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).

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Test12V5V3.3V5VSBPass/Fail
10% Load15.1mV7.9mV5.9mV5.7mVPass
20% Load23.3mV8.3mV6.3mV7.1mVPass
30% Load31.5mV9.5mV7.0mV9.1mVPass
40% Load35.6mV10.5mV7.4mV10.8mVPass
50% Load41.0mV11.4mV8.3mV12.6mVPass
60% Load32.3mV12.4mV9.3mV13.8mVPass
70% Load33.5mV13.6mV10.3mV15.7mVPass
80% Load29.5mV15.1mV10.8mV16.0mVPass
90% Load27.9mV14.6mV11.3mV17.0mVPass
100% Load30.3mV17.5mV14.7mV21.4mVPass
110% Load32.0mV16.7mV12.4mV20.9mVPass
Cross-Load 114.4mV13.2mV9.0mV4.9mVPass
Cross-Load 229.1mV13.7mV12.0mV22.1mVPass

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
Contributing Editor

Aris Mpitziopoulos is a contributing editor at Tom's Hardware, covering PSUs.