Corsair Builder CX430 V2 430 W Review

Name: Corsair Builder CX430 V2 430 W
Brand: Corsair

crmaris

on May 20th, 2011,

in Power Supplies.

Manufacturer: Corsair

Value & Conclusion »

Ripple Measurements

In the following table you will find the ripple levels that we measured on the main rails of CX430 V2. According to ATX specification the limits are 120 mV (+12V) and 50 mV (5V & 3.3V).

Ripple Measurements
Test	12 V	5 V	3.3 V	Pass/Fail
20% Load	8.6 mV	4.2 mV	3.0 mV	Pass
40% Load	8.8 mV	4.2 mV	3.0 mV	Pass
50% Load	9.2 mV	4.4 mV	3.6 mV	Pass
60% Load	10.2 mV	5.2 mV	3.8 mV	Pass
80% Load	12.4 mV	6.0 mV	4.2 mV	Pass
100% Load	22.8 mV	6.8 mV	4.6 mV	Pass
Crossload 1	10.8 mV	14.2 mV	7.2 mV	Pass
Crossload 2	17.2 mV	7.2 mV	5.0 mV	Pass

Ripple/noise suppression is great, especially on the 3.3V rail! We had to double check all connections and measure with both oscilloscopes to ensure that these excellent results were correct! Practically 3.3V is really flat.

Ripple at Full Load

In the following oscilloscope screenshots you can see the AC ripple and noise that the main rails registered (+12V, 5V, 3.3V). 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 to 0.01V) as standard but sometimes we are forced to use 0.02 V/Div, meaning that the fluctuations will look smaller but actually this wont be the case.