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Hey, next time could you  add the price of the units next to their name? It would save us budget psu shoppers the pain of looking up each psu to find the cheapest one for the tier. 

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Just now, FanBlade said:

Hey, next time could you  add the price of the units next to their name? It would save us budget psu shoppers the pain of looking up each psu to find the cheapest one for the tier. 

No, prices change too dramatically between just a few hours. That would be up to the shopper.

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Just now, STRMfrmXMN said:

No, prices change too dramatically between just a few hours. That would be up to the shopper.

You could add the msrp

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Just now, Energycore said:

They're not as bad as they ended up looking and variations apply on the revision (most units sellable today are a T4 rev, older units may be T5) but they got shit tons of bad PR because of a really low rated temperature maximum (30C or  86F, some places go higher in summer ffs) and OTP kicking in on people trying to put high-end gaming rigs on one of these.

Oh I'm aware of their problem being a little overdone, but those T5 units are still garbage and really deserved their place towards the bottom, I was however unaware they had switched them, they should have rebranded them in that case given the bad rep the old ones had.

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/631048-psu-tier-list-updated/ Tier Breakdown (My understanding)--1 Godly, 2 Great, 3 Good, 4 Average, 5 Meh, 6 Bad, 7 Awful

 

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Just now, FanBlade said:

You could add the msrp

MSRP isn't what things actually cost in the real world and capitalism allows them to adjust properly in price due to demand. It just won't happen, sorry.

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Oh just a suggestion, you might want to put a descriptor next to the tiers or below the list, tiers are all well and fine but context makes it easier to understand and that was always something lacking from the old list

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1 minute ago, FanBlade said:

You could add the msrp

Tomshardware has an API that automatically pulls an item's price and it's very convenient, but the three of us don't have programming experience and I'm not even sure the forums allow for such a thing. Perhaps we can think of something else.

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Just now, Energycore said:

Tomshardware has an API that automatically pulls an item's price and it's very convenient, but the three of us don't have programming experience and I'm not even sure the forums allow for such a thing. Perhaps we can think of something else.

That would be really cool if we could have it here. Someone here probably has enough experience to do it. 

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2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Tomshardware has an API that automatically pulls an item's price and it's very convenient, but the three of us don't have programming experience and I'm not even sure the forums allow for such a thing. Perhaps we can think of something else.

I actually do C++ but AFAIK this wouldn't help me here xD

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4 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Tomshardware has an API that automatically pulls an item's price and it's very convenient, but the three of us don't have programming experience and I'm not even sure the forums allow for such a thing. Perhaps we can think of something else.

Or you could go the lazy way and put a pc partpicker link and do about the same thing with little to no effort

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/631048-psu-tier-list-updated/ Tier Breakdown (My understanding)--1 Godly, 2 Great, 3 Good, 4 Average, 5 Meh, 6 Bad, 7 Awful

 

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1 minute ago, AresKrieger said:

Or you could go the lazy way and put a pc partpicker link and do about the same thing with little to no effort

That's an interesting idea, I'll bring it up

We have a NEW and GLORIOUSER-ER-ER PSU Tier List Now. (dammit @LukeSavenije stop coming up with new ones)

You can check out the old one that gave joy to so many across the land here

 

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Computer Specs:

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Mathresolvermajig: Intel Xeon E3 1240 (Sandy Bridge i7 equivalent)

Chillinmachine: Noctua NH-C14S
Framepainting-inator: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid

Attachcorethingy: Gigabyte H61M-S2V-B3

Infoholdstick: Corsair 2x4GB DDR3 1333

Computerarmor: Silverstone RL06 "Lookalike"

Rememberdoogle: 1TB HDD + 120GB TR150 + 240 SSD Plus + 1TB MX500

AdditionalPylons: Phanteks AMP! 550W (based on Seasonic GX-550)

Letterpad: Rosewill Apollo 9100 (Cherry MX Red)

Buttonrodent: Razer Viper Mini + Huion H430P drawing Tablet

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2 minutes ago, AresKrieger said:

Or you could go the lazy way and put a pc partpicker link and do about the same thing with little to no effort

Or the person looking to buy a PSU could just see what the unit costs in their country...

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4 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Or the person looking to buy a PSU could just see what the unit costs in their country...

That too, it was just me finding a solution to a problem you guys brought up, I don't really care since it's not me who would be setting up some weird API for the thread :P

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/631048-psu-tier-list-updated/ Tier Breakdown (My understanding)--1 Godly, 2 Great, 3 Good, 4 Average, 5 Meh, 6 Bad, 7 Awful

 

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Maybe have a recommended build cost, description of what kind of computer should be running it.

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I would suggest separating the RM class. The 1000 watt is pretty bad for what it is. Iirc its gets about 100mv of ripple of the 12V rail.

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This is going in my signature :).

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Oh crap, now I really need a new power supply! xD 

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Still waiting on the new EVGA BQ and EVGA BD reviews and I'm curious where they'll rank up on the list.

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3 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Oh crap, now I really need a new power supply! xD 

Lol I had a bad  PSU (CX600M) and decided to get an overpowered PSU :D. going from one extreme to the other lol.

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2 hours ago, Starelementpoke said:

Just managed to check this, was heading to Canada. Thought you were going to link the doc @STRMfrmXMN

Doc had some flaws and this reads well enough. 

 

7 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

This is going in my signature :).

Nice!

 

7 hours ago, vagabond139 said:

I would suggest separating the RM class. The 1000 watt is pretty bad for what it is. Iirc its gets about 100mv of ripple of the 12V rail.

The newer RM units are very good so for now I'll leave them there but some of the older RMs do have some of their own issues.

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8 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

Lol I had a bad  PSU (CX600M) and decided to get an overpowered PSU :D. going from one extreme to the other lol.

Well according to this new list you were a lot better off than I am

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Can you explain the tier list? Sorry if I'm missing something.

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16 minutes ago, BingoFishy said:

Can you explain the tier list? Sorry if I'm missing something.

Tier 1 = best, tier 7 = worst

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