PSU tier list 2.0

[stavrosmast]

Is the corsair hxi 850w better than the supernova g2 evga 850w ? cause it has 80 plus platinum

 

[Turb0Yoda]

As stated a page or two before, platinum determines EFFICIENCY, not how good the Power Supply.
Both are on Tier 1, but the EVGA is made by [strike]Seasonic [/strike] Super Flower versus the CWT for Corsair. I'd go with the EVGA.

 

[Darkbreeze]

No, the EVGA G2 is made by Super Flower, Leadex platform, not by Seasonic. Still, I'd consider it a better unit as I've seen more commentary regarding failed or faulty HXi units around here than I ever have of the G2 units.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

My bad, I derped and read the line for the GS series.

 

[Karadjgne]

CWT isn't to blame, they build some excellent units and some real junk, but... They build. They don't design or order. Corsair sent them the specs and a check and said build this. Neither Seasonic nor SuperFlower have a need for everybodys business, so they can afford to be a little picky when it comes to offers, CWT, not having their own lines as such, don't have that option so turning down a company like Corsair would be a worse move than accepting their design. The HXi is still a good design, just not quite as good as it could have been if Corsair's design staff wasn't so interested in the bottom line.

 

[Dragon2633]

My system is :
Athlon x4 860k
Msi gtx 960 oc
8gb 1600mhz
Seagate 1tb 7200rpm 6gb/s
Gigabyte f2a88xm-ds2
Probably I will buy the
EVGA 500W Power Supply 80 PLUS

Will I be ok ??? Is haswell compatible ???
And is good for an overclocking ??

Thanks

 

[stavrosmast]

Darkbreeze and other people here to understand how good the evga g2 super... 850w is considered in my country it costs 175euro.,..

 

[RCFProd]

Darkbreeze and other people here to understand how good the evga g2 super... 850w is considered in my country it costs 175euro.,..

What kind of information you looking for? If you think It's too expensive there are plenty of good units below 100 euros. Especially when you have i5 + GTX 960 if I'm correct there are tons of good options that are not so expensive.

 

[stavrosmast]

Well I want A good psu to upgrade from my corsair vs650w and keep it for many years So I want it to be able to power any single GPU (from nvidia) for the next 7+years. Cause I will slowly upgrade to nvidia pascal/980ti the new psu and in 2-3 years intel i7

 

[RCFProd]

Plenty of units that are good at a lower price and which I'm sure of that it should power any single GPU upcoming. These are all units that should perform well for 7 years if not longer. If you find any of these for a good price just get one of them. Although PSU choice is important, It's not all that important when you're choosing from a list of good units. The G2 850w is good, but the G2 650w is probably all you'll ever need.

Power Supply: Cooler Master VSM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $89.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-04 10:17 EDT-0400

Power Supply: Rosewill 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($76.50 @ Newegg)
Total: $76.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-04 10:18 EDT-0400

Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($93.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $93.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-04 10:18 EDT-0400

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $94.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-04 10:18 EDT-0400

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $99.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-04 10:19 EDT-0400

Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $99.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-04 10:19 EDT-0400

 

[stavrosmast]

Ok, first which have 10 year warranty and are full modular. And second how can 650w be enough since the 980ti reference needs 600w and oc'd.... much more

 

[The Grox Empire]

I know it doesnt make a difference in performance when its modular but except from the fact that it looks better I need the extra air flow in my case. And surely 600w are the min for the 980ti MIN not recomended and even the recomended arent for heavy OC ( increased clock,voltage,power limit)

What 600W is 980Ti MINIMUM?? Nvidia post that because knowing some power supply can't deliver it's labeled wattage. with a good PSU maybe 600 W more than enough. Nvidia are known for making low power card

 

[RCFProd]

@Stavrosmast, an i7-4790k + GTX 980 Ti build doesn't use more than 470-490 watts. So with 600w you already have plenty of headroom, let alone 650w. Which meets the suggestion to let your power supply work between 50-80% load speeds so never any stress on the power supply meaning It's as healthy as it can be.

I know you probably don't trust information easily, but I think you might want to trust us lol.

650 watts has pretty much always been enough to run any sort of single GPU. Even the immensily power hungry R9 290X/390X GPU's.

 

[stavrosmast]

Yes and I said that i need a psu that can handle even better gpu that the current ones

 

[Benjiwenji]

My system is :
Athlon x4 860k
Msi gtx 960 oc
8gb 1600mhz
Seagate 1tb 7200rpm 6gb/s
Gigabyte f2a88xm-ds2
Probably I will buy the
EVGA 500W Power Supply 80 PLUS

Will I be ok ??? Is haswell compatible ???
And is good for an overclocking ??

Thanks

It's a lower end average PSU but it is fine for your rig. Haswell compatibility doesn't concern your 860k. It is not good for OC, so don't do it on that PSU. The 860k shouldn't be much of a bottleneck to the 960, so not much benefit to OC.

 

[djbdock]

My last computer was dell gx280 and i had it for a few years but afew months ago the mobo died so now i need a new pc and since i like everything about computers i wanted to build one. im somewhat new to buying parts. So before i found out this thread exist i went and brought http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139050

now that i am reading this thread do u think i should return it and buy
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151118&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-VigLink-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=6146836&SID=ifec3py3vd000a1700053.

since im on kinda of a budget this is what i brought
cpu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117447 i wanted http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116991 but somewhat out of my budget
mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157511 i wanted http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130770 but was a little out of my budget.
ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

 

[tiny voices]

I believe he means 500 for the whole budget.

make a thread in the systems section about this so we are not clogging up the PSU tier list thread.

 

[Guest]

Could you send a CiT 450UD off to JohnnyGuru? Tier 5 but not sure if hes tested them.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Totally different website that we have no affiliation with. You should ask the forums over there as quite a few power supply reviewers from different sites post there. Tom's also has a power supply review guy who does a great job but he's a staff writer and we don't interact with many of them here in the forums much.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

^^
I have never seen them interact in the forums period. Once or twice on their own articles but...

I feel like the fan from this Seasonic doesn't turn on. It's so quiet... Wasn't expecting this from a small PSU in an odd format.

 

[hoorhay]

Where would the Corsair TX650M fall on this list? Also the GS800?

I'm getting this for free, both sealed, never used. Trying to decide if I should utilize them, or just sell.

 

[Karadjgne]

Those are rather old units to still be factory sealed, but at the time they both were rated tier2-A units. Because of their age, I don't know exactly what condition the capacitors are in, or if they have failed yet. The tx is a Seasonic built unit that dates back to 2007, the GS is a CWT unit from 2010. Whether you own a early release or a last run is impossible to say.

Personally, I'd sell them both.

 

[Darkbreeze]

The GS800 was a Tier 2 class A unit on the old tier list, so if it's still in the box, it's probably a pretty good unit.

The TX650M is also on Tier 2 class A. Both are decent units, but are older platforms. Efficiency isn't likely to be as good as newer units, but for free, take 'em. SFAIK, capacitors don't tend to have severe aging issues when sealed. I believe electrical conductance and heat are the primary reasons for degrading.

 

[Benjiwenji]

I am still curious about the thermaltake tr2, so I looked into it. But, I couldn't find the Watts/Amps of the +12v rail. It has 2 rails, 18A and 17A but no combined power is listed. How would I calculate the combined power on the +12v rails?

http://thermaltakeusa.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_00002031

 

[Darkbreeze]

You know why there are no reputable reviews of that unit? Because it's so crappy it's not worth reviewing and Thermaltake knows that, therefore they send no samples to any review sites. And even if they did, it would either not get reviewed because it's unworthy, or it would get an extremely unfavorable review, so it doesn't happen.

Calculating the combined capacity of the rails according to the label probably is of no value anyhow, since it's unlikely to be capable of sustaining what's written there anyhow.