Thermaltake Toughpower iRGB Plus 1200W Platinum PSU Review

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Ripple Measurements

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The following table includes the ripple levels we measured on the TPI-1200F2FDP'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% Load10.5mV5.1mV3.3mV4.5mVPass
20% Load16.0mV5.6mV3.8mV5.1mVPass
30% Load17.7mV6.1mV4.3mV5.6mVPass
40% Load16.3mV5.6mV5.0mV5.6mVPass
50% Load20.0mV5.9mV5.8mV5.8mVPass
60% Load18.3mV10.4mV10.8mV9.6mVPass
70% Load19.3mV6.8mV7.6mV6.6mVPass
80% Load19.9mV7.0mV8.8mV6.8mVPass
90% Load19.8mV16.2mV17.1mV16.2mVPass
100% Load21.8mV13.0mV17.3mV13.4mVPass
110% Load25.1mV10.6mV11.9mV11.6mVPass
Cross-Load 112.7mV4.6mV5.0mV3.6mVPass
Cross-Load 221.6mV10.8mV15.4mV11.2mVPass

Thermaltake's ripple suppression is excellent! CWT worked wonders in this discipline, approaching Super Flower's performance. As digital circuits become more prevalent, we should see more amazing ripple results like these.

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.

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