PSU tier list 2.0

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Not by Wattage. The RMx are based on the RMi but there is no 550RMi unit. But the Leadex could be using the same platform as the EVGA 550 G2.
 


That isn't a review. It's just an opinion piece. They didn't even have the test equipment to perform proper load testing or measure noise and ripple suppression. There's no tear down to reveal component quality or assembly quality.

If you really want to see a review of that PSU just read Hardware Secret's review of the Rosewill RD600N-2SB-SL-BK Power Supply. The Rosewill RD600N-2SB-SL-BK is just a rebadged Solytech SL-8600EPS. At least this review gives you real data with overload testing included.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/rosewill-rd600n-2sb-sl-bk-power-supply-review/
 


I realize it's poorly done, I'm just saying it's the only piece of information I could find on it, which doesn't happen to be his PSU. Believe me, I know what a good PSU review is compared to that. I always do Hardwaresecrets for PSU reviews, though too bad Gabriel Torres does none anymore.
 
The CWT Corsair RMx is the slightly improved version of the RM, better thermal layout and same rifle bearing fan and no corsair link. The CWT RMi is the same RMx but with a much better fluid dynamic fan and corsair link support. Not a big fan of rifle bearings in a horizontal position, they tend to be louder and are not really designed for that application. Vertically, they are pretty good, horizontally, blah. I'd not put the RMx in tier 1, tier2 for sure, the RMi in tier1.
 
Can anyone tell me if the Aerocool integrator series is trusty? I saw a 600W version in tier 4 but no 700W anywhere and there was an integrator in the not yet tested section, anyone has experience? It is for a minor gaming rig, lots of overclocking though one of my main priorities, thx.
 
Aerocool Integrator MOD XT is in Tier 4. Not suitable for any gaming system. The only tier that is worse, I call the fireball tier.

Go to page 1 of this thread, and scroll down a little ways, and you will see a header for tier 1, and then if you keep going, you will see a header for tier 2. Those 2 tiers are the power supplies that we like to see people buy.

Not every power supply out there is on this list. Once a review is done by a trusted reviewer, then the person that maintain this list goes over the review, and try to figure out where it would land on this list. And sometimes, long after a power supply model has been added to this list, problems will be discovered that were not detected during the review, and adjust where that power supply needs to be on this list.
 
I got curious abou the new EVGA GQ Series of modular 80Plus Gold power supplies.

http://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/matthew-wilson/evga-readies-new-line-of-affordable-80-plus-gold-power-supplies/
 
Okay guys, thanks for spamming about Aerocool being good and bad, no point risking, Now a stupid question again, a Corsair VS is on sale on amazon right now (650W) Why is it tier 4???????? isn't corsair supposed to be like the best of the best? or is it that chineese, why is life so hard everyone says corsair is good and here it says it is bad. Now anyone giving me an answer like "it is tier 4, it is bad" will not be accepted answers, I want an explanation please. Thanks and sorry for bothering the mega pro's and others.
 
Corsair makes use of their power: everyone thinks they're good whilst the cheaper ones are not good at all. The ones you see writing 'Corsair best PSU's' just heard that through the grapevine or just from someone else. There is so much marketing and unawareness involved by the average customer that it just makes Corsair overrated AF.

Corsair is good, but not any of the VS, CX and even RM. The really expensive units are good.

Why is it not good you say the VS? Cheap components; cheap capacitors used. Not durable and not safe. What's the point of a PSU if it can't even promise you that it'll last over 2 years. It should last longer than any of your component in your PC.
 
Sir, if you simply go to page 1 of this thread, and Press CTRL-F, and type in CORSAIR, then see if you can find VS under that entry. If its not under that entry, right next to where you typed in CORSAIR are little up and down arrows. Click on the down arrow to move to the next CORSAIR down in the list. Eventually, you will find CORSAIR with the VS listed under it. Once you find that, scroll back up just a little ways until you find the header for the power supplies in that section. In this case, it will say "Tier 4". The read the paragraph of text that describes what Tier 4 means to us, the people that are considering which power supply to buy.

We recommend that people buy a Tier 1 or Tier 2 power supply. These are well made, high quality power supplies. Tier 3 units have some item or items that is keeping them out of the upper tier, and tier 4 has even worse issues. And then in Tier 5, we have what I call the "Fireball PSU's".

So what I have done here is to teach you to be able to see and use the same information that we use. You can find most power supplies this way. Not every power supply out there has been reviewed by a respected reviewer. And they need that to be added to this listing in almost all cases.
 
It also helps to know what you're using your proposed PC for because there are Corsair CX PSUs still in use in machines I've built for office use over two years since I delivered them. They work nine to five five days a week and some of them longer hours but they aren't under the kind of stress and strain as, say, a PSU in a gaming machine.

I suspect most of the folks looking for guidance on this issue here are gamers and some products may be inappropriately maligned for lack of the full circumstances a particular system may be used under. Using Corsair as an example, their site described the CX series as "Performance, reliability, and the convenience of modular cabling for basic system upgrades". Basic is the operative word there.
 
It would probably help their cause, and be to Corsair's benefit, to not make units intended for "basic system upgrades" but them market them as if they were intended for use with high end enthusiast machines, thus creating an unfriendly atmosphere toward them in general when those units don't hold up in high use gaming.
 
And that's the conundrum. You can find in the CX line the 650,750,850w models. I honestly can't see anyone with enough hdds to soak up the wattage capable of needing an 850w psu. Not in a desktop. So why build a psu of that capability if not for a high wattage soak like a high end gpu. It's the only component capable of using that amount of wattage in a desktop. You need @20 hdds to come close otherwise. So a 'basic' upgrade? Not likely. It's more likely since corsair has world wide distribution where it's major competition is Seasonic, which is priced considerably higher, Corsair is filling the void in gaming capable psu's at a cheaper price. When faced with basically Seasonic vrs CX vrs no-name 750w, ppl will buy the CX. In US or Europe, this wouldn't apply except that many customer reviews are international, but amazon etc doesn't post that, they just post any applicable review per unit. It's a win-win for corsair and doesn't hurt amazons sales to have multiple 5 star reviews. What sucks is nobody bothers to repost 2 years later when that unit fails, so those 5 star reviews are seriously biased in Corsair's favor.
 
What sucks is nobody bothers to repost 2 years later when that unit fails, so those 5 star reviews are seriously biased in Corsair's favor.

Ah but, Glasshopper, the old saying goes "healthy folks don't go to Hospital to report how well they feel.
 
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