EVGA Bronze 600 W Review

Name: EVGA Bronze 600 W
Brand: EVGA

crmaris

on Dec 16th, 2013,

in Power Supplies.

Manufacturer: EVGA

Performance Rating, Performance per Dollar & Noise Rating »

Ripple Measurements

You will see the ripple levels we measured on the main rails of the 600B 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 - EVGA 600B
Test	12 V	5 V	3.3 V	5VSB	Pass/Fail
20% Load	10.1 mV	13.3 mV	10.1 mV	21.3 mV	Pass
40% Load	14.5 mV	13.0 mV	10.2 mV	23.4 mV	Pass
50% Load	16.3 mV	13.3 mV	10.8 mV	25.3 mV	Pass
60% Load	20.6 mV	14.5 mV	10.9 mV	26.5 mV	Pass
80% Load	24.4 mV	16.5 mV	11.6 mV	31.2 mV	Pass
100% Load	33.2 mV	18.1 mV	12.1 mV	37.9 mV	Pass
110% Load	37.7 mV	18.9 mV	12.7 mV	39.4 mV	Pass
Crossload 1	26.3 mV	42.4 mV	22.1 mV	31.0 mV	Pass
Crossload 2	36.8 mV	15.1 mV	12.4 mV	29.1 mV	Pass

Ripple was, contrary to the 500B, excellent, especially on the +12V rail. We either chanced upon a bad sample with the 500B or EVGA improved the platform to lower ripple. Be that as it may, the 600B is in fact ripple proof. Its clean DC rails ensure that your system components, like heat-sensitive electrolytic caps, are only taxed minimally.

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.