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.
[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
[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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Hmm, HP in the model name makes me think it's a High Power unit, with HPW potentially being a new platform we don't know about.
Wouldn't be the first time Xigmatek uses High Power (Centauro and XFP were also High Power).
Honestly, without an internal shot, we can't determine if it's a new platform, a modified platform, or a rebrand of another unit.
Uses a 120mm double ball-bearing fan, doesn't claim OTP (disqualifies from Tier B), doesn't claim OCP (might still have it on minor rails, but still), and is DC/DC according to the specs on their page for the Shogun G, though the side sticker doesn't match the amps shown there so their marketing is a little sus, but that doesn't matter as much as the PSU build quality.
Honestly, just looking at the specs page, it's already a Tier C (or potentially lower) PSU.
The main reason i stopped reccomending ASUS boards is because their default Fan bios generally has a HARD limit at 75c. If your CPU gets to 75% all fans will ramp to 100%. The last board i used was a z170 Asus Aura. See if this is the issue with your Fan Profile, see if its hitting that and ramping up.
That kit is micron rev. e kit also know as micron e die in the ryzen dram calculator, set the speed to 3600 and the memory rank to 2 and use the fast profile, should work like a charm, especially since that is a high bin kit of rev. e
Every chip is different. Yours may need different voltage to be stable at a certain clock speed.
After finished building the PC for a friend. We tested it at 4.0, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4GHz all core overclock. The Asus motherboard that we used also set 1.3v for 4.0Ghz boost as default. Which is too high for most 3600.
That CPU needs 1.32v for 4.4GHz, 1.26v for 4.3GHz, 1.21v for 4.2Ghz and 1.08v for 4.0Ghz. We ended up settle on 4.3Ghz because of the temperature issue. At 4.4GHz even with a 240mm AIO, it peaked at 80C. It's a bit hotter than we prefer. At 4.3GHz, it'll peak at around 72C. We also try 4.0GHz all core. Max temp 54C, pretty amazing. Also with a set vcore, the temperature is more stable without jumping around too much. It idles nicely at about 38C(OC to 4.3GHz).
I know using a 240mm AIO is overkill for R5 3600. But it's my friend's preference. It's his money. If it's up to me, I'd pick a nice air cooler, like the Scythe Mugen 5 for $40. Which is plenty for a R5 3600 with OC.
I won't worry of degradation with 1.3v the way we use our machines. Unless you run it at max load all the time 24 hours a day, everyday, every week.
1.3v should be fine on the 3600, but you should stay there or below that voltage, if you can manage 4.3ghz at 1.3v the I'd go for it since it's a pretty sizable OC from stock, DRAM speed and latency is a bit more important on Zen cpus though, so I'd grab dram calculator and set a good profile for your ram.
Overclocking doesn't really make sense for zen as performance gains are not huge
If you want set the voltage to 1.35 (offset) and see where you would go from there
If I were you I would focus on over clocking the ram rather than the cpu
Depends. For 3900X, probably not. For 3600(non X), the boost clock is only 4.2GHz. You can easily overclock it to 4.3GHz or even 4.4GHz. Both single and multicore with benefit from the overclocking.
If you can run it stable 4.4Ghz for 1.3v, it will be great. Try run AIDA64 for a couple of hours to make sure it's stable. 15min isn't enough. I built a PC two weeks ago for a friend with 3600. His chip needs 1.32v to be stable at 4.4Ghz. I think 1.325 is the max safe voltage for 24/7 use.
From what I have seen they are both meh
If you are only limited to around 75 dollars the ds3h is better in quality but the m2 has an extra pwm fan header
I have the dsh3 with an R5 2600. It's basic but it gets the job done. One thing to know is it only has 2 fan headers, so that leaves you with only one for a case fan. I had to buy a fan hub which added £20. If I were buying again I'd probably spend a little more for something like the MSI tomohawk, however if your budget won't allow this board will work, just don't expect anything amazing.
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