[EOL] PSU Tier List rev. 14.8

[Scania556]

Regarding OEM, internal parts, and performance. What are the top 5 1000~1200w PSUs in the Tier A list?

[Elisis]

1 hour ago, Scania556 said:

Regarding OEM, internal parts, and performance. What are the top 5 1000~1200w PSUs in the Tier A list?

In order, likely: AX1200i, HX1200(i) Platinum, V Platinum (1000/1300W, not 1200W)/High Current Pro Platinum, RMi/RMx, Straight Power 11. 

[MrBrightSyde]

2 hours ago, Biggerboot said:

Hey, I'm in the market for another PSU.  I'm still using the 650w EVGA GQ I got 5 years ago and it's working fine, but I noticed it was bumped down to tier c (I think all of the GQ's use to be tier B).  Any reason why?  I was thinking of getting another one of those since this one served me well. 

Depends when you last check the list. Was it back when there still was B+ and A- tiers instead of gold and "low priority"?  Because B+ tier became B tier, B tier became C tier and C tier merged with D tier (I've type tier so many times, it stopped registering to me as a real word)

[Scania556]

30 minutes ago, Elisis said:

In order, likely: AX1200i, HX1200(i) Platinum, V Platinum (1000/1300W, not 1200W)/High Current Pro Platinum, RMi/RMx, Straight Power 11. 

How is Dark power Pro 12? Is it better than Straight Power 11?

[Juular]

8 hours ago, Elisis said:

In order, likely: AX1200i, HX1200(i) Platinum, V Platinum (1000/1300W, not 1200W)/High Current Pro Platinum, RMi/RMx, Straight Power 11. 

No love for CWT CTT and CST ?

[Biggerboot]

12 hours ago, MrBrightSyde said:

Depends when you last check the list. Was it back when there still was B+ and A- tiers instead of gold and "low priority"?  Because B+ tier became B tier, B tier became C tier and C tier merged with D tier (I've type tier so many times, it stopped registering to me as a real word)

That makes sense.  I wasn't sure if there were new discoveries though - I can't remember if there was always a separation between wattages.  I may go with something else either way.

 

Edit: I went for the Super Flower Leadex III Gold

https://www.newegg.com/super-flower-leadex-iii-sf-650f14hg-650w/p/1HU-024C-00007?Item=9SIAMNPAY44593

[MMGtheSERB]

On 10/23/2019 at 1:15 PM, LukeSavenije said:

PSU Tier List 4.0 rev. 14.8

Last Update: 27-07-2021

Legend :
Gray - EoL/obsolete and/or otherwise 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
Low priority subtiers - Lack of info (no reviews) or minor issues (see the corresponding tab in the spreadsheet). Not recommended for purchase over any normal priority units.
Multi-rail units - Not necessarily better than single-rail units but provide an extra layer of protection by having 12V OCP set lower than total capacity, which is especially relevant for very high capacity units (=>1kW). Pay attention to rails configuration when using with high power draw components to avoid shutdowns.

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! | Dark Power 12 [non-Pro] - Straight Power 11 Gold =>750W / Platinum <=750W
• Bitfenix | Formula Gold =>650W - Whisper M =>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. [7y warranty] [4][7] / Gold Pro White - High Current Gamer [HCG] Gold post 2018 y. [7] / Extreme post 2018 y. [7] - Signature Platinum / Titanium - Edge =>850W
• ASUS | ROG Strix / Thor
• Chieftec / Chieftronic | Powerplay Gold / Platinum - GPS-500C Fanless
• Cooler Master | Masterwatt Maker MiJ - V Gold 2013 [RS] (Semi-modular [VSM] / Fully modular) / Gold V2 (Black [MPY-AFBAG] / White [MPY-AGBAG]) - V Platinum 2013 [RSC] - V SFX Gold
• Corsair | AX Gold / Platinum / Titanium [8] 1000W - CS [fully modular] - RMx 2015 (Black/White) / 2018 (Black/White) / 2021 - RM 2019 [black label] / 2021 (Black/White) [triangular grille] - SF Gold / Platinum [2] - TX-M Gold
• Cougar | GX-F (Aurum) - LLC
• Enermax | Platimax D.F <=600w [3] - Maxtytan
• EVGA | Supernova G2(L) / GT / GS =>850W / P2 / PS / T2 (<=1200W/1600W)
• Fractal Design | ION Gold / SFX Gold - ION+ Platinum
• 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
• Lian Li | SP 750
• Micronics | Astro Platinum
• NZXT | C-series - H1 / NP-S-M
• Phanteks | AMP - Revolt Pro post 2018 y. [7] - Revolt X
• Raidmax | Monster RX-AT
• Riotoro | Enigma G2 post 2018 y. [7]
• Rosewill | Silent Night - Quark - Capstone G <=750W
• SAMA / Xianma | Forza Titanium
• Seasonic | Focus [OneSeasonic refreshes] GX / GM / PX / SGX - Prime [8] GX (<=750W / =>1000W) / (Ultra) Gold =>1000W / PX =>1000W / (Ultra) Platinum =>1000W / TX =>1000W / (Ultra) Titanium =>1000W / PRIME Snow Silent Gold [550W] - Connect
• SilentiumPC | Supremo FM2
• Silentmaxx | Fanless II
• Silverstone | Decathlon Gold 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 )

• Aerocool | Project 7 / P7
• Antec | Earthwatts [EA] Pro Gold pre 2018 y. [7y warranty] [1][4][7] - High Current Gamer [HCG] Gold pre 2018 y. [1][7] / Extreme pre 2018 y. [1][7] - Edge <=750W - Truepower Classic
• be quiet! | Dark Power 12 [non-Pro] - Straight Power 11 Gold <=650W / Platinum =>850W
• Bitfenix | Formula Gold <=550W [1] - Whisper M <=550W [1]
• CWT / Channel Well Technology | CST-P / CST-T - GPR-G - GPU-G / GPU-P
• Cooler Master | Masterwatt Maker - V Gold 2018 [MPY-AFAAGV] =>750W
• Corsair | AX Titanium 850W [1][8] - HX Gold 650W
• Delta | GM - GPS-HB Platinum
• Enermax | MaxRevo 1800W [3]
• EVGA | Supernova G3 [6] / G6 - NEX-G 1500W / PG 1500W
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Hydro GSM Pro / PTM Pro
• Fractal Design | Edison M
• Gigabyte | XP-M 1200
• Green | Overclocking EVO - High Performance Plus [HP+] - HP Evo - UK Plus
• High Power | Astro GD-F v2 [HPJ] =>1050W / PT [HPV] 1200W - Super GD
• In Win | P - Premium Basic / PB
• KRPW / Kuroutoshikou | GR 1000 - GK
• Maingear | Ignition
• Phanteks | P-GF - Revolt Pro pre 2018 y. [1][7]
• Rosewill | Photon 1350W - Tachyon 1200W
• Riotoro | Enigma G2 pre 2018 y. [1][7] - Builder 1200w
• SAMA / Xianma | Armor [1] (Pure Power) Gold / Platinum - Forza [1] Gold / Platinum
• Seasonic | Focus [pre-2018] [1][7] Gold / Plus Gold / Plus Platinum - G RM - Prime [1][8] GX 850W / (Ultra) Gold [not GX] <=850W / PX <=850W / (Ultra) Platinum <=850W / TX <=850W / (Ultra) Titanium <=850W / Fanless PX / Fanless TX / Snow Silent (Platinum [650W] / Titanium [750W]) / Airtouch - S12G RT - SSP-SFG - SSP-SUG - SSP-RT - [/COLOR][1] X Gold / Platinum / X Fanless - Snow Silent [X-series based]
• Sentey | Golden Steel GSP-HM V2 1050W
• Sharkoon | Silentstorm Cool Zero
• Silverstone | Strider Gold Platinum PT =>1000W
• Super Flower / Zhenhua | Leadex II [3] / V Gold (Pro)
• 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 EBTII

[1] Units experiencing tripping issues with high transient power draw GPUs like AMD Vega, 6900 XT and nVidia RTX3080 / 3080 Ti / 3090.
[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.
[6] Early EVGA G3 revisions had issues with out-of-spec performance under overload.
[7] Older Seasonic Focus revisions (made before 2018) had transient sensitivity issues. Some new SKUs are not affected because they were released later (Seasonic Focus GM/GX/PX refreshes, Phanteks AMP, NZXT C/E etc.).
[8] Seasonic PRIME based units experience shutdowns with RTX3080/3090 (and possibly RX6900 XT) GPUs, especially ones with unlocked power limit like FE and ASUS Strix. It is recommended, if going with such units, to overprovision wattage, 1kW for RTX3080 and 1.2kW for RTX3090, or power-limit the GPU, or performing a 'dirty' fix of disconnecting a pin of 12V V-sense wire from PSU-side connector of 24-pin motherboard cable (courtesy of Jonny Guru). Units based on post-2018 revisions of Seasonic Focus platform and majority of units by other OEMs are not affected.

Tier B • Recommended for midrange systems
• 1st Player | Steampunk Gold [SP]
• Abkoncore | Tenergy Gold X50W
• Antec | Neo Eco Gold [yellow-label] [1]
• be quiet! | Pure Power 10 =>400W / 11 (CM) =>400W [1] / 11 FM - Straight Power E10 - SFX-L Power
• Chieftec | Smart GPS-C / Power Smart GPS-C - Navitas GPM-C =>1000W / GPM-S / PPS-FC - Polaris <=750W - Powerup GPX-FC <=650W - SFX-GD-C - Compact CSN-C
• Cooler Master | MWE Gold non-modular [ACAAG] / FM [AFAAG] - Reactor Gold - V Gold 2018 [MPY-AFAAGV] <=650W
• Corsair | CX 2016 [gray label] - CS-m - CX-F RGB
• Cougar | GEX - GX-S 2017
• CWT / Channel Well Technology | CSH-G - CSM - CSN - PUO-G / PUO-P
• Deepcool | DQ-M-V2L <=650W
• 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 Platinum - 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
• Montech | Century <=650W
• 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 | Toughpower GF [no numbers] <=650W / PF1 [non-ARGB] - TR2 Gold
• VIVO | 24K
• Xigmatek | Vector P
• Xilence | Performance X
• Zalman | EBT <=750w - Platinum

( low priority units )

• 1st Player | Armour [AR]
• Antec | Neo Eco Gold [green-label, non-'Zen'] - Platinum
• Aresgame | AGT
• ASUS | TUF Bronze
• Chieftec | Polaris =>850W
• Cooler Master | MWE V2 [2] White [MPE] Full-range Input / V2 [2] Bronze [MPE] Full-range Input / V2 Gold non-modular [ACAAG] / V2 Gold FM [AFAAG] - G Gold - GX Gold - GX Bronze 2020 [MPX]
• Cougar | Auric
• Enermax | Platimax 1500/1700W [3]
• EVGA | Supernova B3 pre 2019 y. / B5 / GA [1]
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Dagger Pro - Hydro S
• Golden Field | GPG
• Great Wall / Hunters | G-series Gold - Titan TF Bronze
• Kolink | Continuum V2 1000/1200W
• KRPW / Kuroutoshikou | AK
• In Win | Classic Basic CB - PF
• Micronics | Compact SFX-L PT
• Rampage | Everest Forza FTX / ETX
• Seasonic | B12 BC - G12 GC
• Segotep / Colorful | KL
• Sentey | Solid SDP-SS
• SilentiumPC | Supremo M1 Gold
• Silverstone | ET-MG - Revolution SFX - Strider Gold S [F-GS] v3 - SX-PT 750W - VIVA Gold
• Super Flower | Leadex III Bronze PRO - Legion HX / GX Pro
• Xigmatek | Minotaur
• Xilence | SQ

[1] Units experiencing tripping issues with high transient power draw GPUs like AMD Vega, 6900 XT and nVidia RTX3080 / 3080 Ti / 3090.
[2] Cooler Master MWE V2 White and Bronze units have high ripple issues on very low load also resulting in increased coil whine, fix pending.
[3] 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 =>750W [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 Hybrid / M2 =>720W
• Corsair | CX 2013 [green label] =>750W - CX-M 2015 [green label] =>750W / 2017 [gray label] - GS Bronze - CV 650/750W - 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 | CSB - GPN - 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 | SFX-L SX-LPT 1000 - 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 [non-'TT Premium Edition'] / 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 )

• 1st Player | DK Premium
• Aerocool | Strike-X =>800W - GT S Bronze =>700W / SG Gold - Aero Bronze
• Antec | Atom G [purple-label] - High Current Gamer [HCG] 2018 - Neo Eco Gold [NE] Gold M / Zen
• Apevia | Prestige
• Aresgame | AGS - AGK
• 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
• Corsair | CX-m 2021 [triangular grille]
• Cougar| BXM
• Deepcool | DA-N 500/600W - DQ-M-V2L =>750W [2]
• Enermax | Marblebron
• EVGA | BA - BR - GD 2019 -B* - Supernova M1 1300W
• FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Hydro GD / GSM Lite PRO / MX / K Pro / (M) Pro Bronze - HV Pro - MS 600W - SFX Pro
• Galax | GL
• Golden Field | ATX-W Gold - Gold Medal A+ EPS-ELG / ALG
• Gamemax / Gamepower| RGB Gold
• Gigabyte | P-GM 1000W
• Great Wall / Hunters | Fire
• Green | ESD - EUD - HED - UK
• G.Skill | MB-G [2] - PS-G / PS-P
• High Power | Performance Pro
• Hiper | HPB-FM - HPB-RGB
• Huntkey | GS
• IPPON | Platinum
• Itek | GF EVO
• In Win | Compact / CS - F1
• Kolink | Classic KL-v2 / Modular KL-M
• KRPW / Kuroutoshikou | BR
• LC Power | Gold Series - Prophecy RGB
• Micronics | Astro G - Compact SFX GD - Classic II Bronze - Cyclone III - Performance II PV - Zero
• Montech | Century =>750W [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 | Glacier 850/1000W - Fortress - Photon 850/1000/1200W - Tachyon =>850W - Lepton - Valens
• Seasonic | S12II EVO
• Segotep / Colorful | GP-G [4]
• Silverstone | Decathlon Gold DA-G 850 [2] - SFX SX-B / SX-G 600W - VIVA Bronze
• Skydigital | Validus LP
• Super Flower / Zhenhua | Eco Silver
• Thermaltake | Toughpower GF [no numbers] =>750W [2] [without number] / GF2 ARGB / GX2 / European Gold =>750W / Russian Gold GF1 / SFX ['TT Premium Edition']
• 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] High wattage CWT GPX based units have problems with failing burn-in test under sub 90VAC input, treat as 230V only, (Jonny Guru).
[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 Sir [BS] - Black Widow - DK (non-modular / fully-modular) [non-'Premium']- FK - PRO
• 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 / V [teal label] / B [yellow label] - Basiq 80 Plus / VP Plus / VP-P (Plus) / VP-PC - Cuprum Strike [CSK] - Earthwatts [EA] Gold Pro [3/4y warranty] [4] / 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 | AG / AGW - AGV
• Argus | APS - RGB
• AZZA | PSAZ
• 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 | GPA - GPB - GPK - GPT - GPM
• 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 2012 <=600W [green-label] / 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 - W2 / 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) - 60HHN
• Fractal Design | Integra R2 / SFX
• Gamdias | Astrape E1 / M1 (Bronze/White) - Helios E1 White - Kratos E1
• Gamemax / Gamepower | GP - GM
• Gigabyte | BH - PB500 - PW
• Golden Field | GPB
• 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
• KRPW / Kuroutoshikou | L5 - N
• 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 | Essential ET-ARGB - Strider Gold Evolution [ST-G] - Strider Essential ET-B / F-ES / F-ES230 / F-ESB / F-ESG - Strider Titanium =>1100W / Plus F-PB - SFX-L SX-LPT 700
• 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 RGB 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 - Megamax TXII

 

( low priority units )

• 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] - Eco Plus [1] - 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.
[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.

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] <=850W [1]
• LEPA | MaxBron
• NOX | All units [2]
• 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.
[2] Review samples manipulation / hardware swap

 

 

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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I use 3 superflower argb 750watt in one pc. I run a single 3090 and 3 3080s

they works and they're amazing

3090 uses a single psu

then i got dual 3080 on a single psu

and then I got 3080 and 10900k which ill upgrade to 12900k on a single psu

[henmen]

Could someone please explain why the newer EVGA 1300 g+ is B tier and EVGA 1300 g2 is A tier? I really want to order the g+ it is a good price on amazon but don't want to cut myself short at all. Thanks 

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

5 minutes ago, henmen said:

Could someone please explain why the newer EVGA 1300 g+ is B tier and EVGA 1300 g2 is A tier? I really want to order the g+ it is a good price on amazon but don't want to cut myself short at all. Thanks 

Looks to be the primary side topology. ACRF vs LLC.

 

But looking at the spreadsheet, there doesn't seem to be info for the 1300W+ G1+ units yet.

 

[IIIIIIIIII]

28 minutes ago, henmen said:

Could someone please explain why the newer EVGA 1300 g+ is B tier and EVGA 1300 g2 is A tier? I really want to order the g+ it is a good price on amazon but don't want to cut myself short at all. Thanks 

 

16 minutes ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

Looks to be the primary side topology. ACRF vs LLC.

 

But looking at the spreadsheet, there doesn't seem to be info for the 1300W+ G1+ units yet.

 

Yes this. Also, there is too little information. If you use it with an ampere GPU, it will make a terrible coil whine.

 

If the 1300G+ is the same platform as the 2000G+, it seems to be using this platform, which is supposed to be ACRF.(not sure as there is no complete disassembly)

[henmen]

10 hours ago, IIIIIIIIII said:

 

Yes this. Also, there is too little information. If you use it with an ampere GPU, it will make a terrible coil whine.

 

If the 1300G+ is the same platform as the 2000G+, it seems to be using this platform, which is supposed to be ACRF.(not sure as there is no complete disassembly)

Darn so acrf can lead to coil whine?

[IIIIIIIIII]

7 minutes ago, henmen said:

Darn so acrf can lead to coil whine?

ACRF/DF has been known to cause the main transformer to coil whine when faced with terrible transient loads, such as when gaming with an Ampere GPU.

[f14]

look at the big  T90 type relay

[henmen]

1 hour ago, IIIIIIIIII said:

ACRF/DF has been known to cause the main transformer to coil whine when faced with terrible transient loads, such as when gaming with an Ampere GPU

Hmm but not if I used my 6900xt? I might just go with the new rmx 1000 then. All the extra wattage overhead would just make me feel good haha 

[IIIIIIIIII]

5 minutes ago, henmen said:

Hmm but not if I used my 6900xt? I might just go with the new rmx 1000 then. All the extra wattage overhead would just make me feel good haha 

The RM1000x would be a better device. But there may be better options.

 

For more help, please create a new thread with a link to the store where you would like to buy a PSU.

Edited August 11, 2021 by IIIIIIIIII

[Omara]

did anyone try the Aorus AP850GM for a build that includes ryzen 7 3700x + msi gaming x trio 3080? is that good enough or should i consider getting the seasonic 1000W?

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

2 minutes ago, Omara said:

Aorus AP850GM

Get that one if you like fireworks.

 

[Omara]

1 minute ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

Get that one if you like fireworks.

 

yes i did watch that video when it came out, he clearly states that this is not the AP supplies but the P supplies

[Jeppes]

1 minute ago, Omara said:

yes i did watch that video when it came out, he clearly states that this is not the AP supplies but the P supplies

You can pick a good 850W model too. Corsair Rm850x,  Seasonic focus gx-850 etc. I see no reason to buy a model that has no reviews out.

[Omara]

1 minute ago, Jeppes said:

You can pick a good 850W model too. Corsair Rm850x,  Seasonic focus gx-850 etc. I see no reason to buy a model that has no reviews out.

the market where i live either has that only PSU for 850W or a seasonic 1000W, even worse, the seasonic is out of stock everywhere

[Jeppes]

33 minutes ago, Omara said:

the market where i live either has that only PSU for 850W or a seasonic 1000W, even worse, the seasonic is out of stock everywhere

I would make a bold claim and say you're fine with 750W models of Corsair rmx/hx and seasonic fx too. 1000W:s can be nice if you do liquid nitrogen oc for cpu.

[Omara]

1 minute ago, Jeppes said:

I would make a bold claim and say you're fine with 750W models of Corsair rmx/hx and seasonic fx too. 1000W:s can be nice if you do liquid nitrogen oc for cpu.

sadly i do not have any of those sold anywhere in my country, right now i have the gigabyte b700h and upgrade options are the 2 i mentioned above

[Juular]

44 minutes ago, Jeppes said:

I see no reason to buy a model that has no reviews out.

There is a review on it actually, looks decent but has some problems with ripple under slight overload so i'd avoid it if there are any alternatives, considering it's still MEIC and it's unknown if it doesn't have some QC problems too, there's too few of them in the wild to paint a full picture.

https://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/aris-bitziopoulos/gigabyte-aorus-gp-ap850gm-psu-review/

[Omara]

37 minutes ago, Juular said:

There is a review on it actually, looks decent but has some problems with ripple under slight overload so i'd avoid it if there are any alternatives, considering it's still MEIC and it's unknown if it doesn't have some QC problems too, there's too few of them in the wild to paint a full picture.

https://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/aris-bitziopoulos/gigabyte-aorus-gp-ap850gm-psu-review/

1 last question, what about the Seasonic Focus Gold GX-850W 80+ gold, i managed to find this one available near me, is this good for a 3080/3700x/32GB ram/2x HDD 1x SSD system?

[Juular]

49 minutes ago, Omara said:

1 last question, what about the Seasonic Focus Gold GX-850W 80+ gold, i managed to find this one available near me, is this good for a 3080/3700x/32GB ram/2x HDD 1x SSD system?

It is certainly better as long as it's an actual Focus GX, not the older Focus Plus Gold (or just Focus Gold).