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Hello, I need some help with choosing a new psu for a pc my friend built from his old spare parts. Currently it has a 400w evolveo power supply which should be fine now, but I am planning to overclock both the processor and the graphics card, and if I'm buying a new power supply, I want one that can support some better parts I'm planning to add/replace later. After some digging around I landed on those two options, which both cost about 90 dollars where I live. Which of them you think is better in this situation, or do you know a better one? My idea is to buy all the "generic" (non-motherboard dependent) parts of aome good quality so I don't have to buy new ones with every new more demanding part. option 1: https://seasonic.com/product/m12ii-520-evo/ option 2: https://seasonic.com/product/m12ii-620-evo/ Hardware: intel core 2 quad 6600 asus p5k-v motherbard gigabyte radeon r7 250 700mhz 160 gb 7200 rpm WD hard drive generic cd+dvd RW drive 4gb ddr2 kingston RAM wlan card some usb peripherals (5) 21 inch monitor

Hi guys, I would like to get some advice about my recent build. Specs: -Asus z170 ProGaming -I7 7700K -2 * 8gb Corsair vengeance DDR4 @3000mhz -1080Ti Strix OC 11Gb -Kraken X62 -Samsung SSD 500GB evo 840 -2 HDD's (2 & 3 TB green WD's) -Seasonic X560 -3*140mm fan + 1 120mm fan So, I renewed all except for the MOBO, RAM and PSU. Now I've encounter some issues which might happening because of the PSU. Especially GPU driver failures. So, before buying a new one, what wattage would you guys rate my system? I see a max powerdraw out of the wallsocket of 510watt and an average, while gaming 1440P AAA titles 400-450watts. I know it is a bit on the high side for the Seasonic X560 but I think it can handle those amps without a problem. So, question is: what wattage would you rate my system and what powersupply (wattage - brand - why) would you advice? If I must buy a new one I lean towards Seasonic again. thanks

I just bought a Seasonic X-650 power supply. My old (crap) power supply has a voltage switch to suit different voltages in different countries, but this unit doesnt have one. Instead, it just says "Input Voltage: 100-240VAC". Checked the user manual, and there's nothing about input voltage. Should I just plug everything in as if it automatically adapts to the input? The voltage here is 220V AC btw.

Backstory: Upgrading + downsizing my rig So currently my best option for a case would be the SG13 as it is the smallest, decently-priced mITX case available here. However, my currrent PSU is a full 160mm fully-modular SeaSonic M12II. Do you think it'd fit? I noticed from this build they used an AX760i which is (AFAIK) also a full 160mm and fully-modular. For my CPU cooler, I'd be using the stock Intel HSF as I won't be OCing, Might upgrade into something better but this is not my priority atm.

Today, I just received my PSU to complete my system build. After putting it in and turning on my PC, I left it on for 5 minutes, on the BIOS screen. My system is pretty light (6600K, 1060, Z170 Extreme4, ... idle is under 100 watts), and all of my parts are brand new. When I came back to my PC, I noticed a burning smell - kind of like very strong plastic or rubber on fire, even though there wasn't any fire (just a burning smell). I have isolated that the smell originated from the Seasonic G-550 (550 watt) unit powering my system, although everything seems to work perfectly. The fan of the PSU just spreads the smells and makes everything worse, and since, it has been turned off in order to avoid the possibility of killing my motherboard, processor, or graphics card. I am guessing that my unit is a DOA; after all, I paid the extra to get the Seasonic one... What do you guys recommend I do? As of now, I have sent Seasonic an RMA application, awaiting for a response. Thanks in advance

Greetings! This is the start of my new project with the name of Monore. This project is going to be based in the Jonsbo UMX3 case and the whole build will circle around its clean & sleek look. I would like to start with a huge thank you to my sponsors for this project. Ocaholic Seasonic Jonsbo Gigabyte Noctua The Components: MOBO: Gigabyte Z170M-D3H CPU: Intel i7 6700k GPU: GTX 980Ti RAM: Kingston 4x4GB DDR4 SSD: TBA PSU: Seasonic Snow Silent 1050W CASE: Jonsbo UMX3 FANS: Noctua COOLING: Bitspower & Watercool The Project: This build is going to consist of various modifications, although some of them may not be declared at this time, this PC is going to stand in as my editing/main computer, therefore it will be equipped with high-end hardware and a full watercooling loop to keep the temperatures low. The case bottom compartment is going to be remodelled to house a 240mm radiator, a vented shroud is going to cover this part to keep the case as simplistic as possible. As I might run into trouble with the PSU mounting method with my ambitions for the case, this will most likely be altered too. Numerous small covers and shrouds are going to be created around the build to soften the esthetics of the build, as I want it to be elegant and simplistic. The colortheme for this build is going to be a bit interesting. I've chosen to go for a full black build with accents of beige (As in Noctua's fan frames). The PSU from Seasonic will be getting sleeved in beige and black aswell to fit the build even further. My plans are to paint and modifiy the outsides of the PSU to get rid of the white panels. As I stated earlier, many of the modifcations are not 100% decided at this time as a lot of ideas evolve as the build is being created. That's all for my introduction, here are a few pictures of the base components of this build! That is all for this introduction, next week will be packed with a more ellaborate view of the case and hopefully a few other components. See you then! -August Lindgren Update time! I'm back with another update, still waiting on a few bits from Gigabyte. But that will hopefully arrive next week. I've been doing some fiddling with the case and ran into a few snags. The PSU is a bit longer than what's appropriate for the case, so I will have to redo the front IO on the case to make everything fit. Other than that, everything's going as planned. There are a few rivets that I'll have to drill out before I can pull the bottom compartment out, but that shouldn't take long. I test fitted the PSU and all the fans and I must say I'm loving the look. Although disregard the brown paint on the Noctua fans as that is going to be replaced with either a high gloss or a matt black finish. the PSU will be recieving this paintjob aswell. I'm thinking of redoing the original fan grills than are included in the case, one 140mm grill on the top of the case and a 120mm one in the back. my idea is to make either a clean brushed aluminium grill or a honeycomb styled one that would pair nicely with the grill on the PSU. Here are a few pictures! That's all for this update, thank you all for tuning in. see you next week!

I have recently come along a thread with some concerns regarding the S12II/M12II. By simple logic I would assume that the S12G series have the same issue. Can anyone confirm it? I bought it in Late 2014, it still has 3 months of warranty. Also, since I'm already planning on replacing the unit, I'm considering the Seasonic Prime Ultra 550W Gold or Platinum (they have 15 bucks difference here in Hungary), do the cables of these PSUs will be sufficient length in my Phanteks Enthoo Pro TG case? You can find my config on my profile (base is 8600K and 1660Ti).

So I just bought a new PSU, a SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 550, and its great apart from one issue. The included PCI-e 8 pin cable has a rubber wrap right at the end (which is extremely stiff). This means the cable sticks out of the case by about 2 inches so my side panel can't go back on. Also, the cable has an extra 8 pin connector on it, and as I only need 1, it ends up looking messy. Is there any way to remove both this rubber wrap and the extra connector? I attached a picture.

I'm planning a new build and would like to standardize as many parts as possible to make it easier to swap parts between this new rig and the hand-me-down that's going to my wife. The wife's rig has a SeaSonic G Series SSR-650RM, so I'd like to scoop up another SeaSonic modular power supply that would have compatible modular cables. The semi-obvious answer would be to get another SSR-650RM, but I was hoping to nab a high-end SeaSonic modular PSU (e.g. PRIME Ultra). The chances of me ever having to actually swap the cables between the units is highly unlikely anyway, but it would be a value add if they're compatible.

Hey guys , iam looking forward to buying a new power supply for my system my system is : Core i5 9400F Asus Rog strix RTX 2060 16 GB Ram and there are two power supplies for this category available for me in my region Seasonic S12ii 520W Power Supply (Dual 12V Rails) Gigabyte P650B 650W Power Supply (Single 12v Rail) So which one is better ? they are at the same price , also if 520W is not sufficient for this system The Seasonic 620W Model is available for my budget So what's your opinion ? Thanks,

Hi, as the title says, i'm from Argentina and everything here is from 2 to 3+ times more expensive than in the US. I have reduced my options to ones i will list next and i would like to hear opinions about which one would make for the best value. But before that, i will say that my most demandind use would be probably gaming-video editing at 1080p. Main games: Black Desert, Warframe (sporadicaly some others, Witcher, Nier, Tomb Raider, etc). The most demandind piece of hardware the psu would have to power would be a Gygabite 1060 6gb. Also, my biggest worry/intention behind this purchase would be security. By that i mean that the PSU has all the protections it needs to avoid burning the rest of the components down. I do have a Voltage Stabilizer..if that means anything. Electricity where i live is pretty stable, rarely goes down. Perhaps 1 or rarely 2 times a year. 220v from wall connection is pretty stable overall i think (variations of around 5v here andn there), i have used a tester in several occasions to check it. Potential PSUs: Seasonic Focus 750w 80+ Gold $212 Thermaltake Thoughtpower Grand RGB 750w 80+ Gold $165 Corsair RM 550x 550w 80+ Gold $130 Thermaltake Thoughtpower Grand RGB 650w 80+ Gold $130 Thermaltake Smart 600w 80+ $75 (IK it ain't that good, but like i said, i'm just looking for protection for the rest of the components) I've seen the protections being mentioned here: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/thermaltake-smart-series-psu-question.3360759/ "If you can't swing the money for the Corsair, then the Smart series would at least be an improvement over what you have now by a fair measure. At least it has dependable protections in place. I wouldn't trust that Apevia unit to power a light bulb. " Also, here the TT 750 seems to have some somewhat reasonable justified answers: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1052167-are-the-thermaltake-toughpower-grand-rgb-good/ Thanks a lot in advance for any help.

Is from my main PC and idk what to do with it so i was thinking reusing it for an APU build.

Hi guys, i´m currently using an almost 10 year old PSU from Seasonic (M12D-750) which i own since the beginning. It is still working just fine but i was wondering whether it could become dangerous to keep running on this PSU (even though everything is working). I´m particularly concerned about other pc parts taking damage from it one day. Thanks in advance!

Like What the title says want to change my power supplies to one of below : 1.Corsair Hx Series 2.Seasonic PRIME Ultra Platinum 3.Corsair RMx Series 4.Corsair SF600 Platinum 5.Be Quiet Straight Power 11 6.Seasonic PRIME Ultra Gold My Spec 1.Mobo : Asus B450-I Gaming Strix 2.GPU : MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 3.Proccie : AMD RYZEN 5 2600 4.RAM : Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 2x8GB (3000Mhz) And for Wattage ,Do i need 750Watt Power Supply ? Or 650Watt Is enough ? Thanks

Hello I'll be buildinga budget build and I'm wondering between 2 PSU's: be quiet! System Power 9 500W 80+ Bronze or Seasonic Focus SSR-550FM Gold, 550W. On the PSU tierlist the be quiet! is in B tier and the Seasonic one is in A tier. The prices here are 98 and 143 bucks respectively. I wanted to ask: How big is the difference between the build qualities? Is the Seasonic one way better? Or is the be quiet one just fine? The be quiet! only has a 3 year warrenty, while the Seasonic has a 5 year warrenty. Does this matter? How much does the gold efficiency matter? Isn't bronze good enough? Is it worth getting the Seasonic one for an extra 45 bucks? I'm already stretching the budget a little, wanna keep some savings. Thank you for the responces in advance!

(This also counts for focus based PSUs like Antec Earthwatts and Asus Strix, with the exception of the nzxt-e and the new Focus GM, GX, PX and SGX lines (it meets 2.52 atx, which require hardware changes)) The Seasonic Focus line has been suffering major criticism on the PSU subforum lately. Why?  Old revisions (2017-2018) will shut off on some GPUs (970, 1080 ti, vega 64, Vega VII, 2080 ti). it'll will trigger the overcurrent protection, and will shut down immediately. This is likely due to the high transients the GPUs are known to put out New revisions (2018-2019) have a bigger headroom, but aren't built for it and start to ripple at the loads where the PSU would shut down at with the older revision.  If you plan on buying one, either wait for the v2, or choose a different PSUs, for this you can check the PSU tier list, or ask around on the forum. With that is focus known to be quite loud under load, has a staggering 200% opp on the 3.3v rail, but this isn't as concerning as the above mentioned problems. edit: the 2019 based Focus GX/GM/PX have fixed mentioned issues Sources: @PSUGuru, Tomshardware, Guru3d, seasonic, pceva

A short background story first. My Seasonic PSU of 7 years recently just died on me, and I heard a mini explosion coming from my case. Caused my whole house to short-circuit, and basically it's just unusable. But, my experience with it over the last 7 years has been pretty good overall (other than this incident), so I'm not sure if I should go back to Seasonic, or venture towards other brands. If I do go back to Seasonic, I'm looking at either the focus plus gold or the prime ultra range (850w), both of which are in the A rank (2nd tier) in the updated list. Not sure if the additional 2 years warranty and higher efficiency rating is worth the extra money for the prime ultra though. If not, I'm thinking of Corsair (maybe the hx series? Hopefully you guys can recommend a range that is along the same tier as the Seasonic ones I mentioned above). I'm most likely only looking at either of these 2 brands because the pc building market isn't very big in my country so these are the 2 more readily available brands where I'm from.  Finally, it would be good if someone could guide me towards some of the terminologies I should look out for, such as voltage and rails and stuff. It's quite hard for me to find out more when I don't know what I don't know, and what a buyer should look out for vs what are just specs that don't matter to an average buyer. if possible, I would also like to know some benchmarks as to what PSU wattage I should go for according to components used (eg. Gtx 1060 -- 500w....) I'm not sure if 850w would be overkill since I was doing fine with 600+w the last time round, or I should just future proof my PSU, instead of having to upgrade it to a higher wattage in the future if needed.  Really hope someone can help out here. Thanks!

Source: https://www.hardocp.com/article/2019/03/28/seasonic_x750_750w_psu_10_year_redux/1 Really glad to see tests like this being done on components that are typically carried through between different systems over an extended period of time. Have a SeaSonic X-Series PSU myself, with only a year on the warranty left - it's comforting to know that more than likely I will be able to reuse it for an extra three years beyond the warranty period, and presumably without any worries; as this review reinforces my confidence with the unit. Finally, this is supposed to be HardOCP's last review, and it's nice to see them going out with a bang with this last enjoyable article.

Hi all, my old Enermax Revolution87+ 650W just died, no more turning on. this past week his fan was acting weird, making rattling noises, bumping into something internal or the walls maybe(not the grill) and sometimes it would re-balance itself again. But now it doesn't seem to turn on, I don't know if it's because the fan caused it (I was planning to take it apart, remove the fan and use an external one to blow air inside it) or it's simply a coincidence and it just died lol. anyway, given my specs: i5-3570K@1.3v and GTX1070, I thought that maybe 550W should be enough, even if I get the top of the next gen (2020 or later for VR probably) GPUs as of now I'm heavily interested into a Seasonic model, possibly with Hybrid mode so I can minimize the fan usage, I don't play heavy games, 2D, Apex, Titanfall 2, Overwatch etc... and I was wondering if maybe buying an higher Wattage like a 650w means I'll be able to keep the fan still for most of the time(??) also the new lineup isn't much clear of any differences in models aside the 80+ certifications so I'm confused, which one would you reccomend? The budget can be over 100€ as I plan on keeping it till it fails like the last one and probably I won't need to upgrade it in the future. (Just don't go crazy suggesting 200+ models at 1000Watts or silly features like RGB sync and similar stuff) thankss, sorry for any formatting errors or typo but I'm typing from my phone since my pc died

Hello Does anyone know if the thermaltake sleeved cables( https://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Sleeve-Extension-Supply-AC-034-CN1NAN-A1/dp/B01IA9FEJY?th=1&psc=1 ) (these ones) work with a seasonic focus plus 750w psu Also would the cables in that kit be enough for my build? (Asus z390 maximus code, nzxt kraken x52, gigabyte 2080 aorus x) Thanks

my pc specs - PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU Intel - Core i5-6600 3.3 GHz Quad-Core Processor $249.99 @ B&H CPU Cooler CRYORIG - C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler $49.89 @ OutletPC Motherboard ASRock - H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard $127.48 @ Amazon Memory G.Skill - Aegis 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory $49.99 @ Newegg Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $147.99 @ Amazon Video Card MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB Video Card Case NZXT - H200i (Black/Blue) Mini ITX Tower Case $129.99 @ Newegg Power Supply SeaSonic - 520 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $64.99 @ Newegg Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $820.32 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-12 11:40 EST-0500 It just randomly shuts down without warning, no blue screen or anything. my PSU is the 620watt edition. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095 The PSU fan is working and I have checked the wiring multiple times and made sure nothing is short-circuiting. I don't know what it could be. Stress test with GPU on Ultra in Unigene Heaven = No PC Crash Stress test with Integrated GPU on Ultra in Unigene Heaven = No PC Crash

Power supply is Seasonic s12ii 520W 80+ bronze and my question is whether it's enough for RX 590 or 580(though I could get former for the same price).

Ok, I hope this is just a marketing thing, but I ordered a Seasonic Prime Ultra 850w (SSR-850TR), but received a Prime TX-850. On the side of the box, it states the Model is a “PRIME TX-850”. Just below that, it states the Safety Model Name is “SSR-850TR”. It looks like the same thing, but there are two different links on Seasonics’ website for each unit. Can anyone tell me if I am OK? Did I get the high quality product I thought that I was ordering? https://seasonic.com/prime-ultra-titanium https://seasonic.com/prime-tx

Hi. Node 202 is compatible with SFX PSUs up to 130mm long. Seasonic Focus SGX-450 PSU is SFX-L, but it is 125mm long. I found 3 builds on pcpartpicker with that combo, and in one of the builds the guy had to cut the case for power cable to fit (he states that he used SGX-500, but dimensions should be the same). Other builds did not report any issues, and I can't tell by their pictures if they had to do the same. Maybe these guys did something differently (e.g. replaced power cable)? This is the only decent (tier-A) SFX PSU that is currently available in my country, so hopefully I can make it work without cutting the case... Maybe someone on these forums built the system with that combo and can confirm that it can fit?

Hey guys, I'm gonna buy a new PSU soon, which one do you think I should buy ? I know Seasonic PSU's are really good, especially that one, but I don't know anything about Bitfenix PSU's even though in these 2 threads (below) they're both in the High End tier. The thing is, is 650W enough even for the future, or should I get some more headroom and go with the 750W unit since it's just as good as the seasonic one. My Rig : Ryzen 5 3600 RX 5700XT / RTX 2080 (still trying to decide) Since I want to use it for a lot of years, I'll probably throw more powerful components at it Thanks for your help