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XFX PRO 850 W Power Supply Review

Let’s see if the XFX PRO 850 W power supply, which has a single +12 V rail, DC-DC secondary design, and 80 Plus Bronze certification, is a good option.

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Load Tests

Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A Look InsideThe XFX PRO 850 W
  • 3. Transient Filtering Stage
  • 4. Primary Analysis
  • 5. Secondary Analysis
  • 6. Power Distribution
  • 7. Load Tests
  • 8. Overload Tests
  • 9. Main Specifications
  • 10. Conclusions

We conducted several tests with this power supply, as described in the article Hardware Secrets Power Supply Test Methodology.  

First we tested this power supply with five different load patterns,
trying to pull around 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100% of its labeled maximum capacity (actual percentage used listed under “% Max Load”), watching the behavior of the reviewed unit under each load. In the table below, we list the load patterns we used and the results for each load.

If you add all the powers listed for each test, you may find a different value than what is posted under “Total” below. Since each output can have a slight variation (e.g., the +5 V output working at +5.10 V), the actual total amount of power being delivered is slightly different than the calculated value. In the “Total” row, we are using the real amount of power being delivered, as measured by our load tester.

The +12VA and +12VB inputs listed below are the two +12 V independent inputs from our load tester. During our tests, the +12VA and +12VB input were connected to the power supply single +12 V rail (the EPS12V connector was installed on the +12VB input of our load tester).

Input Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Test 5
+12VA 6 A (72 W) 13 A (156 W) 18.5 A (222 W) 25 A (300 W) 31 A (372 W)
+12VB 6 A (72 W) 12 A (144 W) 18.5 A (222 W) 25 A (300 W) 31 A (372 W)
+5V 2 A (10 W) 4 A (20 W) 6 A (30 W) 8 A (40 W) 10 A (50 W)
+3.3 V 2 A (6.6 W) 4 A (13.2 W) 6 A (19.8 W) 8 A (26.4 W) 10 A (33 W)
+5VSB 1 A (5 W) 1.5 A (7.5 W) 2 A (10 W) 2.5 A (12.5 W) 3 A (15 W)
-12 V 0.5 A (6 W) 0.5 A (6 W) 0.5 A (6 W) 0.5 A (6 W) 0.5 A (6 W)
Total 173.1 W 349.1 W 511.8 W 686.4 W 847.1 W
% Max Load 20.4% 41.1% 60.2% 80.8% 99.7%
Room Temp. 46.4° C 46.8° C 47.6° C 47.4° C 49.4° C
PSU Temp. 40.5° C 44.2° C 49.8° C 49.5° C 50.2° C
Voltage Regulation Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass
Ripple and Noise Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass
AC Power 203.5 W 404.4 W 598.2 W 819.0 W 1037.0 W
Efficiency 85.1% 86.3% 85.6% 83.8% 81.7%
AC Voltage 118.7 V 116.8 V 115.8 V 112.4 V 110.0 V
Power Factor 0.983 0.990 0.994 0.997 0.998
Final Result Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass

The XFX PRO 850 W can really to deliver its labeled wattage at high temperatures.

Efficiency was very good, between 81.7% and 86.3%. The 80 Plus Bronze certification requires a minimum 82% efficiency at light (20%) and full loads, and this unit presented 81.7% efficiency at full load. This happens because the 80 Plus tests are conducted at 23° C, while ours were done between 46° C and 49° C, and efficiency drops with temperature. But this value was close enough of the advertised efficiency. Also, the efficiency at light load (20% load, 170 W) was very high at 85%.

Voltage regulation was superb, with all voltages within 3% of their nominal values, including the -12 V output. The ATX12V specification allows voltages to be up to 5% from their nominal values (10% for the -12 V output). Therefore this power supply presents voltages closer to their nominal values than necessary all the time.

Noise and ripple levels were always extremely low. Below you can see the results for the power supply outputs during test number five. The maximum allowed is 120 mV for the +12 V and -12 V outputs, and 50 mV for the +5 V, +3.3 V, and +5VSB outputs. All values are peak-to-peak figures.

XFX PRO 850 W power supplyFigure 19: +12VA input from load tester during test five at 847.1 W (17.8 mV)

XFX PRO 850 W power supplyFigure 20: +12VB input from load tester during test five at 847.1 W (29 mV)

XFX PRO 850 W power supplyFigure 21: +5V rail during test five at 847.1 W (8.6 mV)

XFX PRO 850 W power supplyFigure 22: +3.3 V rail during test five at 847.1 W (11.4 mV)

Let’s see if we can pull even more from the XFX PRO 850 W.

Continue: Overload Tests

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