Don't believe the 'hype'-the results were in violation of the specification.

The graphic above shows the power supply connections and their length in centimeters. No SLI operation, but 5.25" and SATA connection adapters are connectible.

Features

Its visual appearance alone draws attention to the Hyper Series 580W. This is what younger clientele are looking for: Colorful housing with screw connections, packed in a plastic box that could contain fishing gear. The fan impeller, which was painted silver, isn't quite consistent with the rest of the visuals, however. Nonetheless, the power supply unit has to survive a whole day under maximum load with 580 watts. Worth highlighting is the detailed information in the handbook that includes a ripple measurement. Our test will show to what extent this information agrees with actual practice.

In the tackle box: Power supply unit from Hyper with 580 watts.

Particularly noticed by the target group due to its coloring: Housing and leads.

Screwable connectors are super important!

All leads are installed here.

Test Results

Despite its cool looks and generally solid values, the Hiper Type-R 580W fails our test: The voltage is too high on the 12V line.

Input current: 759W (210V, 3.67 ampere, cos phi 0.98)

Output current: 580W (21.2 ampere/3.3V, 26.0 ampere/5V and 2 x 26.3 ampere on 12V, 20W on -5/-12V, 5V standby)

Efficiency at maximum load: 76.4 percent (179W of dissipation heated up the air by nearly 5 Kelvin)

Noise measurement under full load: 61.1 dB(A) from a distance of 12 centimeters

Memory oscilloscope: Here we see some excellent values, whereby the 12V CPU line deviates by 20 mV and the 3.3V line by 40 mV, all of which is in line with the specs.

The Hiper Type-R 580W displayed some weaknesses in terms of voltage:

The reading for the first 12V line was 12.18V and for the second 12V line (CPU) it was 12.04V; the recorded value for the 5V line was 4.94V and the 3.3V line measured 3.29V. The reading for the 5V standby line was 4.96V. The final eliminating blow for this test candidate, however was the -12V line, for which voltage of -13.32V was recorded. That is way too high, since the specification only allows a maximum of -13.2V. It should be noted here that the manufacturer's operating manual provides an incorrect specification for the noise ripple measurement. Instead of the 50mV prescribed by the ATX specification, Hiper lists a value of 70mV.