Enermax MaxTytan 1250W PSU Review
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Ripple Measurements
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The following table includes the ripple levels we measured on the EDT1250EWT's rails. The limits, according to the ATX specification, are 120mV (+12V) and 50mV (5V, 3.3V, and 5VSB).
Test | 12V | 5V | 3.3V | 5VSB | Pass/Fail |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10% Load | 15.1mV | 7.9mV | 5.9mV | 5.7mV | Pass |
20% Load | 23.3mV | 8.3mV | 6.3mV | 7.1mV | Pass |
30% Load | 31.5mV | 9.5mV | 7.0mV | 9.1mV | Pass |
40% Load | 35.6mV | 10.5mV | 7.4mV | 10.8mV | Pass |
50% Load | 41.0mV | 11.4mV | 8.3mV | 12.6mV | Pass |
60% Load | 32.3mV | 12.4mV | 9.3mV | 13.8mV | Pass |
70% Load | 33.5mV | 13.6mV | 10.3mV | 15.7mV | Pass |
80% Load | 29.5mV | 15.1mV | 10.8mV | 16.0mV | Pass |
90% Load | 27.9mV | 14.6mV | 11.3mV | 17.0mV | Pass |
100% Load | 30.3mV | 17.5mV | 14.7mV | 21.4mV | Pass |
110% Load | 32.0mV | 16.7mV | 12.4mV | 20.9mV | Pass |
Cross-Load 1 | 14.4mV | 13.2mV | 9.0mV | 4.9mV | Pass |
Cross-Load 2 | 29.1mV | 13.7mV | 12.0mV | 22.1mV | Pass |
From 30% up to 50% load, we notice an increase in the +12V rail's ripple. But because ripple stays low in all cases, this strange behavior is nothing to worry about. In general, ripple suppression is pretty good; it's just not as good as in Super Flower's or Seasonic's top implementations. Enermax doesn't use in-cable caps like Super Flower does, and we don't see a reason to add them since our measurements are good enough.
Ripple Oscilloscope Screenshots
The following oscilloscope screenshots illustrate the AC ripple and noise registered on the main rails (+12V, 5V, 3.3V and 5VSB). The bigger the fluctuations on the screen, the bigger the ripple/noise. We set 0.01 V/Div (each vertical division/box equals 0.01V) as the standard for all measurements.
Ripple At Full Load
Ripple At 110-Percent Load
Ripple At Cross-Load 1
Ripple At Cross-Load 2
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Aris Mpitziopoulos is a contributing editor at Tom's Hardware, covering PSUs.
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