[EOL] PSU Tier List rev. 14.8

[IIIIIIIIII]

11 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

Lots of complaints there about the price and being too close to Gold efficiency products.  What did they use for a reference point for price (MSRP?) and what Gold efficiency product is the same price?

The MSRP for CV750 is 96000￦($85)(same price as the CX750).

 

GreatWall E650, SuperFlower Leadex III 650w, Seasonic Core 650w, Evga 650GA, COOLMAX(Micronics) Explorer 750w (230V only XHY1408), ANTEC EAG 650W are pretty much the same, and with a little extra budget you can go 750w.

[MachP]

On 10/28/2020 at 6:57 AM, Juular said:

Tier A low priority based on the same platform used in TT TP Grand RGB Sync edition.

I know this is months down too late to ask but does that mean if they were of a comparable price the only difference is any features they have? The In Win P75 doesn't seem to have much reviews attached to it.

[Juular]

46 minutes ago, MachP said:

I know this is months down too late to ask but does that mean if they were of a comparable price the only difference is any features they have? The In Win P75 doesn't seem to have much reviews attached to it.

Yeah, just one :

https://wolflsi.pixnet.net/blog/post/69091440

And it actually looks like either it has somewhat better components choice than Thermaltake version or Sirfa have changed to beef-up the base platform.

[MachP]

2 hours ago, Juular said:

Yeah, just one :

https://wolflsi.pixnet.net/blog/post/69091440

And it actually looks like either it has somewhat better components choice than Thermaltake version or Sirfa have changed to beef-up the base platform.

that review is so detailed. I'm surprised google Translate manged to parse it into English so well.

[Luxarx]

Sorry if I'm pointing out something I shouldn't but the Cooler Master V Gold SFX isn't marked green, just FYI

[Guest]

On 5/20/2021 at 8:28 PM, IIIIIIIIII said:

The MSRP for CV750 is 96000￦($85)(same price as the CX750).

 

GreatWall E650, SuperFlower Leadex III 650w, Seasonic Core 650w, Evga 650GA, COOLMAX(Micronics) Explorer 750w (230V only XHY1408), ANTEC EAG 650W are pretty much the same, and with a little extra budget you can go 750w.

Ah... They used MSRP.  MSRP is "worst case scenario".  Actual retail price is almost always lower (unless you're buying from a scalper).

 

Example:  The MSRP for CX750 is actually $100 USD.  TWENTY DOLLARS MORE than the MSRP for CV750 ($79.99).  They're not comparing apples to apples.

 

 

 

[IIIIIIIIII]

4 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

Ah... They used MSRP.  MSRP is "worst case scenario".  Actual retail price is almost always lower (unless you're buying from a scalper).

 

Example:  The MSRP for CX750 is actually $100 USD.  TWENTY DOLLARS MORE than the MSRP for CV750 ($79.99).  They're not comparing apples to apples.

 

 

 

Well... the retail price is also the same.

 

I've said it before, the pricing policy of Comsvil(Korean Corsair distributor) is really weird. They sell the CX's 550W and 650W for about the same price, and the CX650F sells for about the same price as the RM750.

 

EDIT: I am sorry. I made a mistake. 96000₩ ($85) is the lowest available price.

 

And... All Corsair PSUs are sold for more than retail prices on Comsvil's official website. #

[Guest]

1 hour ago, IIIIIIIIII said:

Well... the retail price is also the same.

 

I've said it before, the pricing policy of Comsvil(Korean Corsair distributor) is really weird. They sell the CX's 550W and 650W for about the same price, and the CX650F sells for about the same price as the RM750.

 

EDIT: I am sorry. I made a mistake. 96000₩ ($85) is the lowest available price.

 

And... All Corsair PSUs are sold for more than retail prices on Comsvil's official website. #

That's messed up.

 

[Scania556]

What are your opinions on Montech Century 650W? It is sold for around 90 USD.

https://wolflsi.pixnet.net/blog/post/69088604

[Juular]

4 hours ago, Scania556 said:

What are your opinions on Montech Century 650W?

It's in the list, isn't it ? CWT GPX, which according to Jon's tests fails the burn-in under 90VAC input. Might still be fine choice for 230VAC counties in the absence of better alternatives tho.

[IIIIIIIIII]

Bequiet! Dark Power 12 850W Review(Techpowerup)

[Shinta]

What would you say is the best WHITE 750w psu for a 3080 ti / 3090 on the list? Anyone with a nzxt h510 case, is the psu visible or pointless to bother with a rgb psu?

[IIIIIIIIII]

54 minutes ago, Shinta said:

750w psu for a 3080 ti / 3090 on the list?

Most 750w PSUs don't seem to work well with RTX3090.

 

54 minutes ago, Shinta said:

What would you say is the best WHITE 

RMx White, SuperFlower Leadex Series 850w or higher.

 

If you want more detailed help, please create a new thread with a link to the store where you will buy the PSU.

 

[Shinta]

37 minutes ago, IIIIIIIIII said:

Most 750w PSUs don't seem to work well with RTX3090.

 

RMx White, SuperFlower Leadex Series 850w or higher.

 

If you want more detailed help, please create a new thread with a link to the store where you will buy the PSU.

 

Thanks for the response, still looking at this point. 

[Downkey]

20 hours ago, Shinta said:

 Anyone with a nzxt h510 case,

(Dont go with this case)

Anyway back to PSU talk!

[Phantom-XT]

On 10/23/2019 at 11:15 PM, LukeSavenije said:

PSU Tier List 4.0 rev. 14.7
Last Update: 28-03-2021

 

Legend :
Gray - EoL/obsolete and/or generally not recommended for purchase.
Green - small form-factor (gold and blue colors are disregarded due to scarcity of SFX PSUs)
Gold - best units in the tier (includes requirements for blue color in tier A)
Blue - quiet operation under moderate load (see details in the spreadsheet)
Hyphen / Dash - Series / lineups separator
Slash - Models (inside one series) separator
Parenthesis / Round brackets - Model variations (which belong to the same position)
Square brackets - Additional description (wattage range, part of SKU code, label / casing color, release year)
Numbers in red colored square brackets - footnotes, see descritptions at the end of respective tiers

See spreadsheet for changelog, methodology, detailed description of colors, review sources, notes on grayed-out units including issues like GPU incompatibility or quality and performance issues, and other additional info.

Tier A • Recommended for high-end systems
 

( multi/single-rail switchable )

• be quiet! | Dark Power Pro 10 / Pro 11 / Pro 12
• Cooler Master | V Platinum 2019 [MPZ]
• Corsair | AXi (<=1500W / 1600W) - RMi - HXi [5] - HX Platinum [5] - Vengeance Silver
• Enermax | Digifanless

• NZXT | E

( multi-rail )

• Antec | High Current Pro [HCP] Gold / Platinum
• be quiet! | Straight Power 11 Gold / Platinum
• Bitfenix | Formula Gold =>650W - Whisper =>650W
• Deepcool / Gamer Storm | DQ-M (not V2 / -V2L)
• Enermax | Platimax (1200/1350W) / Platimax D.F =>750W - Revolution D.F - MaxRevo 1350/1500W
• LEPA | MaxPlatinum 1050W/1375W

• MSI | MPG A-GF

( single-rail )

• Abkoncore | CR Platinum
• ADATA / XPG | Core Reactor
• Andyson | N - R - PX - TX
• Antec | Earthwatts [EA] Gold Pro post 2018 y. [1] / Gold Pro White - High Current Gamer [HCG] Gold post 2018 y. [1] / Extreme post 2018 y. [1] - Signature Platinum / Titanium - Edge =>850W
• ASUS | ROG Strix post 2018 y. [1] / Thor
• Chieftec / Chieftronic | Powerplay Gold / Platinum - GPS-500C Fanless
• Cooler Master | Masterwatt Maker MiJ - V Gold 2013 [RS] Semi-modular [VSM] / Fully modular - V Platinum 2013 [RSC] - V SFX Gold
• Corsair | AX Gold / Platinum / Titanium - RMx 2015 (White) / 2018 (White) - RM Gray - SF Gold / Platinum [2] - TX-M 2017 (Gold)
• Cougar | GX-F (Aurum) - LLC
• Enermax | Platimax D.F <=600w - Maxtytan
• EVGA | Supernova G2(L) / GS =>850W / P2 / PS / T2 (<=1200W/1600W)
• Fractal Design | ION+ Platinum / SFX Gold
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Aurum PT / Pro - Hydro G / G Pro / X / PT / PTM
• Gamdias | Cyclops X1
• Great Wall | E Gold (Frozen)
• Green | Overclocking DG
• Huntkey | MVP-G Gold - MVP-P Platinum
• Kingwin | Stryker
• Kolink | Continuum C-PL 1500w
• LC Power | LC1200 Platinum
• Micronics | Astro Platinum
• NZXT | C-series - H1 / NP-S-M
• Phanteks | AMP - Revolt Pro post 2018 y. [1] - Revolt X
• Raidmax | Monster RX-AT
• Riotoro | Enigma G2 post 2018 y. [1]
• Rosewill | Silent Night - Quark - Capstone G <=750W
• SAMA / Xianma | Forza Titanium
• Seasonic | Focus [OneSeasonic] GX / GM / PX [1] / SGX - Prime Gold / Platinum / Titanium / Fanless PX / Fanless TX / Snow Silent (Gold / Platinum / Titanium) / Airtouch - Connect
• Silentmaxx | Fanless II
• Silverstone | Decathlon DA-G 1650W - Strider Gold S 1500W / Platinum PT <=850W - Nightjar SXL / ATX (Platinum / Titanium)
• Super Flower / Zhenhua | Leadex Gold / Platinum <=1600W / Platinum SE / Titanium / II Gold / III Gold [HG] (pre/post 2020 y.) / III Gold (Pro) ARGB
• Thermaltake | Toughpower GF1 (ARGB) / PF1 (ARGB) / iRGB Plus (Gold/Platinum/Titanium) / Gold Semi-Modular 1500W / DPS G (Gold / Platinum) / DPS G RGB Titanium <=1250W / Grand (non-RGB) Gold / Russian Gold 1500W
• XFX | Pro Black FM / Limited Edition - XTR =>850W - XTS - XTI

( low priority units - minor issues or lack of info )

• Aerocool | Project 7 / P7
• Antec | Earthwatts [EA] Pro Gold pre 2018 y. [1][4] - High Current Gamer [HCG] Gold pre 2018 y. [1] / Extreme pre 2018 y. [1] - Edge <=750W - Truepower Classic
• Asus | ROG Strix pre 2018 y. [1]
• be quiet! | Dark Power [non-Pro] 12
• Bitfenix | Formula Gold <=550W 1] - Whisper <=550W [1]
• Cooler Master | Masterwatt Maker - V Gold 2018 [MPY-AFAAGV] =>750W / v2 [MPY-AFBAG] (White [MPY-AGBAG])
• Corsair | HX Gold 650W
• Delta | GM - GPS-HB Platinum
• Enermax | MaxRevo 1800W [3]
• EVGA | Supernova G3 - GT - NEX-G 1500W / PG 1500W
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Hydro PTM Pro
• Fractal Design | Edison M
• Gamdias | Kratos P1 Gold
• Gigabyte | XP-M 1200
• Green | Overclocking EVO - High Performance+ - UK+
• High Power | Astro GD-F v2 [HPJ] =>1050W / PT [HPV] 1200W - Super GD
• In Win | P - Premium Basic / PB
• Maingear | Ignition
• Phanteks | P-GF - Revolt Pro pre 2018 y. [1]
• Rosewill | Photon 1350W - Tachyon 1200W
• Riotoro | Enigma G2 pre 2018 y. [1] - Builder 1200w
• SAMA / Xianma | Armor [1] (Pure Power) Gold / Platinum - Forza [1] Gold / Platinum
• Seasonic | Focus [pre-2018] [1] Gold / Plus Gold / Plus Platinum - G RM - S12G RT - SSP-SFG - SSP-SUG - SSP-RT - [1] X Gold / Platinum / X Fanless / X Snow Silent
• Sentey | Golden Steel GSP-HM V2 1050W
• Sharkoon | Silentstorm Cool Zero
• SilentiumPC | Supremo FM2 [1]
• Silverstone | Strider Gold Platinum PT =>1000W
• Super Flower / Zhenhua | Leadex II [3] / V
• Thermaltake | Toughpower Grand (non-RGB) Platinum / Grand RGB Gold
• Wentai | Aidan 1616W [3]
• XFX | TS Gold - XT Gold - XTR <=750W - XTR2 - XTS2
• Xigmatek | Hera Gold - XFP
• Zalman | Acrux Platinum [1] - Wattera

[1] Units experiencing tripping issues with high transient power draw GPUs like AMD Vega and high-end nVidia Ampere. Includes Seasonic Focus based units made prior to Jan 2018, source.
[2] Corsair SF units with LOT codes from 194448* through 201148* have potential problems, Corsair conducts a voluntary replacement, source.
[3] Units that don't reach full rated capacity under full rated input voltage range.
[4] Antec EA Pro Gold has versions for Chinese market made by FSP on competely different, worse, group-regulated platform (tier D). Source #1, #2.
[5] Corsair HX1200 and HX1200i units with LOT codes in range between 2030* and 2041* may exhibit motherboard compatibility issues, entitled for advanced RMA, source.

Tier B • Recommended for midrange systems

• 1st Player | Steampunk Gold
• Abkoncore | Tenergy Gold X50W
• Antec | Neo Eco Gold yellow-label [3]
• be quiet! | Pure Power 10 =>400W / 11 (CM) =>400W [1] - Straight Power E10 - SFX-L Power
• Chieftec | Smart GPS-C / Power Smart GPS-C - Navitas GPM-C =>1000W / GPM-S / PPS-FC - Polaris - SFX-GD-C - Compact CSN-C
• Cooler Master | MWE Gold - Reactor Gold - V Gold 2018 [MPY-AFAAGV] <=650W
• Corsair | CX Gray - CS-m Gold - CX-F RGB
• Cougar | GEX - GX-S 2017
• Delta | GPS-FB Platinum
• Dengen | Gold FM
• Enermax | Platimax <=1000W/1500W
• EVGA | Supernova B3 post 2019 y. / G(1)+ / G5 / GD 2017 / GM / GQ 850w+ / (NEX-)G(1) (PG) 1000W / PQ
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Aurum Xilenser
• Gigabyte | Aorus AP-GM / P-W
• Great Wall / Hunters | Titan TF - Gaming GX
• High Power | Astro Lite / GD-F HPB <=750W / GD-F HPJ <=750W / GD-F V2 HPM - Performance GD
• Huntkey | MVP K - WDK-K
• Kolink | Continuum C-PL 850W - Enclave G-FM
• LC-Power | GP4 - Arkangel III
• LDLC / Fox Spirit | US-G / GT-P - XT-P / QS-FL / QS-FLP - QS+ - BQ+
• LEPA | G-MA
• Lian Li | PE SFX-L
• Micronics | Astro GD
• Modecom | Volcano Gold
• Riotoro | Onyx - Enigma Gold
• Rosewill | Capstone G =>850W - Photon <=750W - Tokamak - Lightning
• Seasonic | Core GC / GM / GX
• Segotep / Colorful | GP-P <=700w - GP-T <=700w - ZP500P-SG
• Sharkoon | Silentstorm SFX Gold
• Skydigital | Power Station 5 Gold
• Silverstone | Strider Gold S (V1/V2) [F-GS, non-1500W] / Titanium <=800W / Platinum PTS / Plus F-PS - SX-G 500/650/700W - SX-PT 700W - Essential Gold ET-G / ET-HG - SX-LG - SX-LTI
• Super Flower / Zhenhua | Golden Green
• Thermaltake | TR2 Gold
• VIVO | 24K
• Xigmatek | Vector P
• Xilence | Performance X
• Zalman | EBT <=750w - Platinum

( low priority units - minor issues or lack of info )

• Antec | Neo Eco Gold green-label [not Zen]
• ASUS | TUF Bronze
• Cooler Master | MWE V2 [2] White [MPE] Full-range Input / V2 [2] Bronze [MPE] Full-range Input / V2 Gold - GX Gold - GX Bronze 2020 [MPX]
• Cougar | Auric
• CWT / Channel Well Technology | PUO V-G
• Enermax | Platimax 1500/1700W [4] - Revolution SFX
• EVGA | Supernova B3 pre 2019 y. / B5 / GA
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Dagger Pro
• Great Wall | G-series Gold
• Kolink | Continuum V2 1000/1200W
• In Win | Classic Basic CB - PF
• Micronics | Compact SFX-L PT
• Rampage | Everest Forza FTX / ETX
• Segotep / Colorful | KL
• Sentey | Solid SDP-SS
• SilentiumPC | Supremo M1 Gold
• Silverstone | ET-MG - Strider Gold S [F-GS] v3 - SX-PT 750W
• Super Flower | Leadex III Bronze PRO - Legion HX / GX Pro
• Xigmatek | Minotaur
• Xilence | SQ

[1] bq! PP10/11 400W SKUs has PCI-e power cables powered only by single rail with total rating of 288W and trips with high transient power draw GPUs like AMD Vega
[2] Cooler Master MWE V2 units have high ripple issues on very low load also resulting in increased coil whine, fix pending.
[3] Units experiencing tripping issues with high transient power draw GPUs like AMD Vega and high-end nVidia Ampere. Includes Seasonic Focus based units made prior to Jan 2018, source.
[4] Units that don't reach full rated capacity under full rated input voltage range.

Tier C • Recommended for cheap mid/low-end systems

• Abkoncore | Tenergy Bronze
• Abysm | Morpheo
• ADATA | XPG Pylon
• ADX | Power W Gold
• Aerocool | KCAS M 850 / Plus / G(M)
• Aigo | ES Gold
• Andyson | H6 / GX - M5+ =>550W / BX
• Antec | Earthwatts [EA] Gold EVO - High Current Gamer [HCG] Bronze 2012 (M) =>750W - Neo Eco II - VP-F Bronze
• be quiet! | Dark Power Pro P8 / P9 - System Power 9 =>400W / CM / U9 =>400W / B9 =>400W - Power Zone
• Bitfenix | Formula Bronze
• Chieftec | Core BBS - PowerUp GPX-FC [2] - Proton BDF-S / BDF-C - Navitas GPM-C <=850W - A-90 - Silicon SLC-C - Photon Gold GDP-C-RGB - APS-CB =>750
• Coba | NitroX Nobility
• Cooler Master | GM - GX Bronze 2015 [RS-ACAA-B3] - MWE V1 Bronze [MPX] =>600W - Masterwatt (TUF) - Silent Pro M2 =>720W
• Corsair | CX Green =>750W - CX-M Green =>750W / Gray - GS Bronze - CV 650W - HX Gold =>750W - Vengeance Bronze - Enthusiast TX v2 - RM 2013 [orange-label]
• Cougar | LX - CMD - CMX v3 - GX v1/v2/v3
• CWT / Channel Well Technology | GPS S-G
• Deepcool | Quanta DQ - DQ-ST - DQ Evo
• Delta | GPS-JB / AB
• Enermax | Revobron - Revolution Duo / X't / X't II
• EVGA | Supernova B2 - GD 2019 -V* - GQ <=750W - BQ - B 500/600/700W
• Fractal Design | Integra M - Newton R3 - Tesla R2
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Raider II - HEXA 85+ - Hydro GE / Pro - Hyper M85+
• Gamdias | Astrape P1 - Kratos P1
• Gigabyte | G750H - P650B - Sumo Platinum
• Great Wall | M 1200
• High Power | Astro GD-F [HPJ] =>850W - Direct12 Bronze =>750W / Bronze II
• In Win | A1 Plus - Classic C
• iTek | Taurus GF
• Kingwin | Absolute Platinum - Lazer Gold / Platinum
• Kolink | Continuum 1050/1200W
• LC Power | Gold Series - Prophecy RGB
• LDLC / Fox Spirit | TA
• LEPA | MaxGold - G-MAS
• Montech | Gamma (II) - Alpha (X)
• Mistel | Vision MX Gold / Platinum
• NZXT | HALE82 / HALE90 / HALE90 V2
• OCZ / PC Power & Cooling | Silencer MK III =>750W / Platinum 1050W - ZT - ZX
• PC Cooler | GI-P
• Powerspec | PS-GSM / PS-GFM - PSX-GFM
• Riotoro | Builder 500/600W
• Rosewill | Arc 750W - Capstone -XXX / -XXXM / -1000-M - Hercules (-S) 1600W - Hive - Hive S =>750W - Lightning - Tachyon <=1000W
• Seasonic | G GP / SSR-GP / SSP-GT - M12II (EVO) x50W - S12D Silver - S12 Energy Plus - SS-HT <=650W / =>750W
• Sentey | Platinum LTP-SM - Golden Steel GSP-HM (1200/1600W) / GSP-SM (850/1050W) - Metal Extreme MHP-XM 1000W - Metal Blade MBP-HM 1000W
• Sharkoon | WPM Gold Zero - Silentstorm Icewind
• SilentiumPC | Supremo [3] L2 / M2 - Vero L3 / M3
• Silverstone | Strider Bronze ST-SF / Gold ST-SF-G
• Super Flower / Zhenhua | Golden Green / King - Iceberg Kingdee - Leadex Silver / Platinum 2000W - Platinum King
• Thermaltake | BlueEvo 2.0 - Smart BM2 / DPS G Gold X50W / G / Gold X00W / Pro RGB / M =>750W / SP-P 750W - Toughpower DPS G RGB Gold / GX1 (RGB) / Gold Semi-Modular <=1200W / European Gold <=650W / Russian Gold (<=750W / 850-1200W) / SFX / Grand RGB Gold Sync Edition / Grand RGB Platinum - TR2 RX Bronze =>850W
• ThunderX3 | Plexus
• Vinga | VPS Gold / Platinum
• XFX | Black Edition Silver - Core =>650W - TS Bronze =>650W - Pro XXX
• Xigmatek | Cerberus (III) S =>550W - Centauro
• Xilence | Performance A+ X30w / A+ III X50W
• Zalman | EBT =>850W - GVM =>850W - GigaMax GVII - LX 700W - TX

( low priority units - minor issues or lack of info )

• Aerocool | Strike-X =>800W - GT S Bronze =>700W / SG Gold - Aero Bronze
• Antec | High Current Gamer [HCG] 2018 - Neo Eco Gold Zen
• Apevia | Prestige
• BR ONE | Rainbow
• Boostboxx | Power Boost 600/700W
• Chieftec | Nitro2 85+ BPS-C2 - APS-C 1000W
• Cooler Master | MWE V2 [1] White [MPE] 230V Only / V2 [1] Bronze [MPE] 230V Only
• Cougar | BXM
• Deepcool | DA-N 500/600W - DQ-M-V2L [2]
• Enermax | Marblebron
• EVGA | BA - BR - GD 2019 -B* - Supernova M1 1300W
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Hydro GD / MX / K Pro - HV Pro - MS 600W
• Goldenfield | ATX-W Gold - Gold Medal A+ EPS-ELG / ALG
• Gamemax / Gamepower | RGB Gold
• Green | ESD - EUD - HED
• G.Skill | MB-G [2]
• High Power | Performance Pro
• Hiper | HPB-FM - HPB-RGB
• Huntkey | GS
• IPPON | Platinum
• In Win | Compact / CS - F1
• Kolink | Classic KL-v2 / Modular KL-M
• LC Power | Gold Series - Prophecy RGB
• Micronics | Astro G - Compact SFX GD - Classic II Bronze - Cyclone III - Performance II PV - Zero
• Montech | Century [2]
• PowerBoost | Rage
• Powerspec | PS-BSM 750W
• Raidmax | Cobra AE Gold =>850 / AE-B / AE-M - Vortex Gold AE-V - Vampire GH
• Rampage | Everest ETX
• Rosewill | Fortress - Photon 850/1000/1200W - Tachyon =>850W - Lepton - Valens
• Seasonic | S12II EVO
• Segotep / Colorful | GP-G [4]
• Silverstone | SX-G 600W
• Skydigital | Validus LP
• Super Flower / Zhenhua | Eco Silver
• Thermaltake | Toughpower GF2 ARGB / GX2 / European Gold =>750W / Russian Gold GF1
• Xigmatek | Hydra M - Shogun G - Tauro 700W
• Zalman | Wattgiga

[1] MWE V2 units have high ripple issues on very low load also resulting in increased coil whine, fix pending.
[2] CWT GPX based units have problems with failing burn-in test under sub 90VAC input, treat as 230V only, source.
[3] Units experiencing tripping issues with high transient power draw GPUs like AMD Vega and high-end nVidia Ampere.
[4] Two versions of Segotep GP-G exist, older v1 version is non-LLC resonant and they're very hard to extinguish externally, hence model tiering based on v1.

Tier D • Recommended only for very cheap, iGPU systems

• 1st Player | Black Widow - DK 5.0 / 6.0
• Abko / Suitmaster | Mighty
• Aerocool | Aero White - Cyclon - KCAS (M) Bronze (<=800W,1000W) - Lux RGB - Strike-X <=600W - VX (Plus) (RGB)
• Andyson | M5+ 450W
• Antec | Ares AP - Atom - Basiq 80 Plus / VP Plus / VP-P (Plus) / VP-PC - Earthwatts [EA] Gold Pro Chinese versions / Platinum / 80+ / (D) Green - Neo Eco Classic NE-C (X50W/X20W) / Modular NE-M / NE-M v2 - NX
• Apexgaming | AI - AG - AN - AJ - AX - STG
• Aresgame | AGV
• Argus | APS - RGB
• be quiet! | Pure Power L8 / L9 / 10 <=350W / 11 <=350W - Straight Power E8 / E9 - SFX Power / Power 2 - System Power 7 / 8
• CWT / Channel Well Technology | GPK-S / GPT-S
• Chieftec | Photon Bronze CTG-C-RGB - A-80 - Task TPS-S - Force CPS-S - Neutron <=600W BLC-S - APB-8B - APS-C <=650W - APS-CB <=650W - APS-S - APS-SB - GPA-S8 - GPB-S - GPC-S - GPE-S - GPS-A8 - ELP-S - SFX-BS - PSF-B
• Cooler Master | GX 2010 [RS-ACAA-D3 ] - GXII - MWE V1 Bronze [MPW] / V1 White [MPX] <=550W - Masterwatt Lite - Silent Pro M2 <=620W
• Corsair | Builder CX(-M) 2012 <=600W [green-label] - CV <=550W - VS 2017 [gray-label] / 2020 [black-label]
• Cougar | A - CMX v1/v2 - STE - STX - VTC - VTE - VTX - XTC
• Deepcool | DA / DA-M / DA-N 700W - DN
• Delta | GPS-HB A Bronze
• EVGA | BT - B <=600W - BV - Supernova G5 1000w <2020 / GS 550/650W [3] / NEX-B / PB / NEX-G <=750W / G(1) <=750W / PG <=750W - W3
• Enermax | Cyberbron - NaXn 82+ - MaxPro / MaxPro II
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Aurum 92+ / CM / Gold / S- Dagger SDA - Raider - HD - Hexa 80+ - HEXA+ (II) - Hyper / S / M / K - Hammer - Hydro / K - PNR - PNR-i - PNR Pro - 60GHS / 60GHS(85)
• Fractal Design | Integra R2 / SFX
• Gamdias | Astrape M1 White
• Gamemax / Gamepower | GP - GM
• Gigabyte | BH - PB500 - PW
• Great Wall / Hunters | Gaming G-series Bronze - BH - Lightning
• Green | ECO / ECO rev 3.1
• High Power | Astro GD [HPA] / PT [HPA] 700W - Element Smart EP-S - Simplicity ST HPG-T12S
• Hiper | HPB-SM
• Huntkey | MVP Bronze
• Hydance | HY-CT
• In Win | A
• Kolink | Core - SFX
• LC Power | GP3 Silver - Super Silent - Silent Giant GP3 Bronze
• LDLC / Fox Spirit | EC - BG - FP
• Micronics | Caslon II - Compact SFX Bronze <=450W - Classic II 80+ - Zero Plus
• Montech | Beta
• NZXT | HALE82 V2 / HALE82-N / HALE90 V2S
• OCZ / PC Power & Cooling | Silencer MK III <=600W - ModXStream Pro
• Powerspec | PS-BF - PS BGM <=650w
• Raidmax | Thunder V2 RX-AP / RGB RX-AP-R - Cobra AC-B / AF-B - Vortex Bronze / White
• Rosewill | Arc <=650W - Arc M - Hive S <=650W - Glacier <=700W - TFX Bronze - TFX Gold
• Seasonic | SS-ET
• Sentey | Thillium X [TXP-HM] - Metal Blade [MBP-HS/MBP-HM] <=850W
• Segotep | BP
• Sharkoon | WPC Bronze
• Silverstone | Strider Gold Evolution [ST-G] - Strider Essential ET-B / F-ES / F-ES230 / F-ESB / F-ESG - Strider Titanium =>1100W / Plus F-PB - SX-LPT
• Skydigital | Power Station 5 80+ White
• Superflower | Bronze King - Bronze FX - Mega
• Tacens | Radix VII
• Thermaltake | Smart 80+ / SE / BM1 / BX1 (RGB) / DPS G Bronze X00W / 80+ RGB / M <=650W / SP-P (X30W/650W) / German series Bronze (Pro RGB) - TR2 Bronze / S X50W / 80+ White / RX 80+ White / RX Bronze <=750W - Toughpower DPS G Titanium 1500W - Litepower (RGB)
• Xigmatek | Centauro S - Cerberus (III) S450 - Spectrum - Tauro <=600W - X-Power I / II / III - Z-Power
• Xilence | Gaming - Performance C / A
• Zalman | GLX - GS - GT - GV - GVM <=700W - LE - LE II - LX - LXII

( low priority units - minor issues or lack of info )

• Aerocool | Integrator - Lux RGB - VX (Plus) (RGB)
• Antec | High Current Gamer [HCG] Bronze 2012 <=620W [1] - VP-F 80+
• Apevia | Jupiter
• Bitfenix | BPA - Fury
• EVGA | W1
• Modecom | Volcano Bronze
• Seasonic | A12 [2] - S12II 80+ / Bronze [1] / EVO [2] - S12III [2] - M12II (EVO) [1] x20W - ECO [1] SSP-ST / SS-BT / SS-ES
• Sentey | SDP 80+
• SilentiumPC | Elementum E2 - Vero L2 / M2 - Supremo M1 Platinum
• Vinga | VPS-B - VPS-P
• XFX | XT Bronze [1] - TS Bronze <=550W [1] - Core <=550W [1]

[1] Seasonic S12II Bronze and related units have or had UVP issues, source.
[2] Seasonic S12III, S12II EVO and A12 - OCP (on any rails) not claimed, nor present in supervisor IC, neither does 12V UVP/OVP. No reviews to prove otherwise.
[3] OCP not present on any rails apparently. No reviews to prove otherwise.

Tier E • Potentially dangerous in multiple scenarios

• Armageddon | All units
• BR ONE | BR-X
• Corsair | VS 2012 [orange-label]
• Cooler Master | Elite - Realpower - B2
• Diablotek | All units
• EVGA | N1 - N2
• Gigabyte | P-GM [non-Aorus] [1]
• LEPA | MaxBron
• NOX | All units
• Raidmax | Non-rated units
• Rasurbo | All units
• Solid Gear | Neutron
• Tacens | All units
• Trust | All units
• Ultron | All units

[1] Very high DOA rate and underrated FETs that explode under high stress, source.

 

Credits

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Created and maintained by @Maurice Janssen,  @DatTestBench, @Stefan Payne, @GreatMasterAden, @Juular, @Elisis, @boghubodaghi, @breixobaloca, @b3nd0vah and @LukeSavenije

 

Creative Commons License

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This work by Luke Savenije et al. are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

 

Common mentioned terms

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Protections

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Voltages

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12V rail

The most important rail in current PSUs, mostly used by the power hungry parts like the GPU and CPU, but also part of the motherboard and part of the molex connector.

 

5V rail

An important, but much less used rail, mostly used by storage and part of the GPU.

 

3.3V rail

A rail that gets less and less relevant, it provides power to the RAM (though this can be 12v as well these days), chipset and M.2 drives

Single- and Multirail

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Single rail

A single rail lets all the current of a voltage, in this case 12v go over a single trace or “rail” (see them as breakers in your house). This has the advantage of turning off less quickly, but does mean it allows full current to go through a single wire or connector, potentially melting or burning it before shutting down

 

Multi rail

Multi rail these days aren’t physical rails, rather they have multiple points where they measure the current (generally 2-8). it can shut down the psu earlier to protect itself, with a lower chance of burning through connectors and/or cables with a catastrophic failure.

 

http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/showthread.php?3990-Single-vs-Multiple-12V-rails-The-splitting-of-the-12V-rail

Regulations and Topologies

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Digital parts

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Digital Monitoring

Monitors current and reports it to software like NZXT CAM or Corsair iCue, generally using the OCP rail to measure.

 

Digital Circuit

Analog and digital circuits at the end have one goal: transmit data and process information into other forms(sound, light, etc). Digital circuits function on two fixed signal levels, 1s and 0s(binary). This allows for better control of switching frequencies under different loads and can achieve really high efficiency, but is also much more expensive to implement

Specifications

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ATX specification

A certification maintained by Intel that sets baselines for PSUs to meet.

 

c6/c7 crossloads

c6/c7 sleep states or “Haswell ready” connects to a sleep state used on Intel processors of 4th gen or newer. AMD has these sleep states too, but doesn’t specifically name them. most importantly it has to meet a crossload performance and that it has to be keepable to do a zero-load-power, that most group regulated units can’t meet, it’s highly recommended you pick something up for modern systems that meets this.

 

ATX 2.3: 

https://web.archive.org/web/20150114105013/http://www.formfactors.org/developer/specs/PSU_DG_rev_1_1.pdf

 

ATX 2.31: 

https://web.archive.org/web/20160414133738/http://www.formfactors.org/developer/specs/Power_Supply_Design_Guide_Desktop_Platform_Rev_1_2.pdf

 

ATX 2.4: 

https://web.archive.org/web/20170718011357/https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/guides/power-supply-design-guide.pdf

 

ATX 2.52: 

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/guides/power-supply-design-guide-june.pdf

 

ATX 12vo:

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/guides/single-rail-power-supply-platform-atx12vo-design-guide.pdf 

Other

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Ripple

Ripple is mostly the noise in DC not filtered out from the AC current. A high ripple can shorten part’s lifespan. Intel allows up to 120mV, but we prefer to keep it below 50.

 

Inrush current limiting

An inrush current limiter tries to limit inrush current, the instantaneous current electronic devices draw when turned on. This is normally done with a so called NTC Thermistor.

 

 

Legacy list:

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CV450 Gray & VS450 Gray are the same units? 

Please explain.

[Juular]

32 minutes ago, Fahimsarker said:

CV450 Gray & VS450 Gray are the same units?

There are probably some minor BOM changes, perhaps @jonnyGURU could shed a light, but otherwise they're pretty much the same thing, yes. Except that CV doesn't have 230V only versions and CV650\750W are completely different.

[Phantom-XT]

21 minutes ago, Juular said:

There are probably some minor BOM changes, perhaps @jonnyGURU could shed a light, but otherwise they're pretty much the same thing, yes. Except that CV doesn't have 230V only versions and CV650\750W are completely different.

So CV450/550 Gray and VS450/550 are same unite ?

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Juular said:

There are probably some minor BOM changes, perhaps @jonnyGURU could shed a light, but otherwise they're pretty much the same thing, yes. Except that CV doesn't have 230V only versions and CV650\750W are completely different.

Wait.. what?  Where did this come from?

 

First off:  There are no 230V Only Corsair units.

 

Second:  VS and CV450 and 550 are the same PLATFORM, but are not the same units.

 

The CV has different PWM MOSFETs, different boost diode, and additional Schottky diode on the +12V and a different output choke.

 

[Juular]

10 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

Wait.. what?  Where did this come from?

Admittedly i didn't even bother to look up the differences in teardowns, thanks for clarification.

About the 230V thing i recall you saying that Corsair doesn't do 230V VS anymore, i thought you were talking about CV, were you talking about older VS then ?

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Juular said:

Admittedly i didn't even bother to look up the differences in teardowns, thanks for clarification.

About the 230V thing i recall you saying that Corsair doesn't do 230V VS anymore, i thought you were talking about CV, were you talking about older VS then ?

No 230V PSUs period.  Not since orange VS.  Too limited market (particularly for a North American based company) and too many RMAs just to save under a dollar a unit. 

[thievesarmy]

On 5/27/2021 at 8:36 AM, Shinta said:

What would you say is the best WHITE 750w psu for a 3080 ti / 3090 on the list? Anyone with a nzxt h510 case, is the psu visible or pointless to bother with a rgb psu?

its not really visible and I would say pointless. If you did get one you may be able to see some light emanating from the grate holes that make up the PSU "bay" or whatever, but for the most part you're not gonna be seeing whatever is down there. 

[aMpEduP]

Thanks for this list, it has been very helpful when choosing PSU for my new Ryzen 9 5900X/RTX 3080 build!

[genexis_x]

Any insights on Super Flower Leadex III Super Bronze Pro?

[PMizuki]

How good is the xigmatek minotaur? and how did it get placed at tier B? I couldn't find a review for them anywhere.