Rosewill CAPSTONE-550M Power Supply Review

Overload Tests

Below you can see the maximum we could pull from this power supply. The objective of this test is to see if the power supply has its protection circuits working properly. This unit passed this test, as it shut down if we tried to pull more than listed below. Noise and ripple levels increased, but were still below the maximum allowed. All voltages were still within 3% of their nominal values.

Input Overload Test
+12VA 23 A (276 W)
+12VB 23 A (276 W)
+5 V 8 A (40 W)
+3.3 V 8 A (26.4 W)
+5VSB 3 A (15 W)
-12 V 0.5 A (6 W)
Total 625.8 W
% Max Load 113.8%
Room Temp. 47.9° C
PSU Temp. 52.4° C
AC Power 744.0 W
Efficiency 84.1%
AC Voltage 109.3 V
Power Factor 0.996

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