Long time lurker here, finally decided to register and post something
I'm considering buying the Seasonic Prime Snow Silent 650w Titanium for a new rig (black and white theme in a P400A case), and i've been trying to find reviews for it. So far, no real luck, but apparently it's almost identical to the 'normal', non-Snow Silent unit, for which i can find a review here:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/seasonic-prime-titanium-650w-psu,4690-4.html
It specifically states that the inrush current on 230V is a bit high (i'm in Western Europe so this would apply to my situation), so i got a bit worried about the unit.
However, when trying to read up on inrush current i can't really find an 'ELI5' explanation for what it actually affects. From what i can tell, a too high inrush current can trip the circuit breaker for that power circuit in the house, and doesn't affect the PSU itself.
So, that would be worrying, obviously, so i wonder - Was the 62A on 230V too high to risk it?
I went on viewing a lot of other reviews on the site, trying to get a bearing on what's considered 'normal' on 230V, but it seems to be a bit inconsistent. Pretty much all other units with an inrush current of 60A or lower are considered 'normal'.
I then came across the Corsair AX850 review on the site:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-ax850-psu,5986-2.html
This review lists an inrush current of almost 64A as 'normal', and now i am utterly confused.
What should i use as a benchmark? When is the inrush current too high? When is it normal? What exact considerations should i make in this specific case? Or does the Seasonic review only list the inrush current as 'high for a unit of that quality'? A poster called turkey3_scratch says that the inrush current is fine, but without further qualifying that statement.
I've been looking at various forums, websites, reviews for the better part of the day and i'm no closer to understanding this specific issue than i was when i saw the review...
As an addendum: I've been trying to find the exact figures (inrush current specifically that is) for a Seasonic X-560 or a Cooler Master Real Power 620M (the PSU's in my current PC's) for comparison, which ran absolutely fine for years, though i can't seem to find any hard data on that specific property of those PSU's. If anyone can point me to the figures for them i can put them in the correct frame of reference
I'm considering buying the Seasonic Prime Snow Silent 650w Titanium for a new rig (black and white theme in a P400A case), and i've been trying to find reviews for it. So far, no real luck, but apparently it's almost identical to the 'normal', non-Snow Silent unit, for which i can find a review here:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/seasonic-prime-titanium-650w-psu,4690-4.html
It specifically states that the inrush current on 230V is a bit high (i'm in Western Europe so this would apply to my situation), so i got a bit worried about the unit.
However, when trying to read up on inrush current i can't really find an 'ELI5' explanation for what it actually affects. From what i can tell, a too high inrush current can trip the circuit breaker for that power circuit in the house, and doesn't affect the PSU itself.
So, that would be worrying, obviously, so i wonder - Was the 62A on 230V too high to risk it?
I went on viewing a lot of other reviews on the site, trying to get a bearing on what's considered 'normal' on 230V, but it seems to be a bit inconsistent. Pretty much all other units with an inrush current of 60A or lower are considered 'normal'.
I then came across the Corsair AX850 review on the site:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-ax850-psu,5986-2.html
This review lists an inrush current of almost 64A as 'normal', and now i am utterly confused.
What should i use as a benchmark? When is the inrush current too high? When is it normal? What exact considerations should i make in this specific case? Or does the Seasonic review only list the inrush current as 'high for a unit of that quality'? A poster called turkey3_scratch says that the inrush current is fine, but without further qualifying that statement.
I've been looking at various forums, websites, reviews for the better part of the day and i'm no closer to understanding this specific issue than i was when i saw the review...
As an addendum: I've been trying to find the exact figures (inrush current specifically that is) for a Seasonic X-560 or a Cooler Master Real Power 620M (the PSU's in my current PC's) for comparison, which ran absolutely fine for years, though i can't seem to find any hard data on that specific property of those PSU's. If anyone can point me to the figures for them i can put them in the correct frame of reference