The SilverStone ST60F-TI Strider Titanium 600W PSU Review
by E. Fylladitakis on July 29, 2016 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
- PSUs
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
- SilverStone
- 600W
- 80Plus Titanium
Hot Test Results
As it can be seen in the below tables, the SilverStone Strider Titanium offers stunningly low power quality for a PSU of this class. The voltage regulation is great, with an excellent regulation of just 1.1% for the 12V line and very good 2.4%/2.8% for the 3.3V/5V lines respectively. However, the filtering is shockingly lacking, with our instruments recording a maximum voltage ripple of 106 mV on the 12V line, flirting with the 120 mV design limit. The maximum voltage ripple on the 3.3V and 5V lines is 34 mV and 40 mV respectively, for a design limit of 50 mV.
| Main Output | ||||||||
| Load (Watts) | 120.98 W | 302.05 W | 449.09 W | 596.96 W | ||||
| Load (Percent) | 20.16% | 50.34% | 74.85% | 99.49% | ||||
| Amperes | Volts | Amperes | Volts | Amperes | Volts | Amperes | Volts | |
| 3.3 V | 1.79 | 3.35 | 4.47 | 3.35 | 6.71 | 3.3 | 8.94 | 3.27 |
| 5 V | 1.79 | 5.07 | 4.47 | 5.06 | 6.71 | 4.96 | 8.94 | 4.93 |
| 12 V | 8.76 | 12.09 | 21.91 | 12.07 | 32.86 | 11.98 | 43.82 | 11.95 |
| Line | Regulation (20% to 100% load) |
Voltage Ripple (mV) | |||||
| 20% Load | 50% Load | 75% Load | 100% Load | CL1 12V |
CL2 3.3V + 5V |
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| 3.3V | 2.4% | 16 | 24 | 30 | 34 | 24 | 36 |
| 5V | 2.8% | 20 | 26 | 34 | 40 | 30 | 40 |
| 12V | 1.1% | 28 | 48 | 78 | 106 | 114 | 70 |
Even though this PSU is rated at 40 °C, we had no problem reaching its maximum power output with a significantly higher ambient temperature. The impact on the conversion efficiency was tiny, with average nominal load (20-100%) efficiency dropping by just 0.7%. The drop was balanced across the entire load range and only slightly greater at maximum load, indicating that the components are not being overly stressed. The maximum efficiency now is 93.3% at 50% load, dropping down to a minimum of 90.2% at maximum load.
The thermal design of the Strider Titanium relies on its high efficiency and abnormally large heatsinks but the high ambient temperature would inevitably force the fan to increase its speed. Nevertheless, the PSU is capable of maintaining comfortable noise levels up to 40-45% load even under such conditions. Beyond that point, the Hong Hua fan does become noisy but, considering the operating conditions, the sound pressure is at reasonable levels. The internal temperatures of the PSU are very reasonable, reaching up to a maximum of 84.5 °C under maximum load.
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Kaboose - Tuesday, August 2, 2016 - link
I just want to say while it is only slightly better than platinum, Titanium is the only spec that requires 10% load levels to count for the efficiency. There are plenty of platinum units that have no issue at 10% load, but there are a few that go a decent way below 90% efficiency at 10% load. But since that isn't part of the platinum spec it doesn't get touched on often.DanNeely - Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - link
True; but the savings from increased efficiency there are much smaller. Going from 70 to 80 to 90% at 50W changes from 21 to 12 to 6W of losses. The 6W improvement from 80 to 90% is the equivalent of going from 94% to 96% at 300W. There's some value in it (especially in weeding out the worst of the worst); but there're probably bigger gains to be had improving the idle power characteristics of the rest of the system.ipkh - Friday, July 29, 2016 - link
Why aren't you testing all the compliance percents on titanium units? Theyou should have high efficiency at 10% load as well. Other sites are doing much more detailed reviews of PSUsnew and it's a shame you guys aren't being as thorough. I generally expect more from you guys.DanNeely - Friday, July 29, 2016 - link
Look at the graph. They do test that low; nut putting all points in a table's unwieldy.Termie - Friday, July 29, 2016 - link
Interesting review, falls in line with what others have said about Silverstone's Titanium line.As an FYI, you used the very same box shot three times in this article, twice in a row on the first page, and again in the conclusion. That was either an error or an editing oversight. And frankly, box shots just aren't a very good way to represent the product you're reviewing. How about a photo of the power supply on the first and last pages instead?
Freakie - Friday, July 29, 2016 - link
The Ripple on this unit is really horrible for such a high efficiency power supply. That alone would instantly disqualify it if I was searching for a new PSU.Synomenon - Friday, July 29, 2016 - link
Been using this PSU in an ITX gaming PC since April. It's the only ATX PSU I've owned that does not have any coil whine. It's very quiet.philipma1957 - Saturday, July 30, 2016 - link
I have two of the 700 watt models.I mine Eth coin with the builds.
So I run 24/7/365 at 500 watts. Same build using the cosair ax760 plat pulls 510 watts. So 10 watts is 7.2 kwatts per month or $1.30 per month. (18 cent power) that is $15.60 per year.
The silverstone is 155 the corsair is 150. But this only works if you are mining 24/7/365
Also no power switch is simply wrong and warranty is 3 years. vs the corsair 7 year.
So for most users the corsair ax 760 plat is the better choice
tonyou - Monday, August 1, 2016 - link
SilverStone has already updated their Strider Titanium and Platinum series PSUs to 5 years earlier this year.http://www.silverstonetek.com/warranty.php
GeneralTom - Saturday, July 30, 2016 - link
Which ATX 12V Standard does it support?