SeaSonic Platinum-760 Power Supply Review

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SeaSonic's Platinum-760 is the third 80 PLUS Platinum-rated power supply in our round-up. Does a higher sustained output rating help in any way? We run it through our benchmark suite and compare the SS-760XP2 against two strong competitors.

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[ahnilated]

MTBF 150hrs... Are you serious? That is very low for an average failure ratio.

 

[Derza10]

So this PSU fails in 7 days of use on average? That can't be right...

 

[ko888]

The MTBF is suppose to be >100,000 Hours.

 

[razor512]

MTBF 150hrs... Are you serious? That is very low for an average failure ratio.

The unit quoted for those specs must have been using capxon brand capacitors instead of nichicon.

 

[morerice]

I'm guessing the MTBF should be 150k hours instead.

 

[ko888]

tomshardware.de reviewed that Seasonic Platinum-760 (SS-760XP2 Active PFC F3) and shows the MTBF as 150.000 hours. That may be the way they display 150000 in Germany by using a decimal point separator instead of the comma separator we use here in North America.

 

[ahnilated]

Now they fixed the MTBF on the review.

 

[royalcrown]

I've had this unit since mid 2013...why review it now ? A couple revisions, meh ?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151120

 

[DookieDraws]

I have the 660W version of this PSU. I'm running mine in Normal mode, as I am a little uncertain about the reliability in Hybrid mode. The bad about running the PSU in Normal mode; is that it will allow more dust to be sucked into the PSU in very dusty environments, that is if you have it placed down pulling air from outside your case. This is why I mounted my PSU up to pull air from inside the case, which I know some don't recommend doing. I just feel warm air from inside the case will be less harmful to the PSU than being clogged up with dust in a few short months if mounted down. Less cleaning to do, too!

Also, these PSUs do come in very nice packaging. The cables are a little stiff to work with, but you can tell this is a high quality product. I'll stick with Seasonic for all my future builds!

 

[texastim65]

I love the velvet bag that comes with the Seasonic power supply (1st picture). It's identical to the ones that Crown Royal Whiskey comes in. Very handy for holding my change or your kids marble collection

 

[Stevemeister]

These are excellent PSU's

 

[mikegtp]

It looks identical internally to the Corsair AX760.

 

[ralanahm]

I think they are the same made at Seasonic the sea sonic ones is $5 less online maybe they is some accessory in the box that adds $5.

 

[wolverine96]

This looks like a very solid power supply. However, for the price, I would probably get a Gold rated PSU instead.

 

[Montego]

@ko888 - Yes, in Germany unlike in America, the period (.) is used rather than the comma (,) to express thousands in a numerical string (i.e. 1,000 {American} = 1.000 {German}).