Andyson Platinum R1200 Power Supply Review

[damric]

Corsair published that article as propaganda. The RM series was a failure because they indeed used cheapo secondary caps with low temp thresholds. Combined with a semi-passive design, they overheated and caused much RMAs.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I know , but it makes some good points.

 

[Aris_Mp]

probably the best source today about caps quality.

http://www.badcaps.net/forum/

 

[Aris_Mp]

probably the best source today about caps quality.

http://www.badcaps.net/forum/

 

[damric]

so your telling me my PSU that has Capxon bucket special caps on the secondary side isn't a quality PSU?...but the marketing material on the back of the box says "Japanese Cap" on it. Next you will be telling me that main Japanese cap was actually built in China...

Half-truth.

Most likely a Japanese primary cap, but they cheaped out in the actual filter stage in the secondary. This is what we see in PoS units like the Corsair CX, EVGA 500B, ect. Once they warm up...graphics card issues abound as ripple is no longer filtered.

 

[damric]

Here's a CX smoker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj8-wNmYJvM

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

CX power!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[damric]

CX power!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shhhh! You used to love CX 😛

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

JUNK!

 

[C12Friedman]

I think it's going to take more than a few good reviews of different Andyson PSU's to give me enough confidence to recommend one let alone consider buying one for myself. This seems to be one impressive unit (other than not all Japanese caps) so let's hope that it is the beginning of a trend from Andyson - perhaps they hired some younger design engineers

 

[C12Friedman]

i disagree, can we get a roundup of complete rubbish generic psu's like low end radimax and the like and watch them burn! i think it needs to be done to show people what not to buy.

While I admit that'd be fun, there is risk to the testing equipment and I'd rather read reviews than watch a PSU or two burn and learn that the test equipment is toast
But then consider the risk of an hitherto unknown Andyson unit packing 100A on a single 12V rail, come to think on it, this review was a little ballsy IMO

 

[damric]

I think it's going to take more than a few good reviews of different Andyson PSU's to give me enough confidence to recommend one let alone consider buying one for myself. This seems to be one impressive unit (other than not all Japanese caps) so let's hope that it is the beginning of a trend from Andyson - perhaps they hired some younger design engineers

Ok so let me put this in perspective:

You are out PSU shopping after reading some reviews. You are looking for a 1200W unit with good efficiency to run your expensive new i7-E and TITANX-3way SLI that you just so happened to get for free for your birthday. You stumble across two units: Unit A: the Raidmax unit based on the Andyson R1200 design and built by Andyson OR Unit B: an EVGA unit built by SF on the LEADEX platform.

1) Would you pick the Andyson if they were priced the same?
2) If no, what if the Andyson unit were about $50 less and came with a free Raidmax t-shirt?
3) If no, what would it take to get the Andyson? Exactly at which point are you willing to sacrifice the longevity of your precious i7 and GTX Titans?

 

[hasten]

I'm confused. You say Super Flower is providing EVGA their PSU's, but I own 2 current high end models and they are 100% certainly Seasonic. I apologize if this has changed in the last 3 months or so, but I know and only use Seasonic...

Edit: I had to go check and the hardwaresecrets/jonny guru break downs of both PSU's are Seasonic and were within the last couple of months...

Edit edit: I'll eat my words, upon further review some of the very high wattage (1200+) are Super Flower. The best Novas are still Seasonic 😉

 

[rolli59]

People still buy Corsair or EVGA even as some have pointed out here that their budget units are not that great! So why not buy Andyson if they make a good quality units.

 

[hasten]

As Tom's matures in the PSU reviews it would be nice to see torture tests such as highest wattage achieved and a hotbox... there aren't enough sites really taking the time to test such an essential peice of hardware and would love for Tom's to start being an in depth reviewer!

 

[hasten]

Can we have some reviews of really high quality 300-600W PSUs? You know the ones that 90% of us here would actually use/need.

i disagree, can we get a roundup of complete rubbish generic psu's like low end radimax and the like and watch them burn! i think it needs to be done to show people what not to buy.

Jonnyguru - some funny reviews.

 

[damric]

I'm confused. You say Super Flower is providing EVGA their PSU's, but I own 2 current high end models and they are 100% certainly Seasonic. I apologize if this has changed in the last 3 months or so, but I know and only use Seasonic...

Edit: I had to go check and the hardwaresecrets/jonny guru break downs of both PSU's are Seasonic and were within the last couple of months...

Edit edit: I'll eat my words, upon further review some of the very high wattage (1200+) are Super Flower. The best Novas are still Seasonic 😉

Be careful, EVGA uses a variety of OEMs. Some are even quite bad like Compucase. There are some new Seasonic EVGAs.

 

[Mycroftxxx]

"The secondary ones have enough power for any modern system, although it would be nice if they were a little beefier, perhaps adding up to 120W."
The maximum power chart seems to be missing the wattage for the 3.3v rail, shifting the wattage for the 5v rail over into it. Or else 20 amps at 3.3v is 100 watts. Adding in 66 watts for the 3v rail, I get
66 (3v) + 100 (5v) + 15 (5vsb) + 4.8 (-12) = 185.8 watts.

Is the 5v rail considered primary, not secondary? Then it works out that way.

 

[wewum]

I can't read PSU specs and I have no clue wtf this is talking about...