AVerMedia XPG PYLON II 750W Power Supply Unboxing Review｜ATX 3.1, 12V-2X6, 80 PLUS Bronze & Stress Tested

AVerMedia XPG PYLON II 750W Bronze Direct Output Power Supply, 80 PLUS Bronze conversion rate certified, complies with the latest Intel ATX 3.1 standard and native 450W 12+4 Pin 12V-2X6 power supply cables, OEM from CWT Chiaowei Technology Corporation, with 8 built-in protection mechanisms and 5-year warranty, suitable for entry-level and mainstream hardware to match the installation. It is suitable for entry-level and mainstream hardware to be installed.

XPG PYLON II 750W Power supply specifications:

Specification: ATX 12V Ver. 3.1
Input Voltage: 100-240Vac
Input Current: 10A MAX
Input Voltage Frequency: 50-60Hz
Size: 150 x 150 x 86 mm
Fan: 135 mm FDB Fan
Conversion Rate Certification: 80 PLUS Bronze
Power Cables: Direct Flat and Braided Wrapped Cables
Warranty: 5 years
Protection System: OVP / OPP / SCP / OCP / UVP / OTP / NLO / SIP
Cable connectors: 1x 24 Pin motherboard connector, 2x 8(4+4) Pin CPU connector, 1x 12+4 Pin 12V-2X6 connector, 2x 6+2 Pin PCIe connector, 6x SATA connector, 2x Molex (Peripheral) connector

XPG PYLON II 750W Unboxing Review｜ATX 3.1, 12V-2X6 and 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supply

Compared to its predecessor launched a few years ago, the new generation of PYLON II complies with Intel ATX 3.1 standard and comes with 12V-2X6 power cables to meet the basic requirements and specifications of the market. PYLON II is compliant with Intel ATX 3.1 standard and comes with 12V-2X6 power cables to meet the basic requirements and specifications for power supplies in today's market. The wattage of the PYLON II is available in 3 types of wattage: 550W/650W/750W, with the most expensive 750W available at a suggested price of $1990.

XPG PYLON II Bronze power supply because it is a cheaper entry-level model, the power supply cable form a direct way out, and after-sales warranty is five years, compared to high-end models CYBERCORE II and other series of common ten years, the warranty is relatively shorter than half, but with the advantage of cheap prices to help players with low budgets to save money, the protection mechanism is still OVP / OPP / SCP / OCP / UVP / OTP / NLO / SIP and other protection planning. The protection mechanism still has OVP / OPP / SCP / OCP / UVP / OTP / NLO / SIP protection planning.

△ AVerMedia ADATA PYLON II 750W power supply.

△ Power supply specifications and number of wires.

△ Graph of fan speed and related conversion efficiency.

 

XPG PYLON II 750W has passed the Bronze conversion rate standard of 80 PLUS certification organization, and also complies with ATX 3.1 specification, and the protection mechanism has multiple protections such as OVP / OPP / SCP / OCP / UVP / OTP / NLO / SIP, etc. You can check the relevant test reports and verify the results through 80 PLUS certification organization. The 80 PLUS certified organization can check the relevant test reports and validate the results.

However, when the author inquired about the model number through the Bureau of Standards, Inspection and Quarantine of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan, the author could not find the relevant documents, so the author went to another conversion certification organization, cybenetics, to inquire about the information, but only found the lower wattage of the XPG PYLON II 650W and 550W related information, and from the report, it seems that the 650W is OEM by CWT Chiaowei Technology Corporation, but because of the different wattages. But since the wattage is different, this information is just for reference.

△ 80 PLUS certification report.

△ cybenetics on the 650W version of the report on the registration of the relevant materials, by CWT Chiao Wei Technology Co., Ltd. OEM, but because there is no 750W version of the report, so there is no guarantee that can be used as a reference.

△ Information about the power supply cable diameter.

 

The XPG PYLON II 750W power supply measures 150 x 150 x 86 mm, and the length of the main body that will be used in the chassis' power compartment is 150 mm. However, because the power supply cables are straight out of the power supply, there is a requirement for some cable storage space in the power compartment for unused cables.

The official website flaunts 135mm FDB fan for power supply, after comparing the related information and disassembling, it is confirmed that the 135mm Fluid Dynamic Bearing Fan (CWT13525H12F-9) is used internally, and from the model name, it should be the related solution product provided by CWT.

Because the power supply is positioned as an entry-level model, there is no fan smart stop switch on the back of the power supply, and the fan itself doesn't support this feature. From the fan curve provided on the package, it appears that the minimum speed is still 800 RPM even under low load conditions.

△ Straight out of the line planning.

The length of the power supply is 150 mm.

△ AC/DC specifications and notes on use.

△ Use a 135 mm fan for cooling.

 

After removing the small screws on the power supply, the power supply can be disassembled, but this operation will remove the warranty sticker and cause damage to the warranty, the author does not recommend disassembling the power supply by yourself at all.

A 135mm Fluid Dynamic Bearing Fan (CWT13525H12F-9) is used in the △ section.

△ Power disassembly.

△ Close-up of the straight-out wire block.

△ Capacitance at a glance.

△ Internal layout.

 

Accessories include AC cables and chassis mounting screws.

△ List of accessories.

△ AC power cables.

 

Most of the power cables in the XPG PYLON II 750W are black flat cables, with the exception of the motherboard 24-pin power cable, which is a thicker braided wrapped cable.

The motherboard's 24-pin cable length is about 600 mm, while the CPU has only one y-shaped, dual-ended 4+4-pin cable length of about 750 mm, which is sufficient for motherboards with dual 8-pin requirements.

△ List of straight out lines.

△ Main board 24 Pin power supply braided wrapped cable.

The CPU power supply cable is a y-shaped cable with two 4+4 pins, totaling 8 pins and a length of 600+150 mm.

 

There is one PCIe cable for the graphics card, and each cable provides two y-shaped 6+2 Pin power connectors, totaling only two PCIe connectors, and the cable length is about 550+150 mm.

△ One PCIe 6+2 Pin power cable, providing a total of two PCIe 6+2 Pin power connectors in a y-shape.

 

The XPG PYLON II 750W power supply comes with a native 12V-2×6 power supply cable. The H++ on the power supply connector indicates that it is indeed a 12V-2X6, with a 450W power supply capacity, and the length of the cable itself is about 600 mm, with a wire diameter of 16-24 AWG.

△ 12+4 Pin 12V-2X6 graphic card power supply cable, the total length of the cable is about 600 mm, and the upper limit of single power supply is 450W.

△ 12V-2X6 Interface.

△ Engraving H++ on the side to verify the authenticity.

△ Actual installation with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Founders Edition 8GB graphics card.

 

Other equipment power supply cables include two SATA and large 4-pin power supply cables with a total of eight power supply connectors, two cables with 180-degree flat large 4-pin power supply connectors at the end of the cables, and two cables with a total of six SATA and two large 4-pin power supply connectors, with a total cable length of approximately 450+150+150+150 mm.

If there are a lot of large 4 Pin devices that need to be powered, you might want to be careful about whether there is enough power, but there shouldn't be a lot of devices that need to be powered nowadays.

△ Two SATA and large 4-pin power cables.

 

XPG PYLON II 750W Pressure Test｜OCCT, AIDA64 Double Bake Voltage Stability Measurement

The barebones test platform was used to test the power supply with the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Processor,ASRock X870E Taichi OCF Motherboard, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Founders Edition 8GB graphics card to match the test, the software uses OCCT and AIDA64 FPU + FurMark double grill to carry out two kinds of stress test for players to reference, and by HWiNFO 64 view the motherboard ring control chip reported values and record, using the software to monitor will have 1~3% deviation values on the data for reference only. There will be 1~3% deviation value on the monitoring data for reference only.

Testing Platform

Processor:AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Cooler: LIAN LI GA II Trinity SL-INF 360 (full speed)
Water-cooled fan: LIAN LI P28 (full speed)
Thermal paste: Cooler Master MASTERGEL MAKER 40g (thermal conductivity 11W/mK)
Motherboard:ASRock X870E Taichi OCF (BIOS version: 4.10 )
Memory:Origin code vortex DDR5 48 GB (24 GBx2)
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Founders Edition 8GB
Power supply:XPG PYLON II 750W
Case: STREACOM BC1 Benchtable V2

 

First, the OCCT was used to conduct a load stress test on both the processor and the graphics card, and then the data was viewed through the motherboard's Super I/O loopback controller, which reported values of +12V at a maximum of 12.144V to a minimum of 12.038V, and then +5V at a maximum of 5.04V to a minimum of 5.016V.

△ OCCT software stress test.

 

Next, AIDA64 FPU + FurMark, which is commonly used to test processor and graphics card stability and temperature, was used to conduct a high-load stress test by double-baking both software programs at the same time, while HWiNFO 64 was used to view the information provided by the motherboard loop chip and record the data.

The data collected after one hour of testing, +12V is maintained at 12.091V max ~ 12.038V min, and then +5V is maintained at 5.04V max ~ 5.016V min.

△ AIDA64 FPU + FurMark software stress test, and the data collected during the test.

 

XPG PYLON II 750W Heat Dissipation Test｜Thermal imaging camera to check power supply temperature and cable heat performance.

The FLIR ONE PRO Thermal Imaging Camera was used to observe the temperature of the power supply cables during the burn-in test on the bare test bed for your reference.

△ CPU power supply cable is 33~37.9 °C.

△ The temperature of the 12V-2X6 wire during the test was about 43.2 °C. The temperature of the 12V-2X6 wire was about 10.5 °C.

△ The maximum temperature on the power supply air exhaust surface is 41.3°C.

△ The maximum temperature at the power cable is about 37.3°C.

 

Is the XPG PYLON II 750W worth the money? Getting Started with ATX 3.1 Bronze Power Supply Analysis

AVerMedia ADATA has updated its power supply products for the entry-level market again. The new XPG PYLON II 750W Copper Direct Output Power Supply is also 80 PLUS conversion rate certified, and comes with 8-point protection mechanism for voltage, over-current, over-power, short-circuit, and 5-year factory warranty, but updated to meet the newest Intel ATX 3.1 standard and natively configured with 12V-2×6 power supply connector. -2×6 power connector.

The XPG PYLON II 750W is manufactured by CWT, which is commonly found in the market, and the test report can be found on the 80 PLUS website. The XPG PYLON II 750W is supplied with a maximum of 450W of power supply from 12V-2X6 cables, and it is recommended to use it with RTX 5070/5070Ti at most, while higher-end cards are recommended to use it with other models that have a higher wattage. Higher-end graphics cards are recommended to be used with other models with higher wattage.

The more important thing to note is that the PCIe and 4 Pin power connectors on the graphics card have only two connectors in total, so if the device power supply slot requires more cables, it may not be available. This power supply is more suitable for installing with "mainstream and entry-level configurations" of hardware, and may not be so suitable for installing with more devices, or for installing with high-end and "old flagship" level hardware. This power supply is more suitable for "mainstream and entry-level configuration" hardware installation.