First Look
Enlight power supplies are generally regarded as being a step above most cheap generic units, and decent for budget PCs. Most of the Enlight power supplies I’ve dealt with in the past have been made by Delta Electronics, who are renowned for high quality products. Hopefully, the Sniper Power 330W we have here will be just as good.
The Box
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The box is red in color. On the front, we have a list of features along the bottom. Those features are standard on just about all power supplies. On the back, we have another list of features:
- RoHS standard examined under strict international guidelines SGS (Just about all PSUs are RoHS compliant these days. Nothing special here.)
- Over Current/Voltage/Power Protection, Under Voltage Protection and Short Circuit Protection provide maximum safety to your critical system components (Again, any half-decent power supply should have those protections)
- AMD/INTEL Recommended (That’s what they all say)
- High Quality Standard Production 100% Burn in Proved (I’m assuming that’s supposed to say Burn in Tested)
- Reduce energy consumption and component stress and improves PC reliability (Translation: It’s supposed to be efficient, has good voltage regulation and ripple suppression. We’ll find out for sure on the load tester, though)
- Reduces heat and noise to maximize cooling and silence (In other words, it supposedly has a fan controller, like nearly all PSUs)
There’s also a connector list, but someone forgot to fill in the blank spaces. Oh well, we’ll find out soon what it has.
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The left hand side of the box simply repeats the list of features we saw on the top. The right hand side gives us a list of certifications. The UL number (E144195) shows no results at the UL database, which is interesting, as I was kind of expecting to find Delta’s UL number there. Maybe this isn’t a Delta like I was expecting. We’ll find out for sure later.
The front and back of the box are both black, with “Enlight Sniper Power” on them. With the marketing covered, let’s open it up
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I was expecting some more packaging in there. All we have is a thin layer of plastic, with no foam or bubble wrap to speak of. The only things in the box are a power cable and the power supply. There is no manual and no screws or other accessories.
The Power Supply
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According to the label, there are two 12V rails. Interestingly, there is a different UL number on it to the box (E131881), which is Delta’s UL number. However, I decided to have quick peak inside, and found both of these claims to be false. This is a single rail power supply, and it is not made by Delta.
The cable configuration isn’t great, but it’s enough for a budget PC. There are two SATA connectors, three molex/peripheral connectors, one FDD connector, a 4 pin ATX12V connector and a 20+4 pin ATX Connector. The SATA connectors have no 3.3V wire. This isn’t a major problem, since they are seldom used by drives, but it’s usually only really cheap power supplies that lack them. The wires are mostly 20AWG, which is thinner than the minimum recommended gauge. The exception is the wires on the 12V connector, which are the recommended thickness (18AWG). Note that a higher gauge number means thinner wires.
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There’s nothing out of the ordinary in the way of ventilation. The fan uses a wire grille, and there is a honeycomb grille at the back. What is disturbing is that when I look through the rear vent, I see jumper wires where the input filtering components are supposed to be.
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