PSU tier list 2.0

[Darkbreeze]

Yes, those are nice cases. There are only a handful of Corsair cases I really like and that is one of them. Most of the Corsair cases I'd be partial to are all full tower cases, but there are a couple of mid towers. I might have gone with one of those like you have if they'd been out when I bought my Define S.

 

[Karadjgne]

CM 690 II Advanced. Shame I got it before the 690 III came out, would have liked the 2x140mm or 200mm fan options instead of just the 2x120mm. I also really like the area above the frame, it'll fit both fans or even my radiator just great, removing any motherboard interference found in modern flat-top cases.

Bigger shame that stuff like tempered side panels or even replacement parts are now no longer offered. Probably the best CM case I've seen in a good long while.

 

[woahwoahwilly]

Seasonic M12II Bronze 620W. Good choice for a new power supply or a waste of $60 that I now have to pay my stepdad back for AND use because if I don't he'll yell at me for being scared of something that could be either fine or a ticking time bomb?

 

[superninja12]

its a good powersupply, but not better then a seasonic focus , that you can also get for 60 dollars.

I dont know from what country you are, nevertheless its a solid choice but not maybe the best.

 

[woahwoahwilly]

its a good powersupply, but not better then a seasonic focus , that you can also get for 60 dollars.

I dont know from what country you are, nevertheless its a solid choice but not maybe the best.

I come from the US. I was going to get a Corsair unit, but some people have said their units are hot garbage. Can't trust everything someone says, but if you never trust someone else's words, you might do something stupid they tried to warn you about.

 

[USAFRet]

its a good powersupply, but not better then a seasonic focus , that you can also get for 60 dollars.

I dont know from what country you are, nevertheless its a solid choice but not maybe the best.

I come from the US. I was going to get a Corsair unit, but some people have said their units are hot garbage. Can't trust everything someone says, but if you never trust someone else's words, you might do something stupid they tried to warn you about.

The older Corsair green labels were junk. Ask a previous motherboard of mine. Oh wait, you can't...the PSU ate it.
Recent ones are OK.

Seasonic Focus would be the way to go.

 

[superninja12]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($48.62 @ B&H)
Total: $48.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-12 21:56 EDT-0400

edit: woops

 

[woahwoahwilly]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($48.62 @ B&H)
Total: $48.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-12 21:56 EDT-0400

edit: woops

What do you mean, whoops?

 

[superninja12]

formatting mistake, its a correct post now😛

 

[Darkbreeze]

Seasonic M12II Bronze 620W. Good choice for a new power supply or a waste of $60 that I now have to pay my stepdad back for AND use because if I don't he'll yell at me for being scared of something that could be either fine or a ticking time bomb?

I'm assuming the answer is yes based on this post, but did you already buy the M12II unit?

 

[woahwoahwilly]

Seasonic M12II Bronze 620W. Good choice for a new power supply or a waste of $60 that I now have to pay my stepdad back for AND use because if I don't he'll yell at me for being scared of something that could be either fine or a ticking time bomb?

I'm assuming the answer is yes based on this post, but did you already buy the M12II unit?

Uhh...

...yes?

 

[Darkbreeze]

Then use it. There is nothing wrong, really, with those units, despite what Rexper used to shout all over the forums about them.

Is it an older platform? Yes. Is it group regulated? Yes. But they are STILL better than 90% of the units out there that don't say Seasonic on them, and the other 10% are either moderately more expensive (Mail in rebates, like the one that makes that Focus unit the same price as the M12II 620w, don't count), way more expensive or not as good.

What CPU are you running?

 

[woahwoahwilly]

Then use it. There is nothing wrong, really, with those units, despite what Rexper used to shout all over the forums about them.

Is it an older platform? Yes. Is it group regulated? Yes. But they are STILL better than 90% of the units out there that don't say Seasonic on them, and the other 10% are either moderately more expensive (Mail in rebates, like the one that makes that Focus unit the same price as the M12II 620w, don't count), way more expensive or not as good.

What CPU are you running?

Last time, I thought it was a 2400, but it's an i5-760.

 

[Darkbreeze]

So, way earlier than Haswell. That PSU is perfectly fine for your system. Even if you had a Haswell through Coffee lake system, it would still be fine as long as you turned off the C6/C7 states in the bios, and even that has recently been reported to have been overblown by Intel and a lot of people don't even do it, and don't have any issues.

I would use that unit with no worries. I have three of them, and would use them in my own build without any concerns if I needed to, in the event something happened to my G2 750w and I needed something to use in the meantime.

One of them has been running my overclocked FX-8320 for the past five years, with not a single issue or problem. The other two are on the shelf.

 

[Karadjgne]

Had a M12-II 520w pushing a i5-3570k @4.3GHz and a gtx660ti pushing a 124%OC for the last 5 years.. Still purrs like a kitten, never an issue. Those older, group regulated designs from Seasonic might not have quite the same outputs as modern dc-dc designs, but that doesn't take away from the quality of the psu or the fact the things are just plain solid.

 

[Zaporro]

Such di** move to delete whole list.

It still had archival value.

Should have quote it out/spoiler it out, make external link with big "ITS NOT UP TO DATE", instead of removing it altogether.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Due to so many people with that same sentiment, I've posted the last copy of the list for archival and reference purposes. It will not be updated or allow comments and questions. It's only there because it is still highly relevant to a lot of people, especially in regions where many of the most popular higher quality units are not commonly available.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3804980/legacy-psu-tier-list-archival-purposes.html


Hope this alleviates your anxiety.

 

[woahwoahwilly]

PC Power & Cooling isn't on there. But whatever.

Put the old Rocketfish in my first self-built $200 "gaming" (as in AMD A6-3600, 4GB DDR3-1600, 250GB HDD, Cougar RS400 PSU, Rosewill Line-M) rig. Will probably sell it with no storage and let it be someone else's problem.

 

[Darkbreeze]

PC Power and cooling originally went out of business many years ago. The newer PC Power and cooling became "a thing" again AFTER Dottorent stopped updating that list. And as I said, I have no plans to revise, update or otherwise maintain it. It is what it is, at least at this point, and what is there is for archive purposes only, and only because a good many people have asked for it to be put back up.

So, whatever right back at you.

 

[ko888]

PC Power & Cooling isn't on there. But whatever.

Put the old Rocketfish in my first self-built $200 "gaming" (as in AMD A6-3600, 4GB DDR3-1600, 250GB HDD, Cougar RS400 PSU, Rosewill Line-M) rig. Will probably sell it with no storage and let it be someone else's problem.

PC Power & Cooling is now owned and operated by FirePower Technology. They also acquired all of the OCZ Technology PSUs.

 

[Onus]

Yeah, I thought OCZ first bought PC Power & Cooling. OCZ released a few real toads, and their reputation headed down the crapper. They may have been the first to get called out for using really bad capacitors in PSUs. Too bad Corsair didn't take a lesson.

 

[Karadjgne]

Think that was back in 2007? Before that they were OK, had some really decent stuff too, but after that... Ehh.

 

[woahwoahwilly]

So if I put a PC Power and Cooling in my new $200 PC I built a year ago instead of the Rocketfish, it will be fine?

 

[woahwoahwilly]

(Or better yet, get a fully modular M12II Bronze 520W and a ROG RAIDR PCIe SSD - the 240GB is the cheapest PCIe on the market. And the power supply is cheap but still great quality.)

 

[StanicEnemy]

I dont wanna get notification from here,how im suppose to disable it?