EVGA SuperNOVA G2 1600 W Review

Name: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 1600 W
Brand: EVGA

crmaris

on Sep 1st, 2014,

in Power Supplies.

Manufacturer: EVGA

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Ripple Measurements

You will see the ripple levels we measured on the rails of the G2-1600 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 G2-1600
Test	12 V	5 V	3.3 V	5VSB	Pass/Fail
10% Load	5.7 mV	4.5 mV	10.2 mV	3.0 mV	Pass
20% Load	6.8 mV	4.8 mV	9.2 mV	3.3 mV	Pass
30% Load	7.5 mV	5.3 mV	9.3 mV	3.7 mV	Pass
40% Load	7.9 mV	5.8 mV	10.3 mV	4.2 mV	Pass
50% Load	9.2 mV	7.7 mV	11.8 mV	6.0 mV	Pass
60% Load	9.3 mV	6.4 mV	10.5 mV	4.9 mV	Pass
70% Load	9.9 mV	7.1 mV	11.4 mV	5.2 mV	Pass
80% Load	10.9 mV	8.4 mV	11.3 mV	6.7 mV	Pass
90% Load	10.7 mV	9.6 mV	11.9 mV	6.9 mV	Pass
100% Load	11.1 mV	9.7 mV	12.6 mV	8.4 mV	Pass
105% Load	11.4 mV	9.9 mV	13.8 mV	8.5 mV	Pass
Crossload 1	5.8 mV	9.4 mV	11.0 mV	10.1 mV	Pass
Crossload 2	11.5 mV	10.2 mV	11.9 mV	6.5 mV	Pass

Oh, what to comment on first when it comes to this unit's ripple suppression? It is jaw-dropping to the point of simply being nonexistent. We have no idea how it was done, but such results will render our oscilloscopes useless when it comes time to take these measurements. Lately, there is absolutely no point in measuring a SF unit's ripple as SF has clearly taken the lead from even such companies as Delta in these test.

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.