Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 1000 W Review

Name: Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 1000 W
Brand: SilverStone

crmaris

on Jan 16th, 2012,

in Power Supplies.

Manufacturer: SilverStone

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Ripple Measurements

In the following table you will find the ripple levels that we measured on the main rails of ST-1000G. According to ATX specification the limits are 120 mV (+12V) and 50 mV (5V, 3.3V and 5VSB).

Ripple Measurements Silverstone ST1000-G Evolution
Test	12 V	5 V	3.3 V	5VSB	Pass/Fail
20% Load	14.6 mV	9.9 mV	10.2 mV	6.6 mV	Pass
40% Load	25.7 mV	11.7 mV	11.9 mV	8.4 mV	Pass
50% Load	29.9 mV	13.2 mV	12.8 mV	9.3 mV	Pass
60% Load	32.8 mV	14.4 mV	14.4 mV	10.6 mV	Pass
80% Load	40.7 mV	18.8 mV	18.2 mV	12.6 mV	Pass
100% Load	49.1 mV	23.2 mV	21.5 mV	15.9 mV	Pass
Crossload 1	22.7 mV	22.2 mV	18.2 mV	6.7 mV	Pass
Crossload 2	45.2 mV	15.9 mV	15.9 mV	12.3 mV	Pass

+12V ripple at worst case remains under 50mV, a fairly good performance although not ground breaking that's for sure. On the minor rails ripple suppression is good and even at the full load test it's below half the limit. Finally, the 5VSB rail provides a very clean output, there are very few AC fluctuations and noise.

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 and 5VSB). The bigger the fluctuations on the oscilloscope's screen the bigger the ripple/noise. For all measurements we set 0.01 V/Div (each vertical division/box equals to 0.01V) as standard.