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Seasonic 520W Fanless VS Evga G2 1300W ?

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2 hours ago, Sondre said:

The prices convert to around 80 usd for the Seasonic and 100 usd for the Evga

That EVGA was probably used for cryptocurrency mining so it's probably on it's last legs.

 

And who gets rid of a "perfectly fine" Seasonic X-Series.. never mind a fanless one.... in these times, especially for only $80. 

 

I'm suspicious of both.

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I'm looking at two used PSU's since prices have spiked over the last years where I'm from

 

I'm running a 1600x/1080, I'm aware that 1300w is way above overkill, but they are pretty close in price. 

The Evga is 20% more expensive than the Seasonic, but which is the better value? 

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20% more price is not close, and a hint that the fanless model is really overpriced unless you value absolute silence that much. what price are we talking about exactly?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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34 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

20% more price is not close, and a hint that the fanless model is really overpriced unless you value absolute silence that much. what price are we talking about exactly?

The prices convert to around 80 usd for the Seasonic and 100 usd for the Evga

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You never know what heat and load the PSU were exposed to in their former life...

A 1300w PSU will be under very low load, meaning very inefficient. 

 

I don't know EVGA, but Seasonic is a great company. I have a 400w Seasonic fanless unit with Platinum efficiency. Even under heavy load it is very cool. Do you know what case it was isntalled in? The fanless units need to be in a bottom mount so they can convect warm air up into the ventilated case. They really don't like to be top-mounted. the former owner also could have installed it the the wrong way.

 

in some sense, a PSU with unknown history is like wearing used brake pads. That PSU can be near EOL, or not.

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1 hour ago, Sondre said:

The prices convert to around 80 usd for the Seasonic and 100 usd for the Evga

Then it's the other way around, the EVGA model is way too cheap. Seasonic one seems reasonable considering how rare fanless models are compared to those with fans, but I dont care about fanless or not myself.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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2 hours ago, Sondre said:

The prices convert to around 80 usd for the Seasonic and 100 usd for the Evga

That EVGA was probably used for cryptocurrency mining so it's probably on it's last legs.

 

And who gets rid of a "perfectly fine" Seasonic X-Series.. never mind a fanless one.... in these times, especially for only $80. 

 

I'm suspicious of both.

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