The Power Supply Unit tier list Discussion thread

[damric]

Thanks for adding the Antec VP(230V only) in your sheet jonnyguru !!! People here unknowingly recommend the Antec VP(230V) series over the Corsair CX series. There is a general misconception that any Antec PSU is better than Corsair CX series

Not sure why anyone would recomend either one.

 

[chimera201]

Thanks for adding the Antec VP(230V only) in your sheet jonnyguru !!! People here unknowingly recommend the Antec VP(230V) series over the Corsair CX series. There is a general misconception that any Antec PSU is better than Corsair CX series

Not sure why anyone would recomend either one.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2240123/antec-vp450p-corsair-cx430.html

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Thanks for adding the Antec VP(230V only) in your sheet jonnyguru !!! People here unknowingly recommend the Antec VP(230V) series over the Corsair CX series. There is a general misconception that any Antec PSU is better than Corsair CX series

Not sure why anyone would recomend either one.

Availability and pricing.

 

[damric]

Thanks for adding the Antec VP(230V only) in your sheet jonnyguru !!! People here unknowingly recommend the Antec VP(230V) series over the Corsair CX series. There is a general misconception that any Antec PSU is better than Corsair CX series

Not sure why anyone would recomend either one.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2240123/antec-vp450p-corsair-cx430.html

If I was that poor then I would configure potatoes in series.

 

[MasterMace]

An amusing cheap PSU has appeared. EVGA 400W 100-N1-0400-L1
OEM: Acbel Polytech
Warranty: 2 years
Operating Temp: 0-25C
Not certified for 80Plus (Claimed 75%)
3.3v - 18A
5v - 17A - Combined 110W
12v - 30A - 360W
Total 400W

Claimed protections:
UVP (Under Voltage Protection), OPP (Over Power Protection), and SCP (Short Circuit Protection)

6+2 and 6pin PCIe
Price ~$35

Sound like a firecracker? Any reviews on this?

 

[ko888]

No Active PFC on that EVGA 100-N1-0400-L1. It has the little red sliding manual AC input voltage selector switch.

 

[Novuake]

Thanks for adding the Antec VP(230V only) in your sheet jonnyguru !!! People here unknowingly recommend the Antec VP(230V) series over the Corsair CX series. There is a general misconception that any Antec PSU is better than Corsair CX series

Corsai VS and Antec VP are in the same price bracket mostly, between those two, definitely will be getting the Antec if I am building a very low cost PC, my gen 2 AMD APU uses the VP450. That being said, the CX500 is almost twice the price of the VP and VS where I am from...

 

[chimera201]

Thanks for adding the Antec VP(230V only) in your sheet jonnyguru !!! People here unknowingly recommend the Antec VP(230V) series over the Corsair CX series. There is a general misconception that any Antec PSU is better than Corsair CX series

Not sure why anyone would recomend either one.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2240123/antec-vp450p-corsair-cx430.html

If I was that poor then I would configure potatoes in series.

Well it matches well with a Geforce GT 610 which is the most popular graphic card in my country :lol:

 

[damric]

Thanks for adding the Antec VP(230V only) in your sheet jonnyguru !!! People here unknowingly recommend the Antec VP(230V) series over the Corsair CX series. There is a general misconception that any Antec PSU is better than Corsair CX series

Not sure why anyone would recomend either one.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2240123/antec-vp450p-corsair-cx430.html

If I was that poor then I would configure potatoes in series.

Well it matches well with a Geforce GT 610 which is the most popular graphic card in my country :lol:

Where do you live, The Land of Misfit Toys?

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[Darkbreeze]

Where do you live, The Land of Misfit Toys?

Actually, it's probably India, which IS kinda the land of misfit toys considering the lack of realistically available consumer goods there. Not everybody lives in the US or Uk where there is an overabundance of available hardware or other consumer products. And personally, on systems it's appropriate for, I'd gladly take a VP-450 over any Corsair CX series unit. Cheaper and probably less likely to have issues.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

The status that comes from being able to claim you've got NVIDIA dedicated graphics with TWO GIGABYTES of video memory - but none of the performance improvements.

 

[Sayken]

where i live the most popular is gts 8400 XD
oh and hd 5450 goes for 50-60€ O:
broken toys land wuhuu xd
corsair cx 430w christmas price bang buxter 52€
hehe this awesome country

 

[chimera201]

We should be doing a Top 5 most poular PSUs thread by country. Just for fun.

 

[Novuake]

We should be doing a Top 5 most poular PSUs thread by country. Just for fun.

I would be so embarrassed for South Africa, we are a country of smart arse morons, ESPECIALLY when it comes to technology, everyone knows everything, but not really.

 

[synphul]

Been awhile since I checked this thread, first I saw MasterMace's comment and misread it - thought it said an amazing, not amusing cheap evga psu.. then I read chimera201's comment followed by damric's "where do you live, the land of misfit toys?" and about pmsl. lmfao.

Obviously availability and pricing can be a real ah heck in other places and shift the obvious choices here in the u.s. to something more suiting.

This is just an idea, although likely not a good one. What about using the colors to denote the tier/quality of a psu and just keeping all the brands together. Stating whether a psu is bronze/gold/plat rated beside the model number. That way a quick search through the list, say Antec - list all the known/rated antec models. Those in green are good to go (tier 1), maybe a lighter shade of green for tier 2a etc down to a brown for tier 3, and tier 4 & 5 or whatever the lowest tiers are, denoted in red as in 'warning, use at your own risk'.

When I scroll through the list, some models are so close to one another in name but not rating - the evga b2 is a tier 2a, the evga b1 is tier 3. I find myself bouncing around the list trying to find where the model is. The varying colors currently associated with power efficiency sort of conflict, my eyes are drawn to the bronze and gold while the silver and platinum are briefly lost in comparison with the gray background of the forum pages. Also, the silver and platinum shades are so close it takes several glances to distinguish one from the other. I get the reason for the color coordination, it matches the rating. Not saying the list is bad, it just might be easier to read? I also get that it's been the way it's been for awhile and changing may cause confusion, so like I said maybe a bad idea (I can't always have good ones lol).

 

[dottorrent]

It was done before, but I didn't realize that some people on this forum are colorblind (literally) and I had to change it.

 

[synphul]

I didn't think I was colorblind (maybe I'm getting that way as the years pass). Granted I don't mechanically calibrate my monitor, but I do try and use a visual calibration every once in awhile since I do some graphic work. The silver and platinum colors are the two that are really close, titanium is several shades darker and distinguishable. I think the gold and bronze color codes tend to stand out more because everything else is a more muted gray. The background is light gray/silver in the forum, the titanium is a dark gray like a soft washed black and the only two real splashes of color are the gold/bronze. Even though they're not 'bright' colors, it makes them pop.

Generalizing 'green' for good and 'red' for bad was probably a poor idea since you brought up color blindness and those two colors are notorious for confusion. I figured that might be one reason for avoiding those specific colors, accessibility purposes.

 

[damric]

Where do you live, The Land of Misfit Toys?

Actually, it's probably India, which IS kinda the land of misfit toys considering the lack of realistically available consumer goods there. Not everybody lives in the US or Uk where there is an overabundance of available hardware or other consumer products. And personally, on systems it's appropriate for, I'd gladly take a VP-450 over any Corsair CX series unit. Cheaper and probably less likely to have issues.

I have some overclocker friends over in India. The conversation we have are amusing, usually about it being 45C and no air conditioning and trying for huge overclocks in electrically unsafe environments. I don't get it. The PSUs are made in China, which is a lot closer to India than North America.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I have some overclocker friends over in India. The conversation we have are amusing, usually about it being 45C and no air conditioning and trying for huge overclocks in electrically unsafe environments. I don't get it. The PSUs are made in China, which is a lot closer to India than North America.

Related to this: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2425530/newegg-open-india.html

 

[Guest]

Which tiers would Cooler Master B Series 500W and 600W and Deepcool DA500-M be in? Also, any of them good enough for Gigabyte GTX 970? Keep in mind I don't have much choice other than Gigabyte and Hantol in that price range, and I don't trust those, especially the latter (they put cement in their power supplies). pls halp

 

[zeyuanfu]

I wouldn't get either one as they're kinda unheard of.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I was wondering if anybody could confirm or deny that the Antec VP-450 is Haswell C-state compliant. I've read every available review on this unit and unless I've overlooked something I cannot find a single review that specifically indicates whether it has DC to DC or group regulated design. Even the Antec website still doesn't indicate confirmation of Haswell compliance although Newegg seems to think so and has it labeled as such on their website despite the manufacturer of the unit not committing to that assumption.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

DC-DC doesn't have a massive impact on whether it can handle extremely low loads; good group regulated ones should be fine too.

 

[Darkbreeze]

So this is an incorrect statement:

All power supplies that use DC-to-DC conversion to power their 3.3V and 5V rails have no problem with Haswell's new low-power state

Because aside from it being quoted on "The big Haswel PSU compatibility list", nearly every reputable PSU manufacturer has something similar to that on their website or in reference to their "compatible" units. So I'm just trying to find clarification on this. I know the VP-450 doesn't have the PFC circuit required for 80plus certification but although I know this doesn't probably doesn't have squat to do with whether or not it's Haswell compliant, I'd like to know if there is anything about this unit that excludes it from being so.

 

[Darkbreeze]

And ko888 indicated this in a thread sometime back:

If the PSU uses DC-to-DC conversion on its minor rails (i.e. +3.3V & +5V rails) then it should be Intel C6/C7 Power State compatible.

If the PSU uses a group regulated design then it is not Intel C6/C7 Power State compatible.