MGE Vigor 500W Power Supply

Written by treadyroc

Thursday, 10 March 2005

Page 3 of 4 Other things that set this unit apart are the looming & the finish. All of the Vigor's cable leads are loomed with blue nylon, making wire management much easier. I also appreciated the extra grip that they provided on the power connectors - no more wiggling to pull 'em out. The finish on the exterior of the unit is almost mirror-like.  After taking all of my photos, I found myself wiping it down to get my greasy paw-prints off.. it's that nice. On to the specs.  I was a bit worried about the Vigor, because the combined output on the 5.5v & 3v rails was only listed as a total of 220W; a bit lower than I was used to. However, my concerns were un-founded, as you'll see below in my voltage measurements. I measured the voltage using Asus' PC Probe software. The system setup is as follows:  CPU  Athlon FX-53  RAM  2 x 512MB Corsair PC3200 Pro  MOBO  Asus A8V Delux  Video Card Asus FX5900 Ultra (256MB)  Hard Drives   2 x WD Raptors  Other  LiteOn DVD ROM My previous PSU was an Enermax Noisetaker 370W (EG375P-VE-SFMA) which has dual 12v rails, & a higher rating on the combined 5.5v & 3v rails. I was to discover, however, that the extra juice that the Vigor kicked out was more than sufficient to keep up. What I did to test was read the lowest voltage output of each reading on the Asus software, & run a variety of tasks: at idle, while gaming, & while watching a DVD. Without further ado, here are the results:    Enermax idle load - gaming load - DVD  vcore 1.536 1.52 1.536 3.3v 3.344 3.328 3.344 5v 5.107 5.107 5.08 12v 11.369 11.308 11.308 MGE Vigor idle  load - gaming load - DVD vcore 1.536 1.536 1.536 3.3v 3.36 3.334 3.334 5v 5.187 5.16 5.16 12v 11.369 11.369 11.308 As you can see, the Vigor bested the Enermax in almost every category. Although the Enermax was rated much lower, I feel that the dual 12v rails & the higher 5v & 3.3v output rating made it a decent match-up. The Vigor is certainly a solid performer, & I never experienced any issues with it. It is, in fact, still in my primary gaming rig right now, & will stay there until, perhaps, I get a Magnum to review ;) << Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 Next > End >>

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