big thumbs up to Enermax for that).


The braiding on the cables is quite dense - as a result you can't see the wires beneath


And finally a look at the CordGuard. At first I wasn’t quite sure how this worked, but a quick look in the manual explained all and attaching it to the PSU was a simple and effortless process. It also performed it's task very well, holding the cable firmly in place even when I gave it a tug or two.


The CordGuard stops the power cable from falling out the back of the PSU.


The overall build quality of the unit is very impressive, with a reassuring weight to back it up. Let’s just hope it can perform as well as it looks.


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