PSU tier list 2.0

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Hey bud, is there any chance you can put Ultra back on the Tier 5 list. I don't remember exactly why they were ever removed but I see thread after thread of people asking about a a variety of Ultra models, and honestly, if they have any good ones, I don't know about them. There are none listed at any position on the list and both TigerDirect and Newegg sell them cheaply both individually and in their barebones kits. I know it was mentioned a while back about there not being any more Ultra units, but since there is a new unreviewed model on the bottom of the list and since they are STILL being pushed from those sites, it would be prudent to have at least a general Tier 5 listing until and unless we see a review saying otherwise about one or more of their model offerings.

Thanks.
 
As mentioned by i7baby, many members simply cannot believe what they are told unless they see it in print from an authoritative source. With that in mind, do you think it would be possible to add the Thermaltake TR2 (Old version, as apparently it's been said there is a new version, although I don't see any difference in quality.)back in to the Tier 5 listing since there are a high number of vendors, primarily TigerDirect, that are STILL selling those units, not to mention a whole lot of members still using units previously installed. Maybe make a notation of the old versus the new model numbers. This is a high sales volume unit with a large number of purchasers due to it's low price and the length of time it was intensely marketed by the Tiger and others.

I think it would do well to keep in mind, and possibly rethink in regard to the removal of discontinued units from the list, that the list shouldn't only be considered as a source of reference for those intending to buy a new PSU, but more importantly, for those who already have units installed (Possibly for a long time) that are having issues commonly experienced after installing newer, more demanding hardware, into a system that might have been working fine for months or years but has been pushed beyond it's comfort zone by the installation of the kind of hardware it can't possibly be expected to accommodate.

Folks have a need to know if they've had a POS installed for the last four years and have just been lucky so far. I wouldn't bother you with this request except that I see it SO often here, and in the course of my "in the real world" servicing of units.
 
Corsair HXİ series is Platinum, its color code is wrong in the list and maybe its place in the list too, because i read many review about them and they are highly recommended.
 
Okay, firstly, the XFX TS line bronze and gold lines have been mentioned, TS in gold and the other 2 being bronze.

Secondly, this list shows the true 80+ efficiency rating. Ecova may have rated the Corsair HXi series platinum, but in numerious tests, it didn't reach the required ratings for platinum.
 


Yeah! So take that!. Oh, did I say that out loud. Sorry.
 


Thanks. While we're at it, can we just stick all the Corsair, Thermaltake and Cooler master units there too and save everybody a lot of headache? Just kidding.
 
i am currently building a pc, the evga G2 and sea sonic x series have been recommended to me but they only run on single rails, why? why would you say you still think they are reliable? (i have heard that if single rail units overload the will pretty much fry everything attached to them)
 
Seasonic makes PSUs under its own name and sells and markets them.
Seasonic is also an OEM that makes PSUs for others, like XFX to sell and market under their name. The bold words are the OEMs, those who actually make the stuff, the other names are those who brand and sell the stuff.
 


Not quite. single rail with high amperage is much better than lower amperage across to rails, ESPECIALLY for single GPU setups.
 
I realize this may be a whole different can of worms, but I've seen many posts on ppl with 300-350w psus in Dell, HP etc pc's wanting to upgrade to a 750ti. While I also understand 400w is recommended, for an i3 or fx4100 non-oc, 300w is fine. Question is, is there any way to tell just which psu was OEM Seasonic or Delta and would handle the gpu and what's junk and wont. Like maybe a 3rd party psu list including the custom built ppl?
 
I think this is what you want. If you're asking for a list that shows what each prebuilt model came with, I've never seen or heard of one. Generally they could have several different units in any given machine model, depending on what they had on hand at the time of assembly. You'd just have to check the physical unit that's installed against it's labeled brand and series on the OEM chart:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supply-psu-brands,3762.html
 


I know this is a late reply but... Yeah, it's good and it's on the Tier 2 list under Seasonic.
 


Because unlike the units in Tier 4, those EVGA units are fine for mainstream rigs and business machines. They simply won't hold up to the rigors of a gaming or overclocking machine though. B2, G2, P2 or V series units will.
 
Seeing a budget HEC psu stacked right alongside a somewhat higher end fsp aurum based unit (backed by a 10 year guarantee) shows the variance even in individual tiers. And you can't say there aren't good fsp aurum psus out there when there's one in tier one.

I'm not trying to say it's as good as the superflower evgas, I've seen the reviews. But I'd use it before any of the other tier three evgas and before any of the tier three corsairs.
 
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