PSU Tier List [OLD]

[Herman Mcpootis]

20 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

But why

apparently the B3 sounded like a better idea 

[TVwazhere]

22 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

But why

1 minute ago, herman mcpootis said:

apparently the B3 sounded like a better idea 

The only ones you can still get are the 750 and 850w units, overkill for most builds, and any build using that much power probably wants gold efficiency

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

Just now, TVwazhere said:

The only ones you can still get are the 750 and 850w units, overkill for most builds, and any build using that much power probably wants gold efficiency

 

they only ever had 750w and 850w B2s IIRC, they didn't make any lower-wattage ones.

[turkey3_scratch]

1 hour ago, ZM Fong said:

But why

Probably cheaper to manufacture the B3s.

[STRMfrmXMN]

2 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

The only ones you can still get are the 750 and 850w units, overkill for most builds, and any build using that much power probably wants gold efficiency

 

They never made B2s of less than 750W.

[TVwazhere]

3 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

They never made B2s of less than 750W.

I swear I've seen B2's under 750w, but now I cant find them. Did I just imagine them?

[STRMfrmXMN]

2 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I swear I've seen B2's under 750w, but now I cant find them. Did I just imagine them?

Maybe BQs?

[Guest]

23 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I swear I've seen B2's under 750w, but now I cant find them. Did I just imagine them?

Yes.  You imagined them.

 

[STRMfrmXMN]

3 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

Yes.  You imagined them.

 

This is EVGA's naming scheme; you can be forgiven for doing that

[TVwazhere]

39 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

Yes.  You imagined them.

35 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

This is EVGA's naming scheme; you can be forgiven for doing that

Thank you. I'm now going to spend the rest of the day in this position

 

[TalonLock]

Hey guys, has anyone have reviews or even heard of Aigo power supplies? A lot of my local PC part shops and builders have been recommending them for newer builds. Theyre damn cheap, like around 50USD for 600W, 80+ Bronze and fully modular cheap. And I double checked here https://www.plugloadsolutions.com/80PlusPowerSuppliesDetail.aspx?id=1385&type=2 for the certification so I think theyre okay? Just wanted to know more info before I actually get one, need a power supply for a new build I'm making for the holidays.

[OrionFOTL]

51 minutes ago, TalonLock said:

Hey guys, has anyone have reviews or even heard of Aigo power supplies? A lot of my local PC part shops and builders have been recommending them for newer builds. Theyre damn cheap, like around 50USD for 600W, 80+ Bronze and fully modular cheap. And I double checked here https://www.plugloadsolutions.com/80PlusPowerSuppliesDetail.aspx?id=1385&type=2 for the certification so I think theyre okay? Just wanted to know more info before I actually get one, need a power supply for a new build I'm making for the holidays.

No power supply can be recommended if it hasn't been reviewed. Are there any professional tests of the Aigo PSUs these people recommend, that check voltage regulation, load regulation, ripple and noise, protections and build quality (and many more things)? If not, then these people's recommendations are completely blind guesses, with no way to know if the particular Aigo unit will work fine, or damage other components, or explode itself.

 

80+ certification doesn't certify whether a PSU provides clean power or not, or if it's built well or badly. It only checks efficiency, which isn't tied to any important factor how a PSU works.

[HKZeroFive]

59 minutes ago, TalonLock said:

Hey guys, has anyone have reviews or even heard of Aigo power supplies? A lot of my local PC part shops and builders have been recommending them for newer builds. Theyre damn cheap, like around 50USD for 600W, 80+ Bronze and fully modular cheap. And I double checked here https://www.plugloadsolutions.com/80PlusPowerSuppliesDetail.aspx?id=1385&type=2 for the certification so I think theyre okay? Just wanted to know more info before I actually get one, need a power supply for a new build I'm making for the holidays.

Never heard of them. A basic rule of thumb is that if it's from an unknown brand, it should be avoided. It's also worth noting that the efficiency rating says absolutely nothing about the quality of a unit as a whole...

[Stefan Payne]

1 hour ago, TalonLock said:

Hey guys, has anyone have reviews or even heard of Aigo power supplies? A lot of my local PC part shops and builders have been recommending them for newer builds. Theyre damn cheap, like around 50USD for 600W, 80+ Bronze and fully modular cheap.

If something is too good to be true that's because it is.

If something is cheaper than normal named brands stuff, thats because there are some major differences!

For PSU the rule is that everybody has the same components for about the same prices to choose from. So to make something cheaper you either have to do the Safety Tests at a lower ambient Temperature like 25°C instead of 40°C or 50°C or go for lower quality components or overrate it...

 

So without tests, you better avoid it...
 

[awesomegamer919]

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story4&reid=533

 

I'm thinking a 2 here, +12V was ok but not amazing and Ripple was good but not better than competitors... 

[genexis_x]

On 10/22/2017 at 9:55 PM, TalonLock said:

Hey guys, has anyone have reviews or even heard of Aigo power supplies? A lot of my local PC part shops and builders have been recommending them for newer builds. Theyre damn cheap, like around 50USD for 600W, 80+ Bronze and fully modular cheap

I just about want to ask this question BTW

an unknown brand

It's quite popular here. China brand BTW

[HKZeroFive]

15 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

It's quite popular here. China brand BTW

That's not exactly reassuring...

[comicsansms]

12 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

That's not exactly reassuring...

That isn't the opposite of reassuring either though,

If a brand only sells their product in one market, why would they send their product to a reviewer in another market?

[HKZeroFive]

29 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

That isn't the opposite of reassuring either though,

If a brand only sells their product in one market, why would they send their product to a reviewer in another market?

For marketing purposes?

 

For instance, Corsair sent Jeremy /OklahomaWolf a Corsair Vengeance unit for a review.. which is a PSU exclusively sold in the German market. Now, unless his name is completely misleading, I'm pretty sure that he's not based in Germany.

 

I know, I know, don't buy by brand... but Chinese-branded PSUs don't exactly scream "quality" to me... unless there is a Chinese company that's the equivalent to Delta which I have been completely unaware of...

[awesomegamer919]

1 hour ago, HKZeroFive said:

For marketing purposes?

 

For instance, Corsair sent Jeremy /OklahomaWolf a Corsair Vengeance unit for a review.. which is a PSU exclusively sold in the German market. Now, unless his name is completely misleading, I'm pretty sure that he's not based in Germany.

 

I know, I know, don't buy by brand... but Chinese-branded PSUs don't exactly scream "quality" to me... unless there is a Chinese company that's the equivalent to Delta which I have been completely unaware of...

Vengeance is available in more than just Germany despite Corsair saying it's a Germany only unit.

 

Also, Great Wall is pretty good (Not Delta level ofc) and they are Chinese.

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, HKZeroFive said:

I know, I know, don't buy by brand... but Chinese-branded PSUs don't exactly scream "quality" to me... unless there is a Chinese company that's the equivalent to Delta which I have been completely unaware of...

Not to mention Segotep, another popular Chinese brand. Most of their PSUs seems good from what I saw from Jonnyguru forum

[HKZeroFive]

4 hours ago, awesomegamer919 said:

Vengeance is available in more than just Germany despite Corsair saying it's a Germany only unit.

 

Also, Great Wall is pretty good (Not Delta level ofc) and they are Chinese.

Ah yes, Great Wall. How could I have completely forgotten about them? But other than them, I don't recall any other manufacturer that makes decent units and are also based in China (aside from a couple like Sama). All the other "well-known and half-decent" Asia-based OEMs (Andyson, ATNG, CWT, Super Flower, Seventeam, AcBel, Lite-On, Enhance, Delta, Seasonic, HEC, Chicony/Hipro, Fortron, Sirtec/Sirfa... etc.) all seem to be based in Taiwan.

4 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

Not to mention Segotep, another popular Chinese brand. Most of their PSUs seems good from what I saw from Jonnyguru forum

Okay, you got me there. From what I read, Segotep's units are made by CWT (no explanation needed) and Fortech, which I recall made some decent Enermax units. So it's no wonder that their units seem to be alright (I actually haven't looked into them).

[BodiXDDD]

Are tier 3 psus ok?

Edited October 25, 2017 by wkdpaul
cleaned up

[BodiXDDD]

Just now, BodiXDDD said:

Are tier 3 psus ok?

Im looking at the sfx 700

[WkdPaul]

2 minutes ago, BodiXDDD said:

Are tier 3 psus ok?

yes they are

 

BTW, please don't quote the original post (it's long and makes it hard for those on mobile to scroll) ... I edited your reply to remove it.

 

Also there's a EDIT button, no need to quote yourself either