PSU tier list 2.0

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They even have the Seasonic S12II 520 watt PSU on sale for $54.99.
 
I'm spoilt. I've had my M12-II 520w for several years now, it'd be real hard to go back to full wired after Semi-Modular and now with my new Evga 550w G2, full modular.

Although I'm seeing reports of a new M12-II 520w that's full modular, no longer semi, and ppl are having probs with it.
 
Yeah, at those prices I think that company is going to get a reality check in fairly short order. When you can buy an ACTUAL Seasonic unit of the same or similar platform for less, that has as good or better features around the platform, I don't know how you think you're going to be competitive.
 
What they should do, since they have opened up in the busiest range is target the best selling unit and replace it as the psu to have. Unfortunately this would mean a huge cut in prices as the target will be corsair CX
 
Now I'm confused. I'm currently looking at either the Corsair RM series or CSM. But this list has RM series in BOTH 2nd tier and 3rd tier.. Which is it. And I've looked at a HX too, is HX and HXi different? Because i don't see HX in this list. Also while I'm here I may as well ask if 650w will be enough to power GTX 970 SLi, with a possible CPU oc.
 


A PSU series can have models in more than one tier. One OEM may make some models while another OEM makes other models in the same series. A companies 450w, 550w and 650w models might be made by Enhance while their 750w, 850w and 1000w are made by Seasonic, which would be likely to land them both on different tiers, just as an example.
 
The bottom line on the CX units is that regardless of how it reviews, when the units are new, it's comparable to a car making motor trends car of the year but then finding out six months later that the air bags don't deploy, the fuel tank is prone to exploding on rear impacts and the electrical system begins glitching out or some other problem that everybody sees happening. So it had a good review, but after you know it's got these problems, you don't still go out and buy one. You find another car that does not have a bunch of common problems and is known to be reliable.
 
yes ofcourse, but I had no idea it had such bad reliability. if I recall correctly, in the previous tier list, it was in tier3, so I was wondering why the sudden change of hearth. I dont think it's comparable to other units listed in tier 4.
 
Time. The original tier list started 6? years ago and the CX made the list shortly after. And it reviewed well enough to make tier 3. But having just a 3 yr warranty and having so many units just die after 6 months, replaced instead of rma'd so no mention other than word of mouth about reliability, can mean that the unit (which has massive world wide sales) shows many units sold, few returned, so ends up with a false reputation for reliability.

Those here who work more closely with the tier list happen to have a more realistic understanding, so the CX was moved to tier4.
 
So I'm guessing my PSU is overkill for what my system is going to be:

I7-6700K @ 4GH>
16GB(2X8) DDR4 RAM @ 2400mhz
Asus Z170 MAXIUMUS VIII Hero
EVGA 980GTX TI SC+ ACX
Samsung 250 EVO 250GB SSD
WD 7200RPM 1TB HD

and about 3 120mm and 3 200mm Case fans

Using the EVGA Supernova G2 850w PSU, i guess a 750w version would have been more then enough, well I should be futureproof i guess
 
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