MEE

The three models you should pay attention to are the NF-F12, NF-S12A, and NF-A14. They will have either PWM (pwm controlled), FLX (higher speed, voltage control), or ULN (lower speed, voltage control). The NF-F12 is only available as PWM.
 
Always go for the 140mm version if possible, as it will move the same amount of air at a lower speed. If 140mm doesn't fit, and you have unrestricted airflow, go for the NF-S12A. If 140mm doesn't fit, and it has to push through a heatsink, radiator, drive cage etc. then go for the NF-F12. The fans come with low noise adaptors, so you don't have to go for the low speed variant if you won't use a fan controller or mobo headers and want it to be silent.
 
Newer motherboards have pretty good fan control, so I would go for the PWM version and make silent fan profiles. It's possible that you can even turn off some fans under low load.
 
I'd recommend having the rear fan as an intake to create positive pressure, and only exhaust through the radiator at the top. Also, see if you can remove your drive cages by using 5.25" to 3.5" adaptors and place your drives in the 5.25" bays to create better and more silent airflow. I've seen many pics of people leaving empty drive cages in their computers and that just doesn't make any sense.

PSU Tier List 4.0 rev. 14.8 (END OF LIFE)
Last Update: 27-07-2021

Legend :
Gray - EoL/obsolete and/or otherwise not recommended for purchase.
Green - small form-factor (gold and blue colors are disregarded due to scarcity of SFX PSUs)
Gold - best units in the tier (includes requirements for blue color in tier A)
Blue - quiet operation under moderate load (see details in the spreadsheet)
Hyphen / Dash - Series / lineups separator
Slash - Models (inside one series) separator
Parenthesis / Round brackets - Model variations (which belong to the same position)
Square brackets - Additional description (wattage range, part of SKU code, label / casing color, release year)
Numbers in red colored square brackets - footnotes, see descritptions at the end of respective tiers
Low priority subtiers - Lack of info (no reviews) or minor issues (see the corresponding tab in the spreadsheet). Not recommended for purchase over any normal priority units.
Multi-rail units - Not necessarily better than single-rail units but provide an extra layer of protection by having 12V OCP set lower than total capacity, which is especially relevant for very high capacity units (=>1kW). Pay attention to rails configuration when using with high power draw components to avoid shutdowns.

See spreadsheet for changelog, methodology, detailed description of colors, review sources, notes on grayed-out units including issues like GPU incompatibility or quality and performance issues, and other additional info.

Tier A • Recommended for high-end systems
( multi/single-rail switchable ) • be quiet! | Dark Power Pro 10 / Pro 11 / Pro 12
• Cooler Master | V Platinum 2019 [MPZ]
• Corsair | AXi (<=1500W / 1600W) - RMi - HXi [5] - HX Platinum [5] - Vengeance Silver
• Enermax | Digifanless
• NZXT | E ( multi-rail ) • Antec | High Current Pro [HCP] Gold / Platinum
• be quiet! | Dark Power 12 [non-Pro] - Straight Power 11 Gold =>750W / Platinum <=750W
• Bitfenix | Formula Gold =>650W - Whisper M =>650W
• Deepcool / Gamer Storm | DQ-M (not V2 / -V2L)
• Enermax | Platimax (1200/1350W) / Platimax D.F =>750W - Revolution D.F - MaxRevo 1350/1500W
• LEPA | MaxPlatinum 1050W/1375W
• MSI | MPG A-GF ( single-rail ) • Abkoncore | CR Platinum
• ADATA / XPG | Core Reactor
• Andyson | N - R - PX - TX
• Antec | Earthwatts [EA] Gold Pro post 2018 y. [7y warranty] [4][7] / Gold Pro White - High Current Gamer [HCG] Gold post 2018 y. [7] / Extreme post 2018 y. [7] - Signature Platinum / Titanium - Edge =>850W
• ASUS | ROG Strix / Thor
• Chieftec / Chieftronic | Powerplay Gold / Platinum - GPS-500C Fanless
• Cooler Master | Masterwatt Maker MiJ - V Gold 2013 [RS] (Semi-modular [VSM] / Fully modular) / Gold V2 (Black [MPY-AFBAG] / White [MPY-AGBAG]) - V Platinum 2013 [RSC] - V SFX Gold
• Corsair | AX Gold / Platinum / Titanium [8] 1000W - CS [fully modular] - RMx 2015 (Black/White) / 2018 (Black/White) / 2021 - RM 2019 [black label] / 2021 (Black/White) [triangular grille] - SF Gold / Platinum [2] - TX-M Gold
• Cougar | GX-F (Aurum) - LLC
• Enermax | Platimax D.F <=600w [3] - Maxtytan
• EVGA | Supernova G2(L) / GT / GS =>850W / P2 / PS / T2 (<=1200W/1600W)
• Fractal Design | ION Gold / SFX Gold - ION+ Platinum
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Aurum PT / Pro - Hydro G / G Pro / X / PT / PTM
• Gamdias | Cyclops X1
• Great Wall | E Gold (Frozen)
• Green | Overclocking DG
• Huntkey | MVP-G Gold - MVP-P Platinum
• Kingwin | Stryker
• Kolink | Continuum C-PL 1500w
• LC Power | LC1200 Platinum
• Lian Li | SP 750
• Micronics | Astro Platinum
• NZXT | C-series - H1 / NP-S-M
• Phanteks | AMP - Revolt Pro post 2018 y. [7] - Revolt X
• Raidmax | Monster RX-AT
• Riotoro | Enigma G2 post 2018 y. [7]
• Rosewill | Silent Night - Quark - Capstone G <=750W
• SAMA / Xianma | Forza Titanium
• Seasonic | Focus [OneSeasonic refreshes] GX / GM / PX / SGX - Prime [8] GX (<=750W / =>1000W) / (Ultra) Gold =>1000W / PX =>1000W / (Ultra) Platinum =>1000W / TX =>1000W / (Ultra) Titanium =>1000W / PRIME Snow Silent Gold [550W] - Connect
• SilentiumPC | Supremo FM2
• Silentmaxx | Fanless II
• Silverstone | Decathlon Gold DA-G 1650W - Strider Gold S 1500W / Platinum PT <=850W - Nightjar SXL / ATX (Platinum / Titanium)
• Super Flower / Zhenhua | Leadex Gold / Platinum <=1600W / Platinum SE / Titanium / II Gold / III Gold [HG] (pre/post 2020 y.) / III Gold (Pro) ARGB
• Thermaltake | Toughpower GF1 (ARGB) / PF1 ARGB / iRGB Plus (Gold/Platinum/Titanium) / Gold Semi-Modular 1500W / DPS G (Gold / Platinum) / DPS G RGB Titanium <=1250W / Grand (non-RGB) Gold / Russian Gold 1500W
• XFX | Pro Black FM / Limited Edition - XTR =>850W - XTS - XTI ( low priority units ) • Aerocool | Project 7 / P7
• Antec | Earthwatts [EA] Pro Gold pre 2018 y. [7y warranty] [1][4][7] - High Current Gamer [HCG] Gold pre 2018 y. [1][7] / Extreme pre 2018 y. [1][7] - Edge <=750W - Truepower Classic
• be quiet! | Dark Power 12 [non-Pro] - Straight Power 11 Gold <=650W / Platinum =>850W
• Bitfenix | Formula Gold <=550W [1] - Whisper M <=550W [1]
• CWT / Channel Well Technology | CST-P / CST-T - GPR-G - GPU-G / GPU-P
• Cooler Master | Masterwatt Maker - V Gold 2018 [MPY-AFAAGV] =>750W
• Corsair | AX Titanium 850W [1][8] - HX Gold 650W
• Delta | GM - GPS-HB Platinum
• Enermax | MaxRevo 1800W [3]
• EVGA | Supernova G3 [6] / G6 - NEX-G 1500W / PG 1500W
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Hydro GSM Pro / PTM Pro
• Fractal Design | Edison M
• Gigabyte | XP-M 1200
• Green | Overclocking EVO - High Performance Plus [HP+] - HP Evo - UK Plus
• High Power | Astro GD-F v2 [HPJ] =>1050W / PT [HPV] 1200W - Super GD
• In Win | P - Premium Basic / PB
• KRPW / Kuroutoshikou | GR 1000 - GK
• Maingear | Ignition
• Phanteks | P-GF - Revolt Pro pre 2018 y. [1][7]
• Rosewill | Photon 1350W - Tachyon 1200W
• Riotoro | Enigma G2 pre 2018 y. [1][7] - Builder 1200w
• SAMA / Xianma | Armor [1] (Pure Power) Gold / Platinum - Forza [1] Gold / Platinum
• Seasonic | Focus [pre-2018] [1][7] Gold / Plus Gold / Plus Platinum - G RM - Prime [1][8] GX 850W / (Ultra) Gold [not GX] <=850W / PX <=850W / (Ultra) Platinum <=850W / TX <=850W / (Ultra) Titanium <=850W / Fanless PX / Fanless TX / Snow Silent (Platinum [650W] / Titanium [750W]) / Airtouch - S12G RT - SSP-SFG - SSP-SUG - SSP-RT - [/COLOR][1] X Gold / Platinum / X Fanless - Snow Silent [X-series based]
• Sentey | Golden Steel GSP-HM V2 1050W
• Sharkoon | Silentstorm Cool Zero
• Silverstone | Strider Gold Platinum PT =>1000W
• Super Flower / Zhenhua | Leadex II [3] / V Gold (Pro)
• Thermaltake | Toughpower Grand (non-RGB) Platinum / Grand RGB Gold
• Wentai | Aidan 1616W [3]
• XFX | TS Gold - XT Gold - XTR <=750W - XTR2 - XTS2
• Xigmatek | Hera Gold - XFP
• Zalman | Acrux Platinum [1] - Wattera EBTII

[1] Units experiencing tripping issues with high transient power draw GPUs like AMD Vega, 6900 XT and nVidia RTX3080 / 3080 Ti / 3090.
[2] Corsair SF units with LOT codes from 194448* through 201148* have potential problems, Corsair conducts a voluntary replacement, source.
[3] Units that don't reach full rated capacity under full rated input voltage range.
[4] Antec EA Pro Gold has versions for Chinese market made by FSP on competely different, worse, group-regulated platform (tier D). Source #1, #2.
[5] Corsair HX1200 and HX1200i units with LOT codes in range between 2030* and 2041* may exhibit motherboard compatibility issues, entitled for advanced RMA, source.
[6] Early EVGA G3 revisions had issues with out-of-spec performance under overload.
[7] Older Seasonic Focus revisions (made before 2018) had transient sensitivity issues. Some new SKUs are not affected because they were released later (Seasonic Focus GM/GX/PX refreshes, Phanteks AMP, NZXT C/E etc.).
[8] Seasonic PRIME based units experience shutdowns with RTX3080/3090 (and possibly RX6900 XT) GPUs, especially ones with unlocked power limit like FE and ASUS Strix. It is recommended, if going with such units, to overprovision wattage, 1kW for RTX3080 and 1.2kW for RTX3090, or power-limit the GPU, or performing a 'dirty' fix of disconnecting a pin of 12V V-sense wire from PSU-side connector of 24-pin motherboard cable (courtesy of Jonny Guru). Units based on post-2018 revisions of Seasonic Focus platform and majority of units by other OEMs are not affected.

Tier B • Recommended for midrange systems
• 1st Player | Steampunk Gold [SP]
• Abkoncore | Tenergy Gold X50W
• Antec | Neo Eco Gold [yellow-label] [1]
• be quiet! | Pure Power 10 =>400W / 11 (CM) =>400W [1] / 11 FM - Straight Power E10 - SFX-L Power
• Chieftec | Smart GPS-C / Power Smart GPS-C - Navitas GPM-C =>1000W / GPM-S / PPS-FC - Polaris <=750W - Powerup GPX-FC <=650W - SFX-GD-C - Compact CSN-C
• Cooler Master | MWE Gold non-modular [ACAAG] / FM [AFAAG] - Reactor Gold - V Gold 2018 [MPY-AFAAGV] <=650W
• Corsair | CX 2016 [gray label] - CS-m - CX-F RGB
• Cougar | GEX - GX-S 2017
• CWT / Channel Well Technology | CSH-G - CSM - CSN - PUO-G / PUO-P
• Deepcool | DQ-M-V2L <=650W
• Delta | GPS-FB Platinum
• Dengen | Gold FM
• Enermax | Platimax <=1000W/1500W
• EVGA | Supernova B3 post 2019 y. / G(1)+ / G5 / GD 2017 / GM / GQ 850w+ / (NEX-)G(1) (PG) 1000W / PQ
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Aurum Xilenser
• Gigabyte | Aorus AP-GM / P-W
• Great Wall / Hunters | Titan TF Platinum - Gaming GX
• High Power | Astro Lite / GD-F HPB <=750W / GD-F HPJ <=750W / GD-F V2 HPM - Performance GD
• Huntkey | MVP K - WDK-K
• Kolink | Continuum C-PL 850W - Enclave G-FM
• LC-Power | GP4 - Arkangel III
• LDLC / Fox Spirit | US-G / GT-P - XT-P / QS-FL / QS-FLP - QS+ - BQ+
• LEPA | G-MA
• Lian Li | PE SFX-L
• Micronics | Astro GD
• Modecom | Volcano Gold
• Montech | Century <=650W
• Riotoro | Onyx - Enigma Gold
• Rosewill | Capstone G =>850W - Photon <=750W - Tokamak - Lightning
• Seasonic | Core GC / GM / GX
• Segotep / Colorful | GP-P <=700w - GP-T <=700w - ZP500P-SG
• Sharkoon | Silentstorm SFX Gold
• Skydigital | Power Station 5 Gold
• Silverstone | Strider Gold S (V1/V2) [F-GS, non-1500W] / Titanium <=800W / Platinum PTS / Plus F-PS - SX-G 500/650/700W - SX-PT 700W - Essential Gold ET-G / ET-HG - SX-LG - SX-LTI
• Super Flower / Zhenhua | Golden Green
• Thermaltake | Toughpower GF [no numbers] <=650W / PF1 [non-ARGB] - TR2 Gold
• VIVO | 24K
• Xigmatek | Vector P
• Xilence | Performance X
• Zalman | EBT <=750w - Platinum ( low priority units ) • 1st Player | Armour [AR]
• Antec | Neo Eco Gold [green-label, non-'Zen'] - Platinum
• Aresgame | AGT
• ASUS | TUF Bronze
• Chieftec | Polaris =>850W
• Cooler Master | MWE V2 [2] White [MPE] Full-range Input / V2 [2] Bronze [MPE] Full-range Input / V2 Gold non-modular [ACAAG] / V2 Gold FM [AFAAG] - G Gold - GX Gold - GX Bronze 2020 [MPX]
• Cougar | Auric
• Enermax | Platimax 1500/1700W [3]
• EVGA | Supernova B3 pre 2019 y. / B5 / GA [1]
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Dagger Pro - Hydro S
• Golden Field | GPG
• Great Wall / Hunters | G-series Gold - Titan TF Bronze
• Kolink | Continuum V2 1000/1200W
• KRPW / Kuroutoshikou | AK
• In Win | Classic Basic CB - PF
• Micronics | Compact SFX-L PT
• Rampage | Everest Forza FTX / ETX
• Seasonic | B12 BC - G12 GC
• Segotep / Colorful | KL
• Sentey | Solid SDP-SS
• SilentiumPC | Supremo M1 Gold
• Silverstone | ET-MG - Revolution SFX - Strider Gold S [F-GS] v3 - SX-PT 750W - VIVA Gold
• Super Flower | Leadex III Bronze PRO - Legion HX / GX Pro
• Xigmatek | Minotaur
• Xilence | SQ

[1] Units experiencing tripping issues with high transient power draw GPUs like AMD Vega, 6900 XT and nVidia RTX3080 / 3080 Ti / 3090.
[2] Cooler Master MWE V2 White and Bronze units have high ripple issues on very low load also resulting in increased coil whine, fix pending.
[3] Units that don't reach full rated capacity under full rated input voltage range.
 
Tier C • Recommended for cheap mid/low-end systems
• Abkoncore | Tenergy Bronze
• Abysm | Morpheo
• ADATA | XPG Pylon
• ADX | Power W Gold
• Aerocool | KCAS M 850 / Plus / G(M)
• Aigo | ES Gold
• Andyson | H6 / GX - M5+ =>550W / BX
• Antec | Earthwatts [EA] Gold EVO - High Current Gamer [HCG] Bronze 2012 (M) =>750W - Neo Eco II - VP-F Bronze
• be quiet! | Dark Power Pro P8 / P9 - System Power 9 =>400W / CM / U9 =>400W / B9 =>400W - Power Zone
• Bitfenix | Formula Bronze
• Chieftec | Core BBS - PowerUp GPX-FC =>750W [2] - Proton BDF-S / BDF-C - Navitas GPM-C <=850W - A-90 - Silicon SLC-C - Photon Gold GDP-C-RGB - APS-CB =>750
• Coba | NitroX Nobility
• Cooler Master | GM - GX Bronze 2015 [RS-ACAA-B3] - MWE V1 Bronze [MPX] =>600W - Masterwatt (TUF) - Silent Pro Hybrid / M2 =>720W
• Corsair | CX 2013 [green label] =>750W - CX-M 2015 [green label] =>750W / 2017 [gray label] - GS Bronze - CV 650/750W - HX Gold =>750W - Vengeance Bronze - Enthusiast TX v2 - RM 2013 [orange-label]
• Cougar | LX - CMD - CMX v3 - GX v1/v2/v3
• CWT / Channel Well Technology | CSB - GPN - GPS S-G
• Deepcool | Quanta DQ - DQ-ST - DQ Evo
• Delta | GPS-JB / AB
• Enermax | Revobron - Revolution Duo / X't / X't II
• EVGA | Supernova B2 - GD 2019 -V* - GQ <=750W - BQ - B 500/600/700W
• Fractal Design | Integra M - Newton R3 - Tesla R2
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Raider II - HEXA 85+ - Hydro GE / Pro - Hyper M85+
• Gamdias | Astrape P1 - Kratos P1
• Gigabyte | G750H - P650B - Sumo Platinum
• Great Wall | M 1200
• High Power | Astro GD-F [HPJ] =>850W - Direct12 Bronze =>750W / Bronze II
• In Win | A1 Plus - Classic C
• iTek | Taurus GF
• Kingwin | Absolute Platinum - Lazer Gold / Platinum
• Kolink | Continuum 1050/1200W
• LC Power | Gold Series - Prophecy RGB
• LDLC / Fox Spirit | TA
• LEPA | MaxGold - G-MAS
• Montech | Gamma (II) - Alpha (X)
• Mistel | Vision MX Gold / Platinum
• NZXT | HALE82 / HALE90 / HALE90 V2
• OCZ / PC Power & Cooling | Silencer MK III =>750W / Platinum 1050W - ZT - ZX
• PC Cooler | GI-P
• Powerspec | PS-GSM / PS-GFM - PSX-GFM
• Riotoro | Builder 500/600W
• Rosewill | Arc 750W - Capstone -XXX / -XXXM / -1000-M - Hercules (-S) 1600W - Hive - Hive S =>750W - Lightning - Tachyon <=1000W
• Seasonic | G GP / SSR-GP / SSP-GT - M12II (EVO) x50W - S12D Silver - S12 Energy Plus - SS-HT <=650W / =>750W
• Sentey | Platinum LTP-SM - Golden Steel GSP-HM (1200/1600W) / GSP-SM (850/1050W)- Metal Extreme MHP-XM 1000W - Metal Blade MBP-HM 1000W
• Sharkoon | WPM Gold Zero - Silentstorm Icewind
• SilentiumPC | Supremo [3] L2 / M2 - Vero L3 / M3
• Silverstone | SFX-L SX-LPT 1000 - Strider Bronze ST-SF / Gold ST-SF-G
• Super Flower / Zhenhua | Golden Green / King - Iceberg Kingdee - Leadex Silver / Platinum 2000W - Platinum King
• Thermaltake | BlueEvo 2.0 - Smart BM2 / DPS G Gold X50W / G / Gold X00W / Pro RGB / M =>750W / SP-P 750W - Toughpower DPS G RGB Gold / GX1 (RGB) / Gold Semi-Modular <=1200W / European Gold <=650W / Russian Gold (<=750W / 850-1200W) / SFX [non-'TT Premium Edition'] / Grand RGB Gold Sync Edition / Grand RGB Platinum - TR2 RX Bronze =>850W
• ThunderX3 | Plexus
• Vinga | VPS Gold / Platinum
• XFX | Black Edition Silver - Core =>650W - TS Bronze =>650W - Pro XXX
• Xigmatek | Cerberus (III) S =>550W - Centauro
• Xilence | Performance A+ X30w / A+ III X50W
• Zalman | EBT =>850W - GVM =>850W - GigaMax GVII - LX 700W - TX
( low priority units ) • 1st Player | DK Premium
• Aerocool | Strike-X =>800W - GT S Bronze =>700W / SG Gold - Aero Bronze
• Antec | Atom G [purple-label] - High Current Gamer [HCG] 2018 - Neo Eco Gold [NE] Gold M / Zen
• Apevia | Prestige
• Aresgame | AGS - AGK
• BR ONE | Rainbow
• Boostboxx | Power Boost 600/700W
• Chieftec | Nitro2 85+ BPS-C2 - APS-C 1000W
• Cooler Master | MWE V2 [1] White [MPE] 230V Only / V2 [1] Bronze [MPE] 230V Only
• Corsair | CX-m 2021 [triangular grille]
• Cougar| BXM
• Deepcool | DA-N 500/600W - DQ-M-V2L =>750W [2]
• Enermax | Marblebron
• EVGA | BA - BR - GD 2019 -B* - Supernova M1 1300W
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Hydro GD / GSM Lite PRO / MX / K Pro / (M) Pro Bronze - HV Pro - MS 600W - SFX Pro
• Galax | GL
• Golden Field | ATX-W Gold - Gold Medal A+ EPS-ELG / ALG
• Gamemax / Gamepower| RGB Gold
• Gigabyte | P-GM 1000W
• Great Wall / Hunters | Fire
• Green | ESD - EUD - HED - UK
• G.Skill | MB-G [2] - PS-G / PS-P
• High Power | Performance Pro
• Hiper | HPB-FM - HPB-RGB
• Huntkey | GS
• IPPON | Platinum
• Itek | GF EVO
• In Win | Compact / CS - F1
• Kolink | Classic KL-v2 / Modular KL-M
• KRPW / Kuroutoshikou | BR
• LC Power | Gold Series - Prophecy RGB
• Micronics | Astro G - Compact SFX GD - Classic II Bronze - Cyclone III - Performance II PV - Zero
• Montech | Century =>750W [2]
• PowerBoost| Rage
• Powerspec | PS-BSM 750W
• Raidmax | Cobra AE Gold =>850 / AE-B / AE-M - Vortex Gold AE-V - Vampire GH
• Rampage| Everest ETX
• Rosewill | Glacier 850/1000W - Fortress - Photon 850/1000/1200W - Tachyon =>850W - Lepton - Valens
• Seasonic | S12II EVO
• Segotep / Colorful | GP-G [4]
• Silverstone | Decathlon Gold DA-G 850 [2] - SFX SX-B / SX-G 600W - VIVA Bronze
• Skydigital | Validus LP
• Super Flower / Zhenhua | Eco Silver
• Thermaltake | Toughpower GF [no numbers] =>750W [2] [without number] / GF2 ARGB / GX2 / European Gold =>750W / Russian Gold GF1 / SFX ['TT Premium Edition']
• Xigmatek | Hydra M - Shogun G - Tauro 700W
• Zalman | Wattgiga

[1] MWE V2 units have high ripple issues on very low load also resulting in increased coil whine, fix pending.
[2] High wattage CWT GPX based units have problems with failing burn-in test under sub 90VAC input, treat as 230V only, (Jonny Guru).
[3] Units experiencing tripping issues with high transient power draw GPUs like AMD Vega and high-end nVidia Ampere.
[4] Two versions of Segotep GP-G exist, older v1 version is non-LLC resonant and they're very hard to extinguish externally, hence model tiering based on v1.
 
Tier D • Recommended only for very cheap, iGPU systems

• 1st Player | Black Sir [BS] - Black Widow - DK (non-modular / fully-modular) [non-'Premium']- FK - PRO
• Abko / Suitmaster | Mighty
• Aerocool | Aero White - Cyclon - KCAS (M) Bronze (<=800W,1000W) - Lux RGB - Strike-X <=600W - VX (Plus) (RGB)
• Andyson | M5+ 450W
• Antec | Ares AP - Atom / V [teal label] / B [yellow label] - Basiq 80 Plus / VP Plus / VP-P (Plus) / VP-PC - Cuprum Strike [CSK] - Earthwatts [EA] Gold Pro [3/4y warranty] [4] / Platinum / 80+ / (D) Green - Neo Eco Classic NE-C (X50W/X20W) / Modular NE-M / NE-M v2 - NX
• Apexgaming | AI - AG - AN - AJ - AX - STG
• Aresgame | AG / AGW - AGV
• Argus | APS - RGB
• AZZA | PSAZ
• be quiet! | Pure Power L8 / L9 / 10 <=350W / 11 <=350W - Straight Power E8 / E9 - SFX Power / Power 2 - System Power 7 / 8
• CWT / Channel Well Technology | GPA - GPB - GPK - GPT - GPM
• Chieftec | Photon Bronze CTG-C-RGB - A-80 - Task TPS-S - Force CPS-S - Neutron <=600W BLC-S - APB-8B - APS-C <=650W - APS-CB <=650W - APS-S - APS-SB - GPA-S8 - GPB-S - GPC-S - GPE-S - GPS-A8 - ELP-S - SFX-BS - PSF-B
• Cooler Master | GX 2010 [RS-ACAA-D3 ] - GXII - MWE V1 Bronze [MPW] / V1 White [MPX] <=550W - Masterwatt Lite - Silent Pro M2 <=620W
• Corsair | Builder CX 2012 <=600W [green-label] / CX-M 2012 <=600W [green-label] - CV <=550W - VS 2017 [gray-label] / 2020 [black-label]
• Cougar | A - CMX v1/v2 - STE - STX - VTC - VTE - VTX - XTC
• Deepcool | DA / DA-M / DA-N 700W - DN
• Delta | GPS-HB A Bronze
• EVGA | BT - B <=600W - BV - Supernova G5 1000w <2020 / GS 550/650W [3] / NEX-B / PB / NEX-G <=750W / G(1) <=750W / PG <=750W - W2 / W3
• Enermax | Cyberbron - NaXn 82+ - MaxPro / MaxPro II
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Aurum 92+ / CM / Gold / S- Dagger SDA - Raider - HD - Hexa 80+ - HEXA+ (II) - Hyper / S / M / K - Hammer - Hydro / K - PNR - PNR-i - PNR Pro - 60GHS / 60GHS(85) - 60HHN
• Fractal Design | Integra R2 / SFX
• Gamdias | Astrape E1 / M1 (Bronze/White) - Helios E1 White - Kratos E1
• Gamemax / Gamepower | GP - GM
• Gigabyte | BH - PB500 - PW
• Golden Field | GPB
• Great Wall / Hunters | Gaming G-series Bronze - BH - Lightning
• Green | ECO / ECO rev 3.1
• High Power | Astro GD [HPA] / PT [HPA] 700W - Element Smart EP-S - Simplicity ST HPG-T12S
• Hiper | HPB-SM
• Huntkey | MVP Bronze
• Hydance | HY-CT
• In Win | A
• Kolink | Core - SFX
• KRPW / Kuroutoshikou | L5 - N
• LC Power | GP3 Silver - Super Silent - Silent Giant GP3 Bronze
• LDLC / Fox Spirit | EC - BG - FP
• Micronics | Caslon II - Compact SFX Bronze <=450W - Classic II 80+ - Zero Plus
• Montech | Beta
• NZXT | HALE82 V2 / HALE82-N / HALE90 V2S
• OCZ / PC Power & Cooling | Silencer MK III <=600W - ModXStream Pro
• Powerspec | PS-BF - PS BGM <=650w
• Raidmax | Thunder V2 RX-AP / RGB RX-AP-R - Cobra AC-B / AF-B - Vortex Bronze / White
• Rosewill | Arc <=650W - Arc M - Hive S <=650W - Glacier <=700W - TFX Bronze - TFX Gold
• Seasonic | SS-ET
• Sentey | Thillium X [TXP-HM] - Metal Blade [MBP-HS/MBP-HM] <=850W
• Segotep | BP
• Sharkoon | WPC Bronze
• Silverstone | Essential ET-ARGB - Strider Gold Evolution [ST-G] - Strider Essential ET-B / F-ES / F-ES230 / F-ESB / F-ESG - Strider Titanium =>1100W / Plus F-PB - SFX-L SX-LPT 700
• Skydigital | Power Station 5 80+ White
• Superflower | Bronze King - Bronze FX - Mega
• Tacens | Radix VII
• Thermaltake | Smart 80+ / SE / BM1 / BX1 (RGB) / DPS G Bronze X00W / 80+ RGB / M <=650W / SP-P (X30W/650W) / German series Bronze (Pro RGB) - TR2 Bronze / S X50W / 80+ White / RX 80+ White / RX Bronze <=750W - Toughpower DPS G RGB Titanium 1500W - Litepower (RGB)
• Xigmatek | Centauro S - Cerberus (III) S450 - Spectrum - Tauro <=600W - X-Power I / II / III - Z-Power
• Xilence | Gaming - Performance C / A
• Zalman | GLX - GS - GT - GV - GVM <=700W - LE - LE II - LX - LXII - Megamax TXII
 
( low priority units )
• Aerocool | Integrator - Lux RGB - VX (Plus) (RGB)
• Antec | High Current Gamer [HCG] Bronze 2012 <=620W [1] - VP-F 80+
• Apevia | Jupiter
• Bitfenix | BPA - Fury
• EVGA | W1
• Modecom | Volcano Bronze
• Seasonic | A12 [2] - Eco Plus [1] - S12II 80+ / Bronze [1] / EVO [2] - S12III [2] - M12II (EVO) [1] x20W - ECO [1] SSP-ST / SS-BT / SS-ES
• Sentey | SDP 80+
• SilentiumPC | Elementum E2 - Vero L2 / M2 - Supremo M1 Platinum
• Vinga | VPS-B - VPS-P
• XFX | XT Bronze [1] - TS Bronze <=550W [1] - Core <=550W [1]

[1] Seasonic S12II Bronze and related units have or had UVP issues, source.
[2] Seasonic S12III, S12II EVO and A12 - OCP (on any rails) not claimed, nor present in supervisor IC, neither does 12V UVP/OVP. No reviews to prove otherwise.
[3] OCP not present on any rails apparently. No reviews to prove otherwise.
[4] Antec EA Pro Gold has versions for Chinese market made by FSP on competely different, worse, group-regulated platform (tier D). Source #1, #2.

Tier E • Potentially dangerous in multiple scenarios

• Armageddon | All units
• BR ONE | BR-X
• Corsair | VS 2012 [orange-label]
• Cooler Master | Elite - Realpower - B2
• Diablotek | All units
• EVGA | N1 - N2
• Gigabyte | P-GM [non-Aorus] <=850W [1]
• LEPA | MaxBron
• NOX | All units [2]
• Raidmax | Non-rated units
• Rasurbo | All units
• Solid Gear | Neutron
• Tacens | All units
• Trust | All units
• Ultron | All units

[1] Very high DOA rate and underrated FETs that explode under high stress, source.
[2] Review samples manipulation / hardware swap
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Heyo! Here's a little tutorial to accompany our "Downloading Games at 10 GIGABIT?" video.
 
I know it looks like a lot, but it's actually not that hard to setup.
 
This tutorial is designed around Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop, but should be adaptable to most Linux distros. We aren't going to go into detail about setting up your storage medium, so you will have to do your own research on that. Here's a link to a good article on how to setup a software RAID in Ubuntu if that's what you intend on using.
 
Setup a non-root user to issue docker commands. If you are using 18.04 Desktop, you should already be using a non-root account w/ sudo access Otherwise add a user, replacing "USERNAME" with your desired username while logged in as root. adduser USERNAME If you wish to run docker commands via sudo, add the user to the sudo group: usermod -aG sudo USERNAME OPTIONALLY: if you just want to allow the user to use docker commands: usermod -aG docker USERNAME Ensure you have curl installed sudo apt install curl -y Install Docker sudo curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh Docker can be installed solely by your distro's package manage, but running the following command takes care of all dependencies and will ensure you end up with the newest version of docker Verify Docker is functioning correctly. Run the following command to check if docker installed and is functioning properly. It should output with a bunch of text hopefully including: "active (running)" in green. That means docker is working properly sudo systemctl status docker
OPTIONAL: If you intend to cache services other than just steam, like origin, or battle.net/blizzard, add the corresponding amount of IPs necessary. If you just want to cache steam games, you don't need to add any additional IPs - steamcache will run just fine on the main system IP ASSUMING nothing else is already using ports 53 (dns forwarding), and 80 (caching service). Otherwise, you need to determine the amount of additional IPs you will require. Add 1 additional IP per extra service you'd like to cache. For example, if you wish to cache steam and origin, you would need 1 additional IP on top of the existing IP of the system, for a total of 2 IP addresses. For our long term setup we need 6 IPs total, as we will be caching everything EXCEPT for Uplay as that seems to break it for whatever reason. 192.168.1.50 - steamcache-dns and steam-cache docker containers 192.168.1.51 - origin-cache (Origin) 192.168.1.52 - blizzard-cache (Battle.net) 192.168.1.53 - riot-cache (Riot Games) 192.168.1.54 - frontier-cache (Frontier Launchpad) 192.168.1.55 - windows-cache (Windows Updates) Make sure you CHANGE the example IPs to follow your subnet, some people's routers use "192.168.1.o", some are "192.168.0.x", it really depends. You also don't have to use .50-55, you can use any unused local addresses. I'd recommend checking the systems current IP address and going off of that (should be the first IP listed). hostname -I MAKE SURE no other devices on your network are already using those IP addresses. Mobile apps like "Fing" can be useful to scan your network to find unused IPs (this can also be used to find out what your subnet is) With your IPs now decided upon, it's time to set them in NetworkManager utility, run: sudo nmtui Navigate into "IPv4 Connection">"Wired connection 1" (this might be named something else, so select the entry under "ethernet") Set "IPv4 Configuration" to "Manual" Enter each desired IP, with an "/32" appended to the end to indicate to the system that it is a single IP address range, like shown below Set "Gateway" to the IP address of your router. This is "192.168.1.1" for us. Set "DNS servers" to your desired DNS servers, if you don't know what this is use "1.1.1.1" and "8.8.8.8" Exit out via <OK>, then <Back>, then Quit. Restart networking by running: sudo systemctl restart networking Check that the IP addition worked by running "ping ADDITIONALIP" on another computer on the same network. This would be "ping 192.168.1.51" or .52, .53, .54, or .55. If it doesn't respond to pings, try restarting the system. If it still does not work, make sure there are no IP conflicts and that you entered the settings properly. Start the docker containers for each caching service Depending on how many caching services you intend to run, you might have to run up to 8 full length commands to get all of the services running, thankfully you can just copypasta them from here and edit to suit your setup. Only run the caching container commands for services you want to use and then remove the IPs from the dns container command for the services you don't intend to cache. Change the IPs of each module to your decided up IP address(es) Change the 2 instances of "/home/USERNAME/cache/" after "-v" on each module to the location you intend to store the cached data. If the caching server is just a single drive system, the supplied location will work after changing "USERNAME" to the username of the user you are using (lol, get used). Start the steamcache-dns docker container This container takes incoming DNS requests and forwards any content that should be cached to the caching server, and any other requests to their intended location. Remove the lines for services you aren't using, and make sure to change the IPs to the correct IP for each caching container. Change the 192.168.1.50 after "-p" to the main IP of the server sudo docker run \ --restart unless-stopped -d \ --name steamcache-dns \ -p 192.168.1.50:53:53/udp \ -e UPSTREAM_DNS=1.1.1.1 \ -e STEAMCACHE_IP=192.168.1.50 \ -e ORIGINCACHE_IP=192.168.1.51 \ -e BLIZZARDCACHE_IP=192.168.1.52 \ -e RIOTCACHE_IP=192.168.1.53 \ -e FRONTIERCACHE_IP=192.168.1.54 \ -e WINDOWSCACHE_IP=192.168.1.55 \ steamcache/steamcache-dns:latest Start the sniproxy docker container This container forwards HTTPS requests that the cache cannot read due to encryption straight along to the original destination, without it Origin has a lot of issues. docker run \ --restart unless-stopped -d \ --name sniproxy \ -p 443:443 \ steamcache/sniproxy:latest Check the status of the containers All of the containers should show up as "Running for X" sudo docker container ls If everything is working, head over to a client computer and set the DNS Navigation to Settings>Networking & Internet>Change adapter options>Right click your internet adapter>Properties>uncheck IPv6>Click IPv4 and then Properties Check "Use the following DNS server addresses" Set the "Preferred DNS server" to the IP of your steamcache-dns docker container, for us that is "192.168.1.50" Set the "Alternate DNS server" to your DNS provider of choice, if you don't know what this is, use "1.1.1.1" On the client computer open command prompt and run ipconfig /flushdns Attempt to download a game! You can monitor usage on the server via an app like "nload". On first download you should see a lot of traffic both incoming and outgoing, but it should pretty much be strictly outgoing when downloading already cached content  
SUCCESSS!
 
Any Linux guru's out there feel free to comment any additional info you think would be helpful. I'm by no means an expert, but these are the steps we took to get it working.
 
Sources (useful if you're more interested):
https://steamcache.github.io/
https://github.com/steamcache/generic
https://hub.docker.com/r/steamcache/steamcache-dns/
 
Also, if you want to learn how to set this up raw dawg with a full manual install, Arstechnica has a great article on how to do that, along with a bunch more information related to the docker setup. Check it out here: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/01/building-a-local-steam-caching-server-to-ease-the-bandwidth-blues/
 
 

Made it into Linus' video again. So hyped rn, didnt know anything about it.
 
 
 

3 expsive 5 me

This is the link to the new build log.     This is my first build log here.It Is going to be a build log inside the Phanteks Enthoo Evlov. I am going to be heavily modding the case, water cooling the system, gold plating parts and doing a custom paint job. Color theme is Black, Grey and Gold. I am aiming for a super quite fast system with a fairly good overclock for gaming and streaming mainly as well as some video editing and rendering.
    My computer which a few of these parts came from was originally called Christopher, but I have been trying to think of a new name for since The Imitation Game movie came out.      
The parts as of now:  
 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Case Labs X2M(Aquired)  
 
CPU: Intel 6700k (Aquired)  
 
Ram: HyperX FURY 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4 2666 (Aquired)  
 
MB: Asus Gene viii or Asus x99m ws micro atx (Asus Gene viii Aquired)  
 
Graphics card: x2 Asus gtx 980 ti (Aquired x2)  
 
CPU Block: Swiftech Apogee HD gold plated limited edition #63 (Aquired)  
 
GPU Block: EK-FC Titan X/GTX980 Ti Waterblock - Nickel + Acetal (Aquired x2)  
 
GPU Backplate: EK-FC Titan X/GTX980 Ti Backplate - Black (Aquired x2)  
 
Radiators: Alphacool Nexxxos 240 and 360 (Aquired)  
 
Reservoir: EK-D5 X-RES 100 (Not Aquired)  
 
Pump: Swiftech mcp655 (D5 Pump) (Aquired)  
 
Fittings: bitspower enhance multilink (Getting them all Gold plated) (Not Aquired)  
 
Tubing: 12mm Copper Tubing (Getting it powder coated) (Not Aquired)  
 
PSU: Seasonic 1000w platinum (Sleeving all the cables) (Aquired)  
 
SSD: Intel 750 Series SSD (Aquired)  
 
Fans: Noctua nf f12 (Aquired)(If I can get my hands on 5 linus tech tips ones (Not Aquired)ill use them if not ill use the regular ones) they will be undervalued to about 700 RPM  
 
Mouse: Logitech G502 (Aquired)  
 
Keyboard: Logitech G710+ (Aquired)  
 
Webcam: Logitech C920 (Aquired)  
 
Screen: hmm do I need one? (4k @ 60hz or 1440p @ 144hz)(Not Aquired)  
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
The modding and painting will take some time to get through, but I'm trying to get through it as fast as possible.  

who is this? for uh... research purposes..

I did this build in an H440 for PAX East but I've decided to upgrade the case and cooling a bit so I contacted the guys at Phanteks and they were able to whip me up a custom Enthoo Primo! I'm very excited for this 
  Well what started as first only a case upgrade has of course turned into a fully fledged new build due to a series of events! Way more exciting though! This build will be displayed at Quakecon 2015 so come check it out at Altex's booth if you are attending! I will be there
 
Hardware Specs:
 
Intel 5930k Gigabyte X99 SOC Force 4x4GB Corsair Dominator Platinum Orange Visiontek Fury X  2x Visiontek 240GB GO SSDs Seasonic 1050 Snow Silent PlatinumSleeved by Sanctum Sleeving Custom Phanteks Enthoo Primo  
Liquid Cooling Specs:
 
Loop 1:
 
EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel EK-FB KIT GA X99 - Nickel EK-CoolStream PE480 EK-DBAY D5 PWM 8x EK-Vardar F1-120 10x EK-ACF Black 10/16 Fittings  
 
Loop 2:
 
EK-FC Fury X - Nickel 2x EK-CoolStream PE240 EK-CoolStream CE280 6x EK-Vardar F1-120 4x EK-Vardar F1-140 10x EK-ACF Black 10/16 Fittings EK X3 250 Reservoir EK-XTOP D5 Acetal EK-D5 Cover Kit Nickel    
 
 
And now... the beautiful Enthoo Primo!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Updates coming soon!

Here is where I try bending PETG tubing for the first time. I have had plenty of experience with soft tube for personal and work related builds. I want to first determine how I wanted the flow to work out, I wrote out a directional sketch on paper and decided to go from Pump > Rad > GPUs > Rad > CPU > Res. This way the components would have rads between their cooling and I figured it was the best case scenario to take. I installed each piece having on a couple issues with some more of the multiple bend pieces, learned a lot and I think I am going PETG tube on everything forward. Once all the pieces got installed, I start the first fill, no leaks!
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
Here is an idea of what the infinity look is ending up like now with the mirrors exposed.
 
 
 

 
 
 
I also got to install some more power cables to the GPU and others. I had to wait to install them so I could measure and modify the cables to fit.
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
Some low light shots which I benched
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
Here is the system after leak test before I took it in to bench, still have the plastic on the window...
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
More to Come!!!

Placement and depatch of the 2TB WD Black Edition DONE.
Now i have to wait on some packages.and will start in the meantime on the planing of the tube layout.

Here's the bracket installed with a 180mm ATX PSU. The X41 is on top because I forgot to grab some double-sided tape so I could stick it to the front.
 

Here you can see why the PSU is so far forward, it has to clear the AC inlet
 

Not much room between the PSU and the board
 
 

Went ahead and test fit the Alphacool ST30 in the front
 

 

You can see here that this configuration will limit the card length.
 

For fun here's a pic of my growing collection of SilverStone PSUs
 
 
Even with the fairly heavy ST1000-G the side bracket held up just fine, I don't think that having an ATX on the hinged bracket would be a problem in the long run.
 
That said, it really doesn't leave much space up front with a longer PSU like this one so we'll probably be looking at the PSU mounted to the frame rear.

Can't tell in the pics but the powder coat I picked for the handle has a textured finish to make it grippier.
 
The bare handle does look cool though:
 

 
Edit:
 
Almost forgot, I finally got the SX500-LG and it fits, even with the front 120mm fan 
 

I got the NZXT X41 mounted and the hinged bracket is a huge help for working on the case. If you need access to the internals just undo those two screws and swing the rad out of the way 
 

 

 
 
Here's a pic showing the CPU power routed behind the motherboard tray:
 

Project Blood Bath
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Hi there! First time posting here and I would like to quickly introduce myself. I have been watching LinusTechTips on Youtube ever since I built my first ever PC following his "Ultimate Build a Better $2000 Gaming & Silent Workstation PC Computer "How To" Guide"

The slim EK 290 blocks,very nice indeed, I will have to use them more often I think.
 



 
A fully parallel loop this time...because,you know....I can....
I will mention those EK AF fittings,If you are in the market for a matt finished,simple and clean looking fitting then these are for you.
The tray is finished in a dark gunmetal,a nice counterpoint to the frame panel inside which is a red marble effect (pics up later)......
 

I gots me some new hardware!

Wait a minute.....this is not a 2011.....

Ah...wait....there it is....

Its not about the size they say.....how can this be? I haz proof this is not so....

And the board in all it glory!


The DDR4 kindly provided by Crucial!

Suited and booted and ready to paaaaaartaaaaayyyyyyyyy!!






Those DIMMs and this board=WIN.

In other news,the case structure is painted and just needs a clear,the sides and front need other stuff doing. Its coming together well but painting takes time that has been swallowed up on other projects. Still,the deadline is a way off yet!

BLOCKS FOR THE BLOCK GOD!
The GPU blocks that will be used,a pair of 290's will be going into this one....






I bet you are looking at this now thinking...."Not a lot of rad for those...." Well,this is also an experiment after seeing a few Sli rigs with OC'ed CPU's with minimal rad face.
The cards wont be OC'd but the CPU most definitely will be!
Dont worry,modding and paint start very soon for those with the itch.

Welcome to my build log! Here are the parts that are going into my pc!
 
Cpu: 4790k
Gpu: 2x TitanX
Ram: 2400mhz 32gb of corsair vengeance pro ram
MotherBoard: Asus Maximum Formula VII
Psu: EVGA 80 plus platinum 1200 watt (sleeved cables)
Storage: 250gb SSD, 4TB Hybrid Drive
Case: 760T
Cooling: Full EK water cooling for gpu's and cpu with dual radiators
Fans: Corsair silent edition SP120's
 
Hopefully you guys and girls enjoy watching the progress on this build! Ill be updating it with pictures and updates as I go.
P.S. Sorry for the mess in the room.

Black Noctuas?
Is it happening?!?!?!?

Dem industrialPPC fans...

My body is ready. Must resist urge to spend entire paycheck on a shit load of fans.

The price: 
redux 140mm: EUR 15.90 / USD 19.90
redux 120mm: EUR 13.90 / USD 17.90
redux 92mm: EUR 11.90 / USD 15.90
redux 80mm: EUR 10.90 / USD 14.90
industrialPPC 140mm IP52: EUR 26.90 / USD 29.90
industrialPPC 140mm IP67: EUR 29.90 / USD 34.90
industrialPPC 120mm IP52: EUR 24.90 / USD 26.90
industrialPPC 120mm IP67: EUR 29.90 / USD 34.9
Accessory sets: EUR 5.90 / USD 7.90
 
Wow...

Those industrial PPC fans looks nice too

Noctua just announced their redux and industrialPPC fan lines, more coming soon.
 
 
IP52 = Limited dust ingress protection ||| water spray < 15 degrees from verticalIP67 = Total dust ingress protection ||| temporary immersion to at least 1m from bottom and 15cm from top of object redux line
 
NF-P14s redux

 
NF-P14r redux

 
NF-S12B redux

 
NF-B9 redux

 
NF-R8 redux


industrialPPC line

NF-A14 industrialPPC


NF-F12 industrialPPC


Accessory

NA-SAC1


NA-SAV2


NA-SEC1


NA-SEC2


NA-SRC10


NA-SRC7


NA-SYC1


NA-SYC2

 
 


I personally like the redux line the most, the light and darker grey just looks so sexy  :wub:
Think about it, the redux line fans are perfect for dying with the grey base look.
 
 
Source: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=news_list&news_id=93
 
Extra: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=redux
Extra: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=industrialppc