Xigmatek Vector P Series 700 W Review

Name: Xigmatek Vector P Series 700 W
Brand: XIGMATEK

crmaris

on Feb 19th, 2014,

in Power Supplies.

Manufacturer: XIGMATEK

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Ripple Measurements

You will see the ripple levels we measured on the main rails of the Vector P700 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 - Xigmatek Vector P700
Test	12 V	5 V	3.3 V	5VSB	Pass/Fail
20% Load	18.1 mV	8.8 mV	14.5 mV	11.6 mV	Pass
40% Load	36.6 mV	10.3 mV	16.9 mV	13.7 mV	Pass
50% Load	35.3 mV	10.7 mV	18.0 mV	17.4 mV	Pass
60% Load	37.9 mV	11.2 mV	19.0 mV	13.5 mV	Pass
80% Load	41.4 mV	12.8 mV	22.5 mV	15.5 mV	Pass
100% Load	51.6 mV	13.6 mV	26.8 mV	17.9 mV	Pass
110% Load	56.0 mV	14.6 mV	25.0 mV	18.8 mV	Pass
Crossload 1	22.9 mV	9.7 mV	14.8 mV	11.6 mV	Pass
Crossload 2	50.1 mV	14.1 mV	28.3 mV	18.2 mV	Pass

Ripple suppression on the 5V and 5VSB rails was very good, good enough on 3.3V, and satisfactory at +12V, although we want to see ripple below 40 mV on the +12V rail, especially on high-end units like this one. We aren't going to complain a lot about the nearly 52 mV this unit registered under such tough conditions.

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.