Super Flower Golden King 500 W Review

Name: Super Flower Golden King 500 W
Brand: Super Flower

crmaris

on Apr 10th, 2012,

in Power Supplies.

Manufacturer: Super Flower

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Ripple Measurements

In the following table you will find the ripple levels that we measured on the main rails of SF-500P14PE. According to ATX specification the limits are 120 mV (+12V) and 50 mV (5V, 3.3V and 5VSB).

Ripple Measurements Super Flower SF-500P14PE
Test	12 V	5 V	3.3 V	5VSB	Pass/Fail
20% Load	11.5 mV	8.0 mV	10.0 mV	5.4 mV	Pass
40% Load	15.5 mV	9.3 mV	12.3 mV	5.5 mV	Pass
50% Load	18.0 mV	10.1 mV	13.6 mV	6.1 mV	Pass
60% Load	18.6 mV	11.4 mV	15.9 mV	6.6 mV	Pass
80% Load	25.0 mV	14.2 mV	17.9 mV	7.7 mV	Pass
100% Load	30.9 mV	16.6 mV	20.9 mV	9.0 mV	Pass
Crossload 1	21.3 mV	12.8 mV	18.9 mV	7.4 mV	Pass
Crossload 2	25.2 mV	12.3 mV	13.3 mV	6.8 mV	Pass

Apparently this platform is ripple proof and this is clearly reflected in the results of the table above. The +12V rail registered a little ripple beyond 30mV at full load while the minor rails stayed close to 20mV. Ripple at 5VSB is simply nonexistent with only 9mV at full load. Well done Super Flower; good job here, too.

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.