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I'm actually developing a website dedicated to giving people a fast but detailed way for them to find out information on a power supply. I hope to gather information on as many power supplies as possible.
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It's going to be a development off the Tier list because it will be more specific as the the ups and downs of specific units, and will provide the actual details on a unit rather than just a tier. So for people looking for a general PSU, tier list is good, but for details I hope this site will organize everything without them having to hunt down stuff online.
 
Looking for turn-on spikes? Sometimes when a PSU is first energized, its output can be out of spec. That's how the Bestec 250W -12E models were killing motherboards; you can find that writeup in an old Jonnyguru Gutless Wonder review, I think "Best of the Bestec."
If you mean transient problems, that's when you hit a PSU with a sudden load-change and see if any of the voltages go out of spec then. This might cause crashing if it were bad enough. HardOCP tests for this, and I think JG does now too.
 
Ha ha ha ha. Which is so funny, really, because the unit I replaced in my mom's HP was exactly a Bestec ATX-250-12Z, a different model than the E, true, but still a piss poor Bestec unit. It has lasted all these years, and works still. It was only replaced as a safeguard and the "higher" quality unit failed almost two months to the day.
 
just found a good deal on an akasa viper 700w, in this list it is only in the testing phase... the deal ends in a week anyone knows anything bout these? safe? nope? avoid? buy for a good 58 euros? thx in advance for any answers!
 
Hey thanks very much for the list.
one thing i dont understand, is about the tier 1 psu's. does fsp raider 650w include?
cus u write fsp 550-750w but its consurn to fsp raid?
ty and sorry for the english
 
Iirc, Anandtech reviewed one of the Raider units (450W I think), and it was decent. I think the 650W Raider is the "bad" one, and has tainted people's opinions of the whole line. I'd choose a Raider over a Coolermaster GX any day, or over a Corsair CX.
 


The Tier one FSP unit (Aurum PT) is a completely new platform, and a serious turning point for FSP.
 
We got a great new FSP unit that should at least make Tier 2, if not Tier 1. http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=456 This baby's actually priced quite well, very close to EVGA's 750W G2. My guess is that when the FSP Hydro G's price goes down, I would definitely recommend the unit to users on this forum.

FSP is really starting to pick up their game with fantastic units, from the GQ to this now.
 
Time will tell. The CX units were thought to be pretty good too, at first. Granted, those are CWT, but it really doesn't matter who is making it until it's been proven tried and true over time. Plus, to my experience, almost anything using Power Logic fans ends up being loud. I don't like loud.

Plus, the cabling is terrible, as mentioned in the review. I'll take my sleeved G2 cabling over that any day. Still depending on the price, it might be an option at some point down the road. It also has a mix of caps, whether Wolf wants to take points off for the Teapo caps or not, this is possible the source of issues regarding longevity on the CX units as well.

Might be better than some out there, but I think there are still probably better units in the same price range.
 
Moot point really. When you are talking a 750w gold psu, you are looking at high end amd or even sli nvidia cards worth $500+, probably on an Intel setup, with mega OC capability in a gaming case. You are talking an absolute minimum $1000 pc. The price difference between a $70 750w and a $110 750w is laughable when compared to the overall cost of the pc. Considering both the FSP and Evga 750s both perform well enough to be used by anyone, paying the extra few $ to get the cabling, warranty, performance, reliability etc that ppl would prefer, is an easy justification. When talking about a $1000+ pc, honestly, $50 is chump change.
 
Great.. great.... for a couple of months i had corsair vs650 and i decided to get a high quality evga g2 850W. Today when i got it to some pc technicians when they had put out the vs650 and put the new evga the pc wouldnt boot and it would just make a small noise.... I got it back to the store where i bought it and they will get to EVGA and check if its faulty and send another one. Hopefully I have heard that they have very good support, RMA etc...
 


The Raidmax is a trashy unit. That is probably the source of your problems. Get that out ASAP and put in a tier 1 or 2 unit.
 
It may not be good, but I don't think it's the source of his problems. It isn't being taxed too heavily. If it is 850W 80+ Gold at 23C, I'd be surprised if it can't do 650W 80+ bronze at 40C, which would be enough.
 
Yeah, but he's got an overclocked 9370 on a system that AMD says requires at minimum, an 850w high quality unit, and recommends a 1000w unit, for stock speeds. Overclocked, that Raidmax unit is very unlikely to provide anything near what an overclocked 9xxx series chip requires, and that's without factoring in the probable ripple or voltage regulation issues that are likely to surface under serious loads. He's also using a discreet GPU card, although it's a rather low end model, so that adds to the equation. The system works, he says he's having issues with stability, not with powering it up, so I guess it could be related, or it could be something else.
 
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