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This is a legacy list. It is no longer being updated.

 

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41 minutes ago, cubies1982 said:

How do you measure how good a PSU is and how do you assign it to a tier?

I've been thinking about making a "how we score" lil piece of text, but here's a short version:

 

Perfomance

- Load regulation

- Ripple supression

- Performance at crossloads

- Hold-up time and PWR_OK signal

- Protection features: do they even work

- Transient response tests

 

Build Quality

- Capacitor maker and temp/endurance ratings

- Topology and platform design

- Fan quality

- The presence or absence of PFC and other useful things

 

Do note that a lot of the time not all these points are available from reviewers, so we try to cover as many as we can and compare them with the standards that we've put into each Tier.

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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32 minutes ago, Energycore said:

I've been thinking about making a "how we score" lil piece of text, but here's a short version:

 

Perfomance

- Load regulation

- Ripple supression

- Performance at crossloads

- Hold-up time and PWR_OK signal

- Protection features: do they even work

- Transient response tests

 

Build Quality

- Capacitor maker and temp/endurance ratings

- Topology and platform design

- Fan quality

- The presence or absence of PFC and other useful things

 

Do note that a lot of the time not all these points are available from reviewers, so we try to cover as many as we can and compare them with the standards that we've put into each Tier.

If you do 'how to score' system please make it in the form of a YouTube video I would love to learn more from you about PSUs before I make new purchases in the future.

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I just bought a SuperFlower Leadex Silver 550W for my i7 4790 + msi gtx 1070 gaming x. How good is this psu?

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7 minutes ago, beast said:

I just bought a SuperFlower Leadex Silver 550W for my i7 4790 + msi gtx 1070 gaming x. How good is this psu?

Leadex silver is good, it currently not on this list, but it has been discussed on this thread and I believe it was said to be about a tier 3 iirrc

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Well after a closer look, i see the SuperFlower Leadex listed as a Tier 1 psu.

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2 minutes ago, beast said:

Well after a closer look, i see the SuperFlower Leadex listed as a Tier 1 psu.

The tier 1 is talking about the Leadex Gold, Platinum and Titanium, not the Leadex Silver

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On tier 3 from superflower is the sf platinum king.

The only dfifference between leadex silver and gold are the full japan caps used in the gold one.

In this psu tier list you can find the leadex platform as tier 1 (not saying if silver or gold or platinum)

 

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5 hours ago, beast said:

On tier 3 from superflower is the sf platinum king.

The only dfifference between leadex silver and gold are the full japan caps used in the gold one.

In this psu tier list you can find the leadex platform as tier 1 (not saying if silver or gold or platinum)

 

I don't get what your first point is.

 

The Leadex Silver has worse voltage regulation. Internally it is nearly identical to the Leadex Gold, yes, with worse caps.

 

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What's the difference between superflower golden green hx and golden green (without hx)?

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3 hours ago, MyName13 said:

What's the difference between superflower golden green hx and golden green (without hx)?

HX are newer and better.

 

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3 hours ago, MyName13 said:

What's the difference between superflower golden green hx and golden green (without hx)?

2 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

HX are newer and better.

The HX is a cost-down version of the original Golden Green. Unlike the original that has a 2BB fan and full Japanese caps as shown in JG.com's review, the HX has a sleeved bearing fan and CapXons throughout as shown in this review.

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2 minutes ago, quan289 said:

The HX is a cost-down version of the original Golden Green. Unlike the original that has a 2BB fan and full Japanese caps as shown in JG.com's review, the HX has a sleeved bearing fan and CapXons throughout as shown in this review.

Well I'll be darned. 

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There are some new Corsair TX M's, they are made by great wall and are 80+ Gold and Semi Modular. 

I assume they are here to replace the CS line. 

www.corsair.com/en-us/tx-m-series-tx550m-550-watt-80-plus-gold-certified-psu-na

www.corsair.com/en-us/tx-m-series-tx650m-650-watt-80-plus-gold-certified-psu-na

www.corsair.com/en-us/tx-m-series-tx750m-750-watt-80-plus-gold-certified-psu-na

www.corsair.com/en-us/tx-m-series-tx850m-850-watt-80-plus-gold-certified-psu-na

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2 hours ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

There are some new Corsair TX M's, they are made by great wall and are 80+ Gold and Semi Modular. 

I assume they are here to replace the CS line. 

www.corsair.com/en-us/tx-m-series-tx550m-550-watt-80-plus-gold-certified-psu-na

www.corsair.com/en-us/tx-m-series-tx650m-650-watt-80-plus-gold-certified-psu-na

www.corsair.com/en-us/tx-m-series-tx750m-750-watt-80-plus-gold-certified-psu-na

www.corsair.com/en-us/tx-m-series-tx850m-850-watt-80-plus-gold-certified-psu-na

Yep. The new TXM will replaced the CSM series and will used the same Great Wall platform. It will likely have more robust components due to it being rated for 50C and has a 7 year warranty. It also have a rifle bearing fan.

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5 minutes ago, quan289 said:

Yep. The new TXM will replaced the CSM series and will used the same Great Wall platform. It will likely have more robust components due to it being rated for 50C and has a 7 year warranty. It also have a rifle bearing fan.

Nice hopefully they're cheap

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

Attachcorethingy: Gigabyte H61M-S2V-B3

Infoholdstick: Corsair 2x4GB DDR3 1333

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

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Letterpad: Rosewill Apollo 9100 (Cherry MX Red)

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14 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Nice hopefully they're cheap

Original TX series, and CSM were sub 100 USD usually (depending on unit) so maybe it'll be the case with these aswell. 

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16 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Nice hopefully they're cheap

i don't really think a psu with a 7 year warranty will be cheap but we hope so :P

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3 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

i don't really think a psu with a 7 year warranty will be cheap but we hope so :P

CS650m and TX650 were about 110-120$ so hopefully we can see the same. 

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1 hour ago, herman mcpootis said:

i don't really think a psu with a 7 year warranty will be cheap but we hope so :P

By cheap I mean cheaper per watt than the RMx. Like $80 for the 750W.

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

 

Computer having a hard time powering on? Troubleshoot it with this guide. (Currently looking for suggestions to update it into the context of <current year> and make it its own thread)

Computer Specs:

Spoiler

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

Auralnterface: Sennheiser HD 6xx

Liquidrectangles: LG 27UK850-W 4K HDR

 

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9 hours ago, Energycore said:

By cheap I mean cheaper per watt than the RMx. Like $80 for the 750W.

Speaking of cheap, I miss when the 650W Photons were $59.99. Sigh, such a good deal...

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4 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Speaking of cheap, I miss when the 650W Photons were $59.99. Sigh, such a good deal...

And speaking of cheap, I remember when OCUK had a deal on a superflower Platinum King 450W for £25 :P 

The price to performance, price per watt and price to quality of components was just too cheap...

 

I mean even at it's normal price of £50, it's still up there in Price to performance and price per watt considering that it's cheaper than the Seasonic 430W S12II...

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