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11 minutes ago, Quartz11 said:

Quick correction (since I've just finished researching that PSU line):  MSI | MPG A-GF is multi-rail, same design as Enermax Revolution D.F.

Yeah, that's already in the pending changelog.

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14 hours ago, boghubodaghi said:

Is the fan on the AX 1000 Titanium and other Seasonic Prime derivatives comparable in performance (and free of problems) to the NR135L? I have heard issues on Hong Hua branded fans (on Seasonic prime derivatives) that it has to spin at higher temperatures to mantain the same temperatures (compared to the NR135L) and has low RPM motor noise, which I've never heard on NR135L. Can you please enlighten me on this? 

Yeah.  The Corsair PSU fans are much better.

 

Luxury of having a proper cooling team and the equipment (Longwin LW-9266, for example) and relationships with vendors that Corsair has.  

 

Edit: Just checked the BOM for AX and they even used our Microchip 8-bit MCU for the fan controller.  That's nice.  😄

 

 

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Is there even bad PSU fan in 2021?

 

Please do not take offence for my apparent confusion or rudeness,it's not intent me to be like that,it's just my BPD,be nice to me,and I'll return twice better,be rude and usually I get easly pissed of...I'll try to help anyone here,as long as it's something I dealt with,and even if you think I'm rude or not polite,forgive me,  it's not me it's my BPD.

Thanks for understanding.

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2 minutes ago, frozensun said:

Is there even bad PSU fan in 2021?

If I could pick one... egg incubator fan on Gigabyte GP-P450B:Best efficiency automatic small axial ventilation fan for industrial egg incubator

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2 hours ago, frozensun said:

Is there even bad PSU fan in 2021?

Oh yeah....  Most definitely.

 

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9 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

Oh yeah....  Most definitely.

 

so many guys were critising Corsair ML120 fan,which I assume is not PSU fan,but that fan here costs like 30 euros,hell air conditioner for my car is not that expensive.

I'm not critising Corsair just saying.

Too bad they don't install Noctua fans into PSUs.

Probably in the future companies will not put fans into PSUs,I see modern PSU's like Seasonic in some series don't install any.

There are rare systems which take more then 400 W from wall socket.

 

Please do not take offence for my apparent confusion or rudeness,it's not intent me to be like that,it's just my BPD,be nice to me,and I'll return twice better,be rude and usually I get easly pissed of...I'll try to help anyone here,as long as it's something I dealt with,and even if you think I'm rude or not polite,forgive me,  it's not me it's my BPD.

Thanks for understanding.

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16 minutes ago, frozensun said:

Too bad they don't install Noctua fans into PSUs.

without heavy modifiction they would also make for awful PSU fans

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aris hints there isnt ocp cause he couldn't triggered it. 13:05

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11 minutes ago, grmaster said:

aris hints there isnt ocp cause he couldn't triggered it. 13:05

I asked Aris about this, and apparently he was pretty vague about it. What I got was every protection is working as it should, but the OCP triggering point is set higher than it should (just like other PSUs he tested).

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17 minutes ago, grmaster said:

aris hints there isnt ocp cause he couldn't triggered it. 13:05

Weird to not see protections test results there, perhaps he contacted CM and they said to hold it up until they'll fix it ?

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On 10/23/2019 at 10:45 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

( 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
 MSI | MPG A-GF
 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.

 

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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

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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

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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 

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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 believe the cooler master V 850 Gold  V2 or the new V Gold V2 series should be updated as there is a new review from tomshardware (early March 2021) and giving it a very good score
Toms Hardware review of the CM V850 Gold V2
 

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3 hours ago, LukeSavenije said:

without heavy modifiction they would also make for awful PSU fans

Really,why is that?

Noctua fans are best out of there as case fans dunno why they couldn't suit for PSU.

 

Please do not take offence for my apparent confusion or rudeness,it's not intent me to be like that,it's just my BPD,be nice to me,and I'll return twice better,be rude and usually I get easly pissed of...I'll try to help anyone here,as long as it's something I dealt with,and even if you think I'm rude or not polite,forgive me,  it's not me it's my BPD.

Thanks for understanding.

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10 hours ago, frozensun said:

so many guys were critising Corsair ML120 fan,which I assume is not PSU fan,but that fan here costs like 30 euros,hell air conditioner for my car is not that expensive.

 

I don't know why they criticize them.  I have all ML140's in my own case.  That said, they're not suitable for PSU either.  The ML used in the new RMx is a completely different fan blade design than the one you buy for your case.

 

10 hours ago, frozensun said:

Too bad they don't install Noctua fans into PSUs.

Nobody uses Noctua's fans or copies Noctua's fan design for use in power supplies because they're horrible for power supplies.

 

10 hours ago, frozensun said:

Probably in the future companies will not put fans into PSUs,I see modern PSU's like Seasonic in some series don't install any.

You do realize that those PSUs are as expensive as they are because they're essentially taking a 1000W PSU and turning the OCP and OPP all the way down so it only puts out 700W, right?  It's essentially the same thing as getting a 1000W PSU with ZeroRPM fan mode.

 

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9 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

You do realize that those PSUs are as expensive as they are because they're essentially taking a 1000W PSU and turning the OCP and OPP all the way down so it only puts out 700W, right?  It's essentially the same thing as getting a 1000W PSU with ZeroRPM fan mode.

Or, is a regular 1000W PSU just a fanless 700W PSU with the OCP and OPP turned up and a fan added to compensate? 🤔

BabyBlu (Primary): 

  • CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K @ up to 5.3GHz, 5.0GHz all-core, delidded
  • Motherboard: Asus Maximus XI Hero
  • RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 4x8GB DDR4-3200 @ 4000MHz 16-18-18-34
  • GPU: MSI RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X, 2070MHz core, 8000MHz mem
  • Case: Phanteks Evolv X
  • Storage: XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB, 3x ADATASU800 1TB (RAID 0), Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB
  • PSU: Corsair HX1000i
  • Display: MSI MPG341CQR 34" 3440x1440 144Hz Freesync, Dell S2417DG 24" 2560x1440 165Hz Gsync
  • Cooling: Custom water loop (CPU & GPU), Radiators: 1x140mm(Back), 1x280mm(Top), 1x420mm(Front)
  • Keyboard: Corsair Strafe RGB (Cherry MX Brown)
  • Mouse: MasterMouse MM710
  • Headset: Corsair Void Pro RGB
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

Roxanne (Wife Build):

  • CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K @ up to 5.0GHz, 4.8Ghz all-core, relidded w/ LM
  • Motherboard: Asus Z97A
  • RAM: G.Skill Sniper 4x8GB DDR3-2400 @ 10-12-12-24
  • GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 w/ LM
  • Case: Corsair Vengeance C70, w/ Custom Side-Panel Window
  • Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, Silicon Power A80 2TB NVME
  • PSU: Corsair AX760
  • Display: Samsung C27JG56 27" 2560x1440 144Hz Freesync
  • Cooling: Corsair H115i RGB
  • Keyboard: GMMK TKL(Kailh Box White)
  • Mouse: Glorious Model O-
  • Headset: SteelSeries Arctis 7
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

BigBox (HTPC):

  • CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX
  • RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4-3600 @ 3600MHz 14-14-14-28
  • GPU: MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X Plus OC, de-shrouded, LM TIM, replaced mem therm pads
  • Case: Fractal Design Node 202
  • Storage: SP A80 1TB, WD Black SN770 2TB
  • PSU: Corsair SF600 Gold w/ NF-A9x14
  • Display: Samsung QN90A 65" (QLED, 4K, 120Hz, HDR, VRR)
  • Cooling: Thermalright AXP-100 Copper w/ NF-A12x15
  • Keyboard/Mouse: Rii i4
  • Controllers: 4X Xbox One & 2X N64 (with USB)
  • Sound: Denon AVR S760H with 5.1.2 Atmos setup.
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

Harmonic (NAS/Game/Plex/Other Server):

  • CPU: Intel Core i7 6700
  • Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY H270M
  • RAM: 64GB DDR4-2133
  • GPU: Intel HD Graphics 530
  • Case: Fractal Design Define 7
  • HDD: 3X Seagate Exos X16 14TB in RAID 5
  • SSD: Inland Premium 512GB NVME, Sabrent 1TB NVME
  • Optical: BDXL WH14NS40 flashed to WH16NS60
  • PSU: Corsair CX450
  • Display: None
  • Cooling: Noctua NH-U14S
  • Keyboard/Mouse: None
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

NAS:

  • Synology DS216J
  • 2x8TB WD Red NAS HDDs in RAID 1. 8TB usable space
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9 minutes ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

Or, is a regular 1000W PSU just a fanless 700W PSU with the OCP and OPP turned up and a fan added to compensate? 🤔

Umm... no.

 

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25 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

Nobody uses Noctua's fans or copies Noctua's fan design for use in power supplies because they're horrible for power supplies.

Can you elaborate on this? What makes them horrible for this use case? Just curious.

BabyBlu (Primary): 

  • CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K @ up to 5.3GHz, 5.0GHz all-core, delidded
  • Motherboard: Asus Maximus XI Hero
  • RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 4x8GB DDR4-3200 @ 4000MHz 16-18-18-34
  • GPU: MSI RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X, 2070MHz core, 8000MHz mem
  • Case: Phanteks Evolv X
  • Storage: XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB, 3x ADATASU800 1TB (RAID 0), Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB
  • PSU: Corsair HX1000i
  • Display: MSI MPG341CQR 34" 3440x1440 144Hz Freesync, Dell S2417DG 24" 2560x1440 165Hz Gsync
  • Cooling: Custom water loop (CPU & GPU), Radiators: 1x140mm(Back), 1x280mm(Top), 1x420mm(Front)
  • Keyboard: Corsair Strafe RGB (Cherry MX Brown)
  • Mouse: MasterMouse MM710
  • Headset: Corsair Void Pro RGB
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

Roxanne (Wife Build):

  • CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K @ up to 5.0GHz, 4.8Ghz all-core, relidded w/ LM
  • Motherboard: Asus Z97A
  • RAM: G.Skill Sniper 4x8GB DDR3-2400 @ 10-12-12-24
  • GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 w/ LM
  • Case: Corsair Vengeance C70, w/ Custom Side-Panel Window
  • Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, Silicon Power A80 2TB NVME
  • PSU: Corsair AX760
  • Display: Samsung C27JG56 27" 2560x1440 144Hz Freesync
  • Cooling: Corsair H115i RGB
  • Keyboard: GMMK TKL(Kailh Box White)
  • Mouse: Glorious Model O-
  • Headset: SteelSeries Arctis 7
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

BigBox (HTPC):

  • CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX
  • RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4-3600 @ 3600MHz 14-14-14-28
  • GPU: MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X Plus OC, de-shrouded, LM TIM, replaced mem therm pads
  • Case: Fractal Design Node 202
  • Storage: SP A80 1TB, WD Black SN770 2TB
  • PSU: Corsair SF600 Gold w/ NF-A9x14
  • Display: Samsung QN90A 65" (QLED, 4K, 120Hz, HDR, VRR)
  • Cooling: Thermalright AXP-100 Copper w/ NF-A12x15
  • Keyboard/Mouse: Rii i4
  • Controllers: 4X Xbox One & 2X N64 (with USB)
  • Sound: Denon AVR S760H with 5.1.2 Atmos setup.
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

Harmonic (NAS/Game/Plex/Other Server):

  • CPU: Intel Core i7 6700
  • Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY H270M
  • RAM: 64GB DDR4-2133
  • GPU: Intel HD Graphics 530
  • Case: Fractal Design Define 7
  • HDD: 3X Seagate Exos X16 14TB in RAID 5
  • SSD: Inland Premium 512GB NVME, Sabrent 1TB NVME
  • Optical: BDXL WH14NS40 flashed to WH16NS60
  • PSU: Corsair CX450
  • Display: None
  • Cooling: Noctua NH-U14S
  • Keyboard/Mouse: None
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

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  • Synology DS216J
  • 2x8TB WD Red NAS HDDs in RAID 1. 8TB usable space
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So please someone then explain me,why great performance fan for case can't perform well even in PSU?

Is it type of bearings that matters or what?

I've seen guys replacing PSU fans with the ones for cases.

So please someone explain me what differs PSU fan compared to case fan.

Regarding ML fans,recently I saw the review that they give almost worse performance and they are most audible because of their very fast fan speed.

There is that video on youtube I can search it.

 

55 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

I don't know why they criticize them.  I have all ML140's in my own case.  That said, they're not suitable for PSU either.  The ML used in the new RMx is a completely different fan blade design than the one you buy for your case.

 

Nobody uses Noctua's fans or copies Noctua's fan design for use in power supplies because they're horrible for power supplies.

 

You do realize that those PSUs are as expensive as they are because they're essentially taking a 1000W PSU and turning the OCP and OPP all the way down so it only puts out 700W, right?  It's essentially the same thing as getting a 1000W PSU with ZeroRPM fan mode.

 

Actually I can't remember was it 1kW PSU.I know Seasonic started all that crap with fanless mode.

And as I can remember those were SFX PSUs or small form factor PSU.

Hell I even purchased for my second rig Seasonic Focus  PX-750 which I believe has average cooling performance because of the small form factor and trust me I didn't paid it cheap.

Dunno though the quality of fan in that PSU,since it has hybrid mode too.

 

Please do not take offence for my apparent confusion or rudeness,it's not intent me to be like that,it's just my BPD,be nice to me,and I'll return twice better,be rude and usually I get easly pissed of...I'll try to help anyone here,as long as it's something I dealt with,and even if you think I'm rude or not polite,forgive me,  it's not me it's my BPD.

Thanks for understanding.

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45 minutes ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

Can you elaborate on this? What makes them horrible for this use case? Just curious.

Blade shape.  

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47 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

Blade shape.  

So, some fan with high static pressure which performs better than others on a radiator will be okay for PSU or there are some details ?

And a side note, there's serious lack of good fan review data, there are too many variables to test them in the PC how everyone usually does that, so if someone could test some consumer fans with the specialized equipment (like you guys) and release the data that would be veeery useful, just sayin.

Tag or quote me so i see your reply

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On 3/31/2021 at 12:05 PM, Juular said:

So, some fan with high static pressure which performs better than others on a radiator will be okay for PSU or there are some details ?

And a side note, there's serious lack of good fan review data, there are too many variables to test them in the PC how everyone usually does that, so if someone could test some consumer fans with the specialized equipment (like you guys) and release the data that would be veeery useful, just sayin.

I'm hoping Aris buys a Longwin for himself.  😄

 

So, you have high static pressure for radiators.  PSU blade shape is different as it's somewhere in between high CFM and high static pressure.  Example:  A Corsair SP fan works great on a radiator, but not great in a PSU.  And an AF is even worse.

 

ML has good static pressure.  But when we put it in the new RMx, cooling performance got worse.   So we had Sunon copy our current PSU fan blade design and that improved things significantly.

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1 hour ago, jonnyGURU said:

ML has good static pressure.  But when we put it in the new RMx, cooling performance got worse.   So we had Sunon copy our current PSU fan blade design and that improved things significantly.

What is it that the NR140ML does better than the ML140 PRO? Airflow?

 

In another topic, you agreed with a comment that basically said that static pressure is critical only in configurations where the PSU fan has restricted access to air.

Does that mean that in a configuration where access to air is completely unrestricted (e.g. fan up, with traditional grill, at the bottom of a high airflow case that doesn't have a psu shroud), a super high airflow fan would do a better cooling job than a typical psu fan? 

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1 hour ago, electropical said:

What is it that the NR140ML does better than the ML140 PRO? Airflow?

 

In another topic, you agreed with a comment that basically said that static pressure is critical only in configurations where the PSU fan has restricted access to air.

Does that mean that in a configuration where access to air is completely unrestricted (e.g. fan up, with traditional grill, at the bottom of a high airflow case that doesn't have a psu shroud), a super high airflow fan would do a better cooling job than a typical psu fan? 

I didn't say that. 

 

Static pressure is always critical.  You just don't need as much as a radiator needs. 

 

My comment about fan up vs. fan down had nothing to do with static pressure.  It had to do with heat rising from the PSU's PCB. 

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9 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

I didn't say that. 

Yep, which is why I'm asking 😄

 

Here's the part I was refering to, and that got me confused :

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If you install the psu so that it pulls air from under the case, maybe through some dust filter or smaller holes in the case bottom, then air pressure may be something to consider.

 

Anyway, now I get what you meant 👍

Thank you for the clarification ! 

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