[OLD] PSU Tier List 3.0 (Legacy)

[seon123]

2 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Eliminate the list entirely. Battle Royale style. Let the PSUs fight to the death and the last unit standing is the one that everyone has to buy.

Everyone should buy the AX1600i! Even $600 budget rigs!

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, Spotty said:

Eliminate the list entirely. Battle Royale style. Let the PSUs fight to the death and the last unit standing is the one that everyone has to buy.

This seems like a good TV series.

 

>M12II wins fight

>10 years later, the long lost CWT factory starts secretly pumping out HX and RMx units

>caught by the SeaSonic secret police

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, seon123 said:

Everyone should buy the AX1600i! Even $600 budget rigs!

Excuse me, you mean the MasterWatt MiJ!

[Spotty]

4 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Everyone should buy the AX1600i! Even $600 budget rigs!

One upside to everyone using the same PSU is at least then when someone posts "My 1600w PSU isn't working" we won't have to suffer through 20 replies asking which 1600w PSU they have before we can help.  

[woundyourheels]

Wait guys I'm blind, thanks!

[LukeSavenije]

33 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

Excuse me, you mean the MasterWatt MiJ!

single rail

 

delta server psus for everyone!

[har0]

i'm slightly confuse about seasonic in the tier list, is the prime ultra 1000w titanium a S ? if no which of the 1000watt psu in the S tier do you recommend the most at this time

[seon123]

2 minutes ago, har0 said:

i'm slightly confuse about seasonic in the tier list, is the prime ultra 1000w titanium a S ? if no which of the 1000watt psu in the S tier do you recommend the most at this time

The Prime 1000W is listed in tier A. What do you need a 1000W PSU for?

[har0]

3 minutes ago, seon123 said:

The Prime 1000W is listed in tier A. What do you need a 1000W PSU for?

i9 2080ti oc will sli later on, just trying to find the best quality possible around 200~250pound

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

11 minutes ago, har0 said:

i9 2080ti oc will sli later on, just trying to find the best quality possible around 200~250pound

750w is enough for that

[LukeSavenije]

12 minutes ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

750w is enough for that

not with sli tho... but yeah, otherwise highly agree

[har0]

i might get a second one for sli later on but i want a 1000w to be also safe for next gen card, for now i have my eye on corsair axi and be quiet which one do you recommend the more on quality aspects?

[LukeSavenije]

19 minutes ago, har0 said:

i might get a second one for sli later on but i want a 1000w to be also safe for next gen card, for now i have my eye on corsair axi and be quiet which one do you recommend the more on quality aspects?

the only bq at that level would be the dark power pro 11, which is a custom design, i recall by fsp

 

axi is a flextronics, who normally makes server psus, they're expensive, but perform really well

 

if the price difference is big: dpp 11

 

if the price difference is small: axi

[seon123]

58 minutes ago, har0 said:

i9 2080ti oc will sli later on, just trying to find the best quality possible around 200~250pound

850W should be fine. The HX850 is priced okay, performs well and is quiet under load.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/NGCrxr/corsair-hx-platinum-850w-80-platinum-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020138-na

https://www.cybenetics.com/index.php?option=database&manfID=28&volts=1

[JSZ17]

Heya whats difference between EVGA G2 and G3?

[seon123]

30 minutes ago, JSZ17 said:

Heya whats difference between EVGA G2 and G3?

The G3 is shorter, louder, and has OTP. Generally, I would recommend neither

[JSZ17]

1 minute ago, seon123 said:

The G3 is shorter, louder, and has OTP. Generally, I would recommend neither

Ok what about the seasonic s12iii 500w bronze, is it better?

[MEC-777]

23 minutes ago, JSZ17 said:

Ok what about the seasonic s12iii 500w bronze, is it better?

Nope.

[LienusLateTips]

4 hours ago, JSZ17 said:

Ok what about the seasonic s12iii 500w bronze, is it better?

Worse. I'd go for the G2 if you don't live in a hot place; the G3 if you do.

 

Or even better, another option.

[PianoPlayer88Key]

21 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

...live in a hot place....

So what would you define as "live in a hot place"?

For example, my cousin has said her house, which was built in 1924 and has poor insulation, has reached 104°F (40°C) indoors, probably in summer.  (She's a few miles west of me, in La Mesa, CA.)  Hey I wonder how well some of the "lower end PSUs", like the "gutless wonders" on @jonnyGURU's site, or even other models with a 25°C or 30°C rating (like EVGA 400W non-80+, or older Corsair CX) might hold up there, or how quickly they'd go kaput.  

I'd probably consider about 100°F (outdoor temperature) warm, if the humidity is below about 30-35% or so.  Hot, probably more like 118-122F (48-50C) at like 15-25% humidity or something like that I'd guess.  Interestingly, a few years ago I was in one place where the temp & humidity were both in the 80s, then a week later I was where it was 113F (45C) and about 13% humidity.  I actually felt better in the area with the dry heat.

 

On the flip side, overclocking might be a bit more fun there in winter than at some LTT fans' places - she mentioned that 104 temperature in a comment on a picture in January of her thermometer showing 49.1°F (which would be 9.5°C).  (Or what about O/C'ing in something like a commercial walk-in freezer?)

[LukeSavenije]

5 hours ago, JSZ17 said:

Ok what about the seasonic s12iii 500w bronze, is it better?

no

 

is there something available along the lines of the bitfenix whisper/formula gold, corsair txm/rmx, be quiet pure power/straight power 11 or cooler master v/mwe gold?

[JSZ17]

8 hours ago, LukeSavenije said:

no

 

is there something available along the lines of the bitfenix whisper/formula gold, corsair txm/rmx, be quiet pure power/straight power 11 or cooler master v/mwe gold?

Yeah

I just went on amazon and bought a Corsair RM550x

Does it have better quality than the ones I asked previously?

 

Also is it suitable for my PC as it has a ryzen 3600 on a B450 tomahawk with 16GB ddr4 and rx480

 

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, JSZ17 said:

Does it have better quality than the ones I asked previously? 

without a doubt

 

1 minute ago, JSZ17 said:

Also is it suitable for my PC as it has a ryzen 3600 on a B450 tomahawk with 16GB ddr4 and rx480

because the review bios had some errors, i'm not 100% sure

 

but yeah, it should

[MEC-777]

1 hour ago, JSZ17 said:

Yeah

I just went on amazon and bought a Corsair RM550x

Does it have better quality than the ones I asked previously?

 

Also is it suitable for my PC as it has a ryzen 3600 on a B450 tomahawk with 16GB ddr4 and rx480

 

Yep, very good quality and definitely suitable for your system.

[LogicWeasel]

1 hour ago, JSZ17 said:

I just went on amazon and bought a Corsair RM550x

Does it have better quality than the ones I asked previously?

You are aware that you're asking this question in the exact post that has the answer to that exactly on the top of page 1 right?

 

Corsair RMX series = Tier A+

Previous PSU Mentioned: Seasonic M12II (or III) = Tier C