[EOL] PSU Tier List rev. 14.8

[Sudok]

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[Ankerson]

8 minutes ago, Sudok said:

damn! but 372w is the peak of 3080 tuf oc, 1785 clock

 

3080 tuf normal: OC Mode - 1740 MHz (Boost Clock)
Gaming Mode - 1710 MHz (Boost Clock)

 

so the peak will probably be 348w in gaming mode, like FE. 

still to much?

 

 

Just buy a new PSU.... 

 

You need a good high quality 750W PSU....

[Sudok]

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[Ankerson]

3 minutes ago, Sudok said:

it is not easy to sell a psu  but apparently I have no choice

 

NO, you really don't if you want to actually run a 3080....

[spoderman80s]

Is the Corsair RMX White Series (2018), RM850x, 850 Watt is a good buy for the 3080 ?!? Looking at the list I can see it is in the higher tier, I guess it will do a great job ? Or any better quality/price options you guys can suggest, don't really mind the brand I just want it to do the job (MSI Trio X 3080 with 9900k 5ghz)

[Juular]

@spoderman80s Yes.

 

@PCwithTheRTXtattoo There are some reviews in the spreadsheet, they're mostly good just to know what platform it uses, same as Cooler Master MWE Gold for example, so it was placed accordingly. I wouldn't say it's a good PSU to get for RTX3080 if that's what you're planning to do.

[Juular]

10 hours ago, Ankerson said:

That 489.1W peak interesting taking into count some of the recommendations that we tend to see around here. And at least one 550W PSU recommendation already and another 600W PSU recommendation.....

Well, there are always transient power draw peaks higher than average, it's just that this GPU is pretty high power draw to start with. 550W PSU might be actually okay for RTX3080 paired with something like R5 3600X if it's a good PSU.

[Ankerson]

30 minutes ago, Juular said:

Well, there are always transient power draw peaks higher than average, it's just that this GPU is pretty high power draw to start with. 550W PSU might be actually okay for RTX3080 paired with something like R5 3600X if it's a good PSU.

 

I watched GN live stream on OCing the 3080 FTW3 Ultra, that's a 3x 8 pin card and as far as I could tell the draw was around 400W give or take... The card was starving for power even with a 400W draw... Was limited obviously..... My 2080Ti pulls 375W..... So I am not sure what is going on there... Starting to get underwhelmed with this release...... The 2x 8 Pin cards were pulling about the same ~375W so..... Ah.....

 

Makes me wonder what those 3090's are going to pull....

 

I suppose we will find out eventually...

 

Edit,

 

Just found out the 3080 FTW3's are capped at 420W and the 3090's FTW3 will be capped at 440W.... For now......  So..... I am not so sure how that is going to work out for those typical PSU recommendations we see around here.

 

 

[PCwithTheRTXtattoo]

9 hours ago, Juular said:

@spoderman80s Yes.

 

@PCwithTheRTXtattoo There are some reviews in the spreadsheet, they're mostly good just to know what platform it uses, same as Cooler Master MWE Gold for example, so it was placed accordingly. I wouldn't say it's a good PSU to get for RTX3080 if that's what you're planning to do.

@JuularI don't plan on getting the 3080. Too overpower for me, i'm planning on getting the 3070 tho, or if Big Navi is as good as AMD claims it to be. Will my GEX be able to give me stable power for either one of them? With that being said, once the PSU supplies gets back to normal, i'll probably sell this and get me something more on the tier a side.

[DaytonaDragon]

I don't really trust this as much as others do. I mean, you put some no-name Chinese trash in tier A while my Supernova G3 Gold 650 is merely a tier B and not a very good one at that? It should have melted by now on my 380W 1080 and R5 2600X (they're almost always at 100%).... 

[LukeSavenije]

9 minutes ago, DaytonaDragon said:

I mean, you put some no-name Chinese trash in tier A while my Supernova G3 Gold 650 is merely a tier B and not a very good one at that?

maybe if you checked the sourcesheet you'd understand

 

and while you're at it, probably also read why G3 is in that position

[Juular]

50 minutes ago, PCwithTheRTXtattoo said:

Will my GEX be able to give me stable power for either one of them?

No telling, data on transient power draw spikes of RTX3080 suggests that some PSUs might have problems with it even if they're rated for enough wattage on average, no idea if it's true for that platform, and we don't know anything about RTX3070 yet. Either way, it's rather budget platform anyway, i'd recommend to look for smth better.

44 minutes ago, DaytonaDragon said:

I mean, you put some no-name Chinese trash in tier A

What if i tell you that EVGA G3 is trash too, albeit not Chinese (or perhaps it is since Super Flower or EVGA offloaded some production to RSY for it). Regardless, the country of origin of PSU has nothing to do with it's quality, that's not a metric we base this tier list on.

[Ankerson]

46 minutes ago, DaytonaDragon said:

I don't really trust this as much as others do. I mean, you put some no-name Chinese trash in tier A

 

Most PSUs are actually made in China etc so....

[MrBrightSyde]

1 hour ago, DaytonaDragon said:

I don't really trust this as much as others do. I mean, you put some no-name Chinese trash in tier A while my Supernova G3 Gold 650 is merely a tier B and not a very good one at that? It should have melted by now on my 380W 1080 and R5 2600X (they're almost always at 100%).... 

...Supernova G3 is Tier A low priority, and not in Tier B? Also, China basically manufactures all the PSUs...

[Guest]

1 hour ago, DaytonaDragon said:

I don't really trust this as much as others do. I mean, you put some no-name Chinese trash in tier A while my Supernova G3 Gold 650 is merely a tier B and not a very good one at that? It should have melted by now on my 380W 1080 and R5 2600X (they're almost always at 100%).... 

I'm curious as to what no-name Chinese trash in tier A he's referring to.

 

[Juular]

6 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

I'm curious as to what no-name Chinese trash in tier A he's referring to.

Everything but Seasonic, EVGA and Antec i guess.

[PCwithTheRTXtattoo]

3 hours ago, Juular said:

No telling, data on transient power draw spikes of RTX3080 suggests that some PSUs might have problems with it even if they're rated for enough wattage on average, no idea if it's true for that platform, and we don't know anything about RTX3070 yet. Either way, it's rather budget platform anyway, i'd recommend to look for smth better.

What if i tell you that EVGA G3 is trash too, albeit not Chinese (or perhaps it is since Super Flower or EVGA offloaded some production to RSY for it). Regardless, the country of origin of PSU has nothing to do with it's quality, that's not a metric we base this tier list on.

@Juular Looks like GEX is better than what I expected it to be. At least on the review sites the sheet has provided. It's in chinese and Korean and the tests perform were pretty decent, I think I'll hold on to this a bit more and see how it goes. Apparently, it has 6 protective circuit UVP, SCP , OTP, OCP, OVP, and OPP. Main cap is japanese made nippon chemi-con as well, I heard they're good(?).

This was the link I was looking at https://quasarzone.com/bbs/qc_qsz/views/480161

[Algebruh]

I have question regarding voltage regulation which probably isn't really matter, but I'm curious

 

Which psu is considered better?

One with tighter variation (0.2%) but overall voltage is 3% higher (e.g. 12.300v~12.325v) or the one with looser variation(0.8%) but overall voltage is closer (within 1%) to 12V (e.g. 11.952v~12.048v)?

[Juular]

3 hours ago, Algebruh said:

I have question regarding voltage regulation which probably isn't really matter, but I'm curious

 

Which psu is considered better?

One with tighter variation (0.2%) but overall voltage is 3% higher (e.g. 12.300v~12.325v) or the one with looser variation(0.8%) but overall voltage is closer (within 1%) to 12V (e.g. 11.952v~12.048v)?

No one can give a definitive answer, theoretically, tighter regulation is always better, even if it's somewhat offset from nominal to the higher voltage but when it comes to anything sub 1% the difference should be negligent.

[TheJedi]

Can anyone recommend a good 650w psu for around £60?

[LukeSavenije]

7 minutes ago, CloudPC said:

Can anyone recommend a good 650w psu for around £60?

For help choosing a power supply please Create a New Thread asking for assistance including your budget and system hardware to receive the best answers relevant to your specific needs. this isn't a topic for recommendations, rather for asking questions around the list or giving suggestions to it

[TheJedi]

56 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

For help choosing a power supply please Create a New Thread asking for assistance including your budget and system hardware to receive the best answers relevant to your specific needs. this isn't a topic for recommendations, rather for asking questions around the list or giving suggestions to it

My apologies, I did actually do this, however, I was told by a member to ask on this tier list 

[RNLG]

Ummm.... Why is Corsair RMi listed under multi/single rail switchable when manual indicates it as a single 12V rail unit?

[Juular]

9 minutes ago, RNLG said:

Ummm.... Why is Corsair RMi listed under multi/single rail switchable when manual indicates it as a single 12V rail unit?

Because it's single-rail by default but you can enable multi-rail OCP through software.

[Ankerson]

54 minutes ago, Juular said:

Because it's single-rail by default but you can enable multi-rail OCP through software.

 

I believe the (I)'s are set to Multi Rail by default, have to go into the ICUE or Corsair Link software to change it to Single Rail. (Have to have the data cable attached)

 

I know my HXI was and I believe the RMI's are also.

 

The HX's switch was also set to Multi Rail out of the box... Non (I)..

 

 

In the ICUE software: HXI 850 as an example.