PSU tier list 2.0

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Pretty much all the post 2007 OCZ units from after they acquired PC Power and Cooling were tier 3 and up on all the tier lists.
 
Unless it was for vertical mounted exhaust/intake application, I'd not even consider sleeve bearing fans. Even then, rifle, double bb or any of the hydro fans would be better, but you'll not find them in a junky psu.
 
Considering the amount of noise a loaded cpu/gpu puts out, a fanless psu sounds like a waste for anyone other than those soundboard guys who don't really use much gpu and need the biggest fanless cpu there is. For gaming pcs, quiet is nice, but silent is pointless
 






I had an OCZ StealthXStream 500-watt PSU in my old system (2008-2012). I still have it now, but it's not being used. Serial # is S7441000502. I bought it in February 2008 from Newegg for $60, but is it possible it might have been one of the older ones? It has active PFC, but no 80+ certification. (For some reason at the time I might have thought it was 80+ standard, but now I realize it wasn't.)

System config included a Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H board, an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ CPU, Xion XON-303 case, a few assorted hard drives (up to 2x 750GB WD Black & 2x 1.5TB WD Green, all SATA; although, the PSU only had 2 SATA power connectors, so I may have also used an 80GB and/or 250GB WD IDE drive), and no dedicated GPU.

At the time of that PC's decease (Feb/Mar 2012), I remember being told that it was basically my motherboard that died. The main symptom was no video output, so the southbridge (I think it was) was blamed. Due to its age, I decided to not get a new same-socket mobo (ebay would have been most likely) at the time, and just used my dad's laptop (Dell D830, C2D T7250, 2GB DDR2-667, 500GB WD Black XP Pro - he's STILL using it now!) until I built my current PC in January 2015. If I'd had the money to build a new computer, I might have built something around the i5-2500K maybe - or was the 3570K out at the time?

I've been thinking more recently though ... is it possible the PSU could have been the culprit, not the mobo so much? I still have the PSU, but of course no load tester. Also my current system might probably be a bit too much for it to handle, and I don't want to kill anything on it with this PSU. Is there some way to load-test the PSU similarly to how the major review sites like jonnyguru, tom's hardware/techpowerup, etc. test their review units?

Or, what should I do with the PSU? I also have four 1GB sticks of G.Skill DDR2-800 RAM with heatspreaders that I pulled out of that PC. Other than the hard drives, I scrapped everything else. Maybe the LinusTechTips team could use the PSU & RAM for a future scrapyard wars build? Or what about the idea of OklahomaWolf laying the PSU to rest? :)
 


I agree, but I'd also like to see other Rosewill units reviewed, too. There are a ton of Rosewill PSUs with generally unknown quality out there. Just look at pcpartpicker's listings of Rosewill units.

The only thing with these Titanium units is that sometimes they cut corners in order to achieve high efficiency.
 
That OCZ StealthX is now over 8 years old. Well out of any warranty and possibly beyond life of some of the capacitors. Is it possible it toasted the mobo? Yep. Is it possible it had other output issues not related to the motherboard? Yep. Is it possible there's absolutely nothing wrong with the psu? Yep. Only way you'll know is test it. That'll cost you the price of a decent psu tester, I'd not recommend you test it on your new pc, or have a reputable shop test it. They'll probably charge you. Personally, it had a good run, served you well and should be retired. For the rest, there's always ebay. Ddr2 is quite popular with the hackintosh crowd.
 


I might get back to the Hackintosh crowd soon...

Anyways, as far as the OCZ PSU's, our class has 30-40 OCZ Modstream Pros... damn tanks they are...
 
What is the reasoning for having the EVGA GQ units in tier 1 as opposed to tier 2. If anything I would think the GQ would be tier 2 and the B2 would be tier 1. What is the reasoning? Not saying it is incorrect but seems strange. I want to be able to recommend the GQ but have not seen enough reliable information about it.
 


I personally don't think the B2 has tight enough ripple on the 12V rail to get Tier 1. As for the GQ, the 650 and 750 don't deserve Tier 1 at all. The 850 GQ (which is a different platform) could be worthy of tier 1.
 


Thank you turkey3_scratch. I seen on Jonnyguru the B2 had good ripple and the GQ was borderline. Good to hear from another human.
 


45mv is good but not fantastic. Tier 1 should be fantastic. The Tomshardware review of the 750 GQ has out-of-spec 3.3V ripple. Not good at all, don't know how out of spec is Tier 1.
 
Hello
This is my build:
Motherboard: Asus z170-k
Cpu: intel core i3 6100
Ram: g.skill ripjaws V 2*4 gb ddr4
Vga: Asus GTX 950 DCII OC STRIX GAMING 2GB GDDR5
What psu should I uss just to make this work?
Because psus in tier 1 or 2 are so expensive here
They cost almost as much as the whole system does
 
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