Enermax NAXN 850W Modular Power Supply Review

The packaging of the box clearly distinguishes the target audience, quite a contrast from the minimalist design seen on Corsair’s units, the NAXN has a glossy finish covered with graphics which is an indication that Enermax are targeting this unit at gamers rather than enthusiasts, despite this being an enthusiast-class unit. I would say that Enermax got the packaging just about right, they haven’t gone and blown half the product price on it, but they certainly haven’t cheaped out. It combines a good balance of aesthetics, protection and amount.

The front of the box is quite plain featuring a large graphic and logo as well as highlighting the key points. One issue that I am going to start pointing out from now on is when manufacturers claim their PSUs to be compatible with a certain technology or platform- such as “i7 Ready” or in this case “DX 11 Ready”. The reason I point this out is because it caused a lot of confusion for me when I was building my first system. The issue is, that some manufactures include it and some do not. So I may see that this unit is DX11 compatible and works with i7 CPUs, but it may not claim to be SLI ready as others do, so many novices may assume that it would not work with multi-GPU configurations. I would like to see such ‘features’ universally removed to save unnecessary confusion.

The rear of the box holds most of the information relating to the unit’s features including in-depth information on efficiency and explanations on the features and technologies employed by the unit.

The right-hand side of the box has a power table that makes it very clear how the power is delivered to your system.

The left-hand side has a really useful table of exactly what connectors are included. I really like this as it makes it very easy for the user to see exactly what it has to see if it fits their needs, although it would be nice if they included the lengths of the cables.