Corsair SF1000 ATX v3.1 PSU Review

Load Regulation

Test 12V 5V 3.3V 5VSB DC/AC (Watts) Efficiency Fan Speed (RPM) PSU Noise (dB[A]) Temps (In/Out) PF/AC Volts
10% 6.473A 1.999A 1.979A 0.994A 99.989 90.233% 0 <6.0 44.45C 0.977
12.110V 5.003V 3.334V 5.031V 110.813 40.23C 114.82V
20% 13.961A 2.999A 2.971A 1.194A 199.937 92.444% 0 <6.0 45.31C 0.964
12.108V 5.001V 3.333V 5.024V 216.277 40.76C 114.8V
30% 21.800A 3.499A 3.466A 1.396A 299.984 92.987% 0 <6.0 46.20C 0.977
12.107V 5.001V 3.332V 5.016V 322.607 41.12C 114.76V
40% 29.597A 4A 3.963A 1.597A 399.499 92.935% 957 9.3 41.60C 0.984
12.106V 5V 3.331V 5.008V 429.871 47.19C 114.72V
50% 37.074A 5.002A 4.956A 1.8A 499.231 92.625% 1396 21.6 42.41C 0.988
12.103V 4.998V 3.329V 5.001V 538.974 47.94C 114.7V
60% 44.620A 6.004A 5.951A 2A 599.751 92.155% 1892 30.8 42.68C 0.991
12.101V 4.997V 3.328V 4.993V 650.804 48.71C 114.65V
70% 52.102A 7.007A 6.947A 2.207A 699.507 91.193% 2626 39.3 43.26C 0.992
12.099V 4.995V 3.326V 4.985V 767.059 50.34C 114.62V
80% 59.654A 8.01A 7.942A 2.31A 799.525 90.554% 3075 43.0 43.61C 0.993
12.097V 4.993V 3.324V 4.978V 882.926 51.67C 114.58V
90% 67.539A 8.512A 8.426A 2.414A 899.331 89.879% 3451 45.6 44.45C 0.994
12.095V 4.992V 3.323V 4.972V 1000.6 53.49C 114.54V
100% 75.225A 9.015A 8.94A 3.026A 999.344 89.077% 3747 47.6 45.19C 0.995
12.093V 4.991V 3.322V 4.957V 1121.888 55.30C 114.51V
110% 82.838A 10.02A 10.029A 3.029A 1099.96 88.179% 3761 47.8 46.76C 0.995
12.092V 4.99V 3.32V 4.952V 1247.415 57.68C 114.46V
CL1 0.115A 15.694A 15.542A 0A 131.299 85.416% 1582 24.8 40.46C 0.964
12.118V 4.989V 3.32V 5.042V 153.718 45.89C 114.8V
CL2 0.114A 20.02A 0A 0A 101.347 84.448% 2329 36.3 40.17C 0.974
12.116V 4.993V 3.332V 5.045V 120.011 47.38C 114.82V
CL3 0.114A 0A 19.869A 0A 67.38 79.418% 2038 33.0 40.97C 0.948
12.115V 5V 3.322V 5.046V 84.843 50.10C 114.82V
CL4 82.697A 0A 0A 0A 999.892 89.828% 3400 45.3 45.85C 0.994
12.091V 5.002V 3.333V 5.004V 1113.131 56.79C 114.51V

Load regulation is tight on all rails.

Ripple Suppression

Test 12V 5V 3.3V 5VSB Pass/Fail
10% Load 15.0 mV 14.4 mV 14.5 mV 18.5 mV Pass
20% Load 17.9 mV 15.0 mV 14.8 mV 18.9 mV Pass
30% Load 18.4 mV 15.3 mV 14.6 mV 18.8 mV Pass
40% Load 22.7 mV 16.1 mV 17.4 mV 19.6 mV Pass
50% Load 21.7 mV 16.5 mV 16.7 mV 20.6 mV Pass
60% Load 24.1 mV 15.8 mV 17.0 mV 19.3 mV Pass
70% Load 24.7 mV 16.7 mV 19.4 mV 21.3 mV Pass
80% Load 27.3 mV 17.0 mV 18.5 mV 21.1 mV Pass
90% Load 34.3 mV 19.7 mV 30.2 mV 20.2 mV Pass
100% Load 34.8 mV 17.3 mV 20.7 mV 23.9 mV Pass
110% Load 38.5 mV 17.7 mV 20.7 mV 23.4 mV Pass
Crossload 1 21.1 mV 17.8 mV 16.7 mV 30.3 mV Pass
Crossload 2 20.8 mV 20.2 mV 16.8 mV 30.4 mV Pass
Crossload 3 17.4 mV 15.9 mV 16.0 mV 30.5 mV Pass
Crossload 4 36.5 mV 17.4 mV 21.0 mV 36.7 mV Pass

Ripple suppression is decent.

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12 thoughts on “Corsair SF1000 ATX v3.1 PSU Review

  1. I’m so glad I found your reviews! One thing you could do to improve your reviews is to include frequency response PSUs (or anything that can emit noise). This would help to visualize if there is nasty coil whine or other undesirable noises coming out of fans/electronics/whatever. I’m asking for this because people have different hearing ability and you might not perceive noises that other people do. Such graph would be an objective measurement and thus easily comparable and outside of our subjective variances in ear hardware 😉

  2. Amazing work with these review articles! I especially like the noise performance graph at various loads, that is extremely helpful for me. Could you please make the affiliate link prominent? I would like to support your testing.

  3. Would you recommend SF1000 over lower wattage models if my average load is around 600W? From the tests, I see it should be quieter at that load, but I wonder if there’s any downside to running this PSU at a half-rated load.

    1. Downside is it will probably pull more power from socket when your computer is idle or your doing light tasks because this is way outside it’s optimal operational efficiency.

  4. Hi aris, thank you very much for the review!. can you elaborate on the OCP triggering points? What are the risks of being set too high? Any risks to other pc componants ?

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