Aerocool Project 7 PSU 650 W Review

Name: Aerocool Project 7 PSU 650 W
Brand: Aerocool

crmaris

on Aug 8th, 2017,

in Power Supplies.

Manufacturer: Aerocool

Protection Features Evaluation »

Ripple Measurements

You will see the ripple levels we measured on the rails of the ACP-650FP7 in the following table. The limits are, according to the ATX specification, 120 mV (+12V) and 50 mV (5V, 3.3V, and 5VSB).

Ripple Measurements - Aerocool ACP-650FP7
Test	12 V	5 V	3.3 V	5VSB	Pass/Fail
10% Load	5.0 mV	5.5 mV	5.0 mV	8.8 mV	Pass
20% Load	14.5 mV	6.5 mV	6.8 mV	11.3 mV	Pass
30% Load	12.0 mV	6.8 mV	6.7 mV	14.3 mV	Pass
40% Load	12.5 mV	7.5 mV	7.1 mV	15.9 mV	Pass
50% Load	13.4 mV	7.7 mV	7.9 mV	17.4 mV	Pass
60% Load	15.2 mV	8.2 mV	8.9 mV	18.7 mV	Pass
70% Load	16.5 mV	8.5 mV	9.5 mV	20.0 mV	Pass
80% Load	18.2 mV	9.3 mV	11.0 mV	21.1 mV	Pass
90% Load	20.0 mV	10.1 mV	11.8 mV	22.2 mV	Pass
100% Load	22.1 mV	11.3 mV	13.3 mV	24.3 mV	Pass
110% Load	23.6 mV	12.2 mV	14.3 mV	25.6 mV	Pass
Crossload 1	14.1 mV	7.7 mV	7.3 mV	12.2 mV	Pass
Crossload 2	21.9 mV	10.1 mV	11.4 mV	23.4 mV	Pass

Ripple suppression is excellent even without any extra filtering caps on the modular cables, which would make those cables bulky and hard to use. Top brands (e.g. Super Flower, EVGA, Corsair) usually use extra caps on cables in order to offer ultra-low ripple, but we prefer to have flat and cap-less cables because they are easier to work with during the PSU's installation.

Ripple at Full Load

You can see the AC ripple and noise the main rails registered (+12V, 5V, 3.3V, and 5VSB) in the following oscilloscope screenshots. The bigger the fluctuations on the oscilloscope's screen, the bigger the ripple/noise. We set 0.01 V/Div (each vertical division/box equals 0.01 V) as the standard for all measurements.