Amacrox AX1000-EP

1000 watt name, 100 watt price... not 1000 watt performance.

Going into the test, its lightness was a foreboding sign of possible failure to come. And sure enough, we found that it would only support a maximum of seventeen drives.

We fired up our logging multimeters, connected everything, promptly shorted some motherboard jumpers and watched it spring into life.

We then watched it unceremoniously collapse, then promptly spring back into life again. It kept on trucking after this single hiccup, and after stress testing and restarts without any adverse consequences to this minor flaw, we got some consistent results.

And while its output was reasonably consistent – except for a noticeable dip to 11.56 volts during startup over the course of six seconds – for something that claims to be a kilowatt PSU, it sure didn’t manage to live up to its reputation. The 1000W Corsair and 850W Enermax both support Big Willy, yet this 1000W PSU doesn’t.

Perhaps if you’re looking for components that will work with that all-chrome PC you’ve been planning, you’d be interested. But if you’re looking for something that genuinely performs like a kilowatt supply, look elsewhere.
At least it’s not one of those massively over-specced power supplies that claims to be helping the environment.

Oh, wait. The box has “Treasure Our Earth” written underneath it.

Damn.