Difference between Gold, Titanium and Platinium?

[PCMR Ricos]

Hey guys, I was looking at some power suppies, I know they have different efficiency.

Gold>Silver>Bronze

However which one is better: Titanium or Platinium?

Is it worth it going for the best instead of a bronze?

If not what's the best option when considering buying a power supply?

[The Sloth]

efficiency

 

[PCMR Ricos]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

efficiency

 

Did you read the question?

[PCGuy_5960]

Titanium>Platinum

If it's worth going for is up to you as there is quite a huge price difference when going from a bronze to a Titanium PSU.

The best option is to pick the best PSU for the money that you are willing to spend

[PCMR Ricos]

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Titanium>Platinum

If it's worth going for is up to you as there is quite a huge price difference when going from a bronze to a Titanium PSU.

The best option is to pick the best PSU for the money that you are willing to spend

Thanks! 

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, PCMR Ricos said:

Thanks! 

Np

[manikyath]

the biggest difference between platinum and titanium is in the <20% usage section, as everywhere else the efficiency percentages are already so stupidly high it honestly doesnt matter anymore, but titanium is the only standard which specifies a minimum efficiency at the very low end of the curve.

 

while it's easily acceptable that platinum power supplies probably arent per definition bad at such low usage numbers, they dont *have* to be efficient.

 

so in essence, titanium is a sensible consideration to make if you have a pc that'll spend the majority of its runtime idle. going from 80+ bronze to 80+ titanium in my home server actually halved power usage from the wall, even with the bronze unit being in a much better spot on the curve.