PSU tier list 2.0

[toyftw]

Jonny has not done a power supply review since he went to work for Corsair. Oklahoma Wolf and Tazz do all the reviews and have for years. I do not question the impartiality of his site. There is usually little variation between the conclusions the guys at jonnyguru make and those found at the other few top level review sites.

And the CX series was introduced in early 2009 to glowing reviews from everyone.

Problem is, If I want to install the new GPU, I would otherwise have to wait till Tuesday for CCL to deliver a more expensive PSU than the amazon one. I just feel like it would be wasted.

I was talking about the company that cannot spell Hyper... Not you

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Hi - 'Hiper' is the name of a PSU supplier. Mostly Andysson, Solytech units with some CWT
as OEM's.

 

[corndog1836]

Wow. Thanx. I like seasonic x series(see rig in sig) but not every body has it in thier budget. I never worry about my system with reguards of power. I know i have it and quality too. I also never worry about it frying either.

 

[rcald2000]

Corsair Enthusiast TX750

What tier is this? Jonny Guru graded it back in 2011, but I don't know how that translates into Tom's Hardware tier list:


http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=230

Performance 9.5

Functionality 9.5

Value 10

Build Quality 8.5

Total Score 9.5

 

[Deleted member 217926]

The TX series was tier 2 in it's day. Discontinued now. I used a TX750 for almost 7 years.

 

[rcald2000]

Understood. Thank you.

 

[Onus]

I still rate Seasonic over Super Flower, on the weight of experience and consistency. By many JG review comments, Delta sets the standard for soldering quality, but iirc not everything they've made has been great (e.g. the 430W Antec Basiq).
And finally, "hiper" is not a misspelling of "hyper;" I believe it was meant as a contraction of "Hi Performance."

 

[rcald2000]

Yes, Hiper is short for Hi Performance group. You should see the manual they supplied with the unit; it is legit.

 

[MarkW]

OK. I just saw it and thought it was someone that was trying to come up with an english word that did not speak english.

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

hmm. Well anytime you have "marketers" you have misspelled words.

 

[corndog1836]

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16817438027&cm_re=evga_PSU-_-17-438-026-_-Product

What tier is a G1 series EVGA.

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

Tier 3 for both G1, B1 and NEX (same as G1+B1).

 

[RCFProd]

NEXB / NEXG are listed as tier 3 on the main page, those are the B1/G1.

 

[nostall]

^ That's a raidmax if I ever saw one.

Might have been a Di A Blow Tech.

 

[jon gerges]

Does anyone think that the CX Series should be on a higher tier? I got in a small altercation with someone, and he said that he would rather use a CX430 to overclock a G3258 to 4.2GHz, rather than a SeaSonic S12II 430B.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

He's wrong. I wouldn't use a CX unit. I had a CS unit the fried a computer, and the two are really similar.

 

[Onus]

In a low-power system, a CX-430 is probably safe (much like other tier-4 PSUs), but someone who would choose it over a Seasonic hopefully does not build PCs for others.

 

[MarkW]

If you gave me a brand new Corsair CX, I would throw in the garbage.

I buy what I believe is the best made power supplies on this planet, and that Seasonic.

 

[jon gerges]

It honestly made no sense to me. He called this whole list bs and said it's only based on brands. Even though Corsair AX/HX/RM is tier 1. He then proceeded to say that the CX series is mainly Japanese capacitors, mixed with some Taiwanese. For some reason, my inner "super wisdom guy" is telling me that he's not trolling.

 

[Archaic59]

Look at it this way. If people stick to tiers 1 or 2 their chances of getting a bad PSU are substantially lowered.

 

[ko888]

It honestly made no sense to me. He called this whole list bs and said it's only based on brands. Even though Corsair AX/HX/RM is tier 1. He then proceeded to say that the CX series is mainly Japanese capacitors, mixed with some Taiwanese. For some reason, my inner "super wisdom guy" is telling me that he's not trolling.

CX430 (SKU# 75-001666 / CP-9020046)
Primary: Panasonic 180µF, 400VDC, 85°C
Secondary: predominantly Samxon 105°C with a mix of Nippon Chemicon, Jun-fu and CapXon

How is that mainly Japanese capacitors? If it was mainly Japanese capacitors it would cost more.

 

[solidrozay]

is the corsair vs series really better than cx series?

 

[jon gerges]

It honestly made no sense to me. He called this whole list bs and said it's only based on brands. Even though Corsair AX/HX/RM is tier 1. He then proceeded to say that the CX series is mainly Japanese capacitors, mixed with some Taiwanese. For some reason, my inner "super wisdom guy" is telling me that he's not trolling.

CX430 (SKU# 75-001666 / CP-9020046)
Primary: Panasonic 180µF, 400VDC, 85°C
Secondary: predominantly Samxon 105°C with a mix of Nippon Chemicon, Jun-fu and CapXon

How is that mainly Japanese capacitors? If it was mainly Japanese capacitors it would cost more.

is the corsair vs series really better than cx series?

I finally decided to just stop trying to save his computer, and just ended the conversation. He told me "This is the post of a man that has run out of arguments. You want to keep telling people that CX power supplies are bad, or crap. Go ahead, have fun giving people false information." I just left with my hand stuck to my face...

 

[MarkW]

Sometimes, you just cannot get people to listen to the truth. I've had to learn when to say, "Ok. Call me when it blows up" and walk out the door.

 

[RCFProd]

It honestly made no sense to me. He called this whole list bs and said it's only based on brands. Even though Corsair AX/HX/RM is tier 1. He then proceeded to say that the CX series is mainly Japanese capacitors, mixed with some Taiwanese. For some reason, my inner "super wisdom guy" is telling me that he's not trolling.

A lot of people, even though they are PC enthusiasts, are quite clueless when it comes to power supplies. From the 90% of the PC enthusiasts I know think Corsair units are quality and all of them consist of premium quality components.

So walk in a PC shop and ask them what they think of Corsair units and they'll tell you they're great really. So I'm not sure how one person can convince you this far that you can't believe otherwise.

Maybe you should read what a lot of other people say or something before you're convinced. Here read this if you're bothered:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1431436/why-you-should-not-buy-a-corsair-cx
http://www.overclock.net/t/1551342/why-you-should-not-buy-a-corsair-cx750

 

[jon gerges]

Sometimes, you just cannot get people to listen to the truth. I've had to learn when to say, "Ok. Call me when it blows up" and walk out the door.

When I said that they shouldn't be in $1000+ builds he said that they would be fine for huge gaming rigs. I would maybe use a cx with a Intel Core Duo and 2gb of ram. I realized that this wasn't an argument I could win.