Enermax Liberty ELT620AWT 620W ATX12V Ver 2.2 AC Power Supply

Stay away from this power supply... read the newegg reviews.

Strengths: Pretty cable packaging

Weakness: Everything else

This power supply blew out my motherboard and one of my sli'd geforce 7800's on the first boot. I was swapping out an older ps looking for a little more power, stability and "future proofing", and I bought this on the reccomendation of a local computer store. Well after the first attempted boot the machine wouldn't POST and had no video output. Everything was working fine the minute before I put...
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This power supply blew out my motherboard and one of my sli'd geforce 7800's on the first boot. I was swapping out an older ps looking for a little more power, stability and "future proofing", and I bought this on the reccomendation of a local computer store.
Well after the first attempted boot the machine wouldn't POST and had no video output. Everything was working fine the minute before I put this PS in. (I know, if it ain't broke don't fix it). After multiple troubleshooting attempts it boiled down to a toasted motherboard and one video card. I then did a little sleuthing and found this company has a pretty weak track record and the reviews are not so good. Lots of people have had the same or similar experience as I had. Some of them even caught on fire!
I urge anyone even thinking about an Enermax power supply to please do some research. I didn't and paid a steep price.

By yincision; - Nov 14, 2006

ENERMAX ELT620AWT LIBERTY

Strengths: Sufficient power. Decent amps on both 12 volt rails. Nice looking, quiet and modular. What's not to like?

Weakness: Mine has failed after 5 months. Fortunately I have a similar ENERMAX ELT500AWT LIBERTY as a backup unit. It is working fine as a temporary solution

Worked perfectly for 5 months. My systems run 7/24 on UPS and one morning this one wasn't running at all. Swapped PSUs and it came back up. No real serious hardware to over tax the unit. Have sent Enermax an email with no response. How else do I contact? Unit is still under warranty. I think (hope) that I just got a bad unit as I'm a big fan of both Enermax and Antec. But if unreliability is the...
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Worked perfectly for 5 months. My systems run 7/24 on UPS and one morning this one wasn't running at all. Swapped PSUs and it came back up. No real serious hardware to over tax the unit. Have sent Enermax an email with no response. How else do I contact? Unit is still under warranty.

I think (hope) that I just got a bad unit as I'm a big fan of both Enermax and Antec. But if unreliability is the key, I'm going back to Antec!

By MG; - Sep 19, 2006

Don't bother for safety's sake

Strengths: Worked for five months, cables

Weakness: Caught fire after repalcing fuse supplied by Enermax

I have recently closed a ticket on a blown fuse on 5-month-old Liberty 620 power supply. I have since replaced the fuse supplied by Enermax, plugged the power supply in before installing into the system and the unit literally caught fire. I have been a repair technician for 20 years and this is the first time I have ever seen a fuse fail to blow causing the circuit to catch fire. This is absurd,...
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I have recently closed a ticket on a blown fuse on 5-month-old Liberty 620 power supply. I have since replaced the fuse supplied by Enermax, plugged the power supply in before installing into the system and the unit literally caught fire.
I have been a repair technician for 20 years and this is the first time I have ever seen a fuse fail to blow causing the circuit to catch fire. This is absurd, having spent over $160.00 for this supply less than 6 months ago and failing in this manner. I refuse to spend any more time or money on this unit as it has already cost me my time and services for my customers’ sake.
Do not mistake this for a rant, I have been in the business far too long to know when someone is just ranting about a bad product.
One thing to note, this was not purchased here, just a warning to those considering this supply.

By phynigan - Aug 20, 2006

Worked Great for 5 Months

Strengths: It was very stable for 5 months

Weakness: It exploded after 5 months

Thisis an update to the below review. I contacted Enermax Customer service and they had no problem replacing the defective PSU. I recieved it in about a week and a half. Although I did have a problem with the PSU, Enermax did stand behind their product and gave me a trouble free replacement. thanks enermax ----------------------- I had this PSU in my system since it was built in January of 2006....
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Thisis an update to the below review. I contacted Enermax Customer service and they had no problem replacing the defective PSU. I recieved it in about a week and a half. Although I did have a problem with the PSU, Enermax did stand behind their product and gave me a trouble free replacement. thanks enermax
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I had this PSU in my system since it was built in January of 2006. It performed flawlessly until the other day. The computer was on. I was sitting across the room. I heard a loud pop and looked over to see some sparks flying out of the back of my system. there was some smoke and of course the PC was dead. I replaced the PSU with another brand and all my components were working (thank God). I have Emailed Enermax to RMA this unit. It comes with a 3 yr warranty. I'll post the results of my RMA attempt. I hope Enermax stands behind their products

By Snadley - Jun 10, 2006

ATI CrossFire Certified

Strengths: Quiet, stays cool and has more power than you'll ever need. Modular cables are a fantastic feature. I have had excellent results with my old Enermax as well. Great power supplies!

Weakness: None

Here's my rig. Just got my baby setup last Friday and my system is running like a champ compare to my friend's 7800GTX SLI. Will soon addon another X1900XTX and keep you guys updated.

AMDX2 4800+
DFI LanParty RDX200 CrossFire
SAPPHIRE X1900XTX 512
ENERMAX Liberty 620w
5 120mm fans
2 DVD-RW
6 HDD's

By GT; - Feb 13, 2006