550W-650W PSU Roundup 2014

Written by Matthew Lambert

June 20, 2014 | 10:34

Tags: #550w #600w #650w #modular-psu #psu

Companies: #bit-tech

Ripple

These charts show the measured levels of ripple on the 12V rail for each PSU at every load interval. Levels that fall outside of Intel's specifications are considered a fail and highlighted in red.

+12V Rail - Max. Ripple

22.5W load test (ATX spec limit: 120mV)

  • Super Flower Leadex Gold 650W
  • Be Quiet! Power Zone 650W
  • Corsair CS-M Series 550W
  • Antec TruePower Classic 550W
  • Codegen Super Power 600W
  • Cooler Master VS-Series 550W
  • Seasonic M12II Evo Bronze 620W
  • Enermax Revolution X't 630W
  • 3.0
  • 5.4
  • 5.8
  • 7.0
  • 9.0
  • 9.2
  • 13.6
  • 17.2
0
3
5.5
8
10.5
13
15.5
18
Millivolts peak-to-peak (blue = pass; red = fail)

+12V Rail - Max. Ripple

50W load test (ATX spec limit: 120mV)

  • Super Flower Leadex Gold 650W
  • Antec TruePower Classic 550W
  • Seasonic M12II Evo Bronze 620W
  • Be Quiet! Power Zone 650W
  • Codegen Super Power 600W
  • Cooler Master VS-Series 550W
  • Enermax Revolution X't 630W
  • Corsair CS-M Series 550W
  • 3.4
  • 5.2
  • 5.6
  • 5.8
  • 7.2
  • 8.0
  • 20.8
  • 27.4
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Millivolts peak-to-peak (blue = pass; red = fail)

+12V Rail - Max. Ripple

100W load test (ATX spec limit: 120mV)

  • Super Flower Leadex Gold 650W
  • Seasonic M12II Evo Bronze 620W
  • Antec TruePower Classic 550W
  • Be Quiet! Power Zone 650W
  • Cooler Master VS-Series 550W
  • Codegen Super Power 600W
  • Corsair CS-M Series 550W
  • Enermax Revolution X't 630W
  • 4.6
  • 6.0
  • 6.2
  • 7.6
  • 9.2
  • 13.2
  • 22.6
  • 23.4
0
5
10
15
20
25
Millivolts peak-to-peak (blue = pass; red = fail)

+12V Rail - Max. Ripple

200W load test (ATX spec limit: 120mV)

  • Super Flower Leadex Gold 650W
  • Seasonic M12II Evo Bronze 620W
  • Be Quiet! Power Zone 650W
  • Antec TruePower Classic 550W
  • Cooler Master VS-Series 550W
  • Corsair CS-M Series 550W
  • Enermax Revolution X't 630W
  • Codegen Super Power 600W
  • XFX Pro Series 550W Core Edition
  • 6.4
  • 7.0
  • 9.2
  • 10.6
  • 13.2
  • 27.6
  • 28.2
  • 28.4
  • 51.2
0
10
20
30
40
50
Millivolts peak-to-peak (blue = pass; red = fail)

+12V Rail - Max. Ripple

300W load test (ATX spec limit: 120mV)

  • Seasonic M12II Evo Bronze 620W
  • Super Flower Leadex Gold 650W
  • Be Quiet! Power Zone 650W
  • Antec TruePower Classic 550W
  • Cooler Master VS-Series 550W
  • Enermax Revolution X't 630W
  • Corsair CS-M Series 550W
  • Codegen Super Power 600W
  • XFX Pro Series 550W Core Edition
  • 7.6
  • 8.8
  • 10.4
  • 15.2
  • 17.6
  • 34.0
  • 36.2
  • 48.6
  • 55.6
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Millivolts peak-to-peak (blue = pass; red = fail)

+12V Rail - Max. Ripple

400W load test (ATX spec limit: 120mV)

  • Seasonic M12II Evo Bronze 620W
  • Super Flower Leadex Gold 650W
  • Be Quiet! Power Zone 650W
  • Antec TruePower Classic 550W
  • Cooler Master VS-Series 550W
  • Enermax Revolution X't 630W
  • Corsair CS-M Series 550W
  • XFX Pro Series 550W Core Edition
  • Codegen Super Power 600W
  • 8.4
  • 10.2
  • 12.2
  • 19.4
  • 22.2
  • 41.2
  • 49.4
  • 56.8
  • 73.6
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Millivolts peak-to-peak (blue = pass; red = fail)

+12V Rail - Max. Ripple

500W load test (ATX spec limit: 120mV)

  • Seasonic M12II Evo Bronze 620W
  • Super Flower Leadex Gold 650W
  • Be Quiet! Power Zone 650W
  • Cooler Master VS-Series 550W
  • Antec TruePower Classic 550W
  • Enermax Revolution X't 630W
  • XFX Pro Series 550W Core Edition
  • Corsair CS-M Series 550W
  • Codegen Super Power 600W
  • 11.2
  • 11.2
  • 18.2
  • 27.2
  • 27.8
  • 50.2
  • 61.2
  • 62.6
  • Test Aborted!
0
25
50
75
100
125
Millivolts peak-to-peak (blue = pass; red = fail)

+12V Rail - Max. Ripple

600W load test (ATX spec limit: 120mV)

  • Super Flower Leadex Gold 650W
  • Seasonic M12II Evo Bronze 620W
  • Be Quiet! Power Zone 650W
  • Enermax Revolution X't 630W
  • Codegen Super Power 600W
  • 12.4
  • 15.0
  • 21.6
  • 61.2
  • Test Aborted!
0
25
50
75
100
125
Millivolts peak-to-peak (blue = pass; red = fail)

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