Posted November 6, 2019 Hi guys Is there a reason, if you have the choice, to choose an ATX power supply vs a SFX one? (Thermals, aso...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 6, 2019 No real reason. SFX is real neat for builds where a larger PSU may obstruct stuff. Neat in ITX small formfactor cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, Jillorval said: Hi guys Is there a reason, if you have the choice, to choose an ATX power supply vs a SFX one? (Thermals, aso...) ATX is cheaper,bigger and has a lot more models for sale. SFX is smaller,more expensive and rare than ATX. A PC Enthusiast since 2011 AMD Ryzen 7 5700X@4.65GHz | GIGABYTE GTX 1660 GAMING OC @ Core 2085MHz Memory 5000MHz Cinebench R23: 15669cb | Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme: 3566 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 6, 2019 SFX PSUs are not as quiet as you can get with similarly priced ATX PSUs, they have much shorter hold up time, and they don't perform quite as well. All of the higher end SFX PSUs also lack multi rail. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 6, 2019 4 hours ago, Jillorval said: Is there a reason, if you have the choice, to choose an ATX power supply vs a SFX one? (Thermals, aso...) If my case only accepts SFX PSU's, I buy an SFX PSU. That's the end of my decision process making between the two sizes usually. There's one or two instances where I'd consider an SFX PSU instead of an ATX psu for cases that have ATX support, but it's usually to give something like a CPU cooler or a GPU more room to breathe in a case. Examples include but are not limited to Sliger Cerberus, Silverstone Sg13, NZXT H200 "Put as much effort into your question as you'd expect someone to give in an answer"- @Princess Luna Make sure to Quote posts or tag the person with @[username] so they know you responded to them! RGB Build Post 2019 --- Rainbow 2020 --- Velka 5 V2.0 Build 2021 Purple Build Post --- Blue Build Post --- Blue Build Post 2018 --- Project ITNOS CPU AMD R7 7800X3D Motherboard Asrock B650E Taichi Lite RAM Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB 5200mhz GPU ASUS RTX4080 STRIX Case Fractal Torrent Storage Samsung 980Pro 2TB, Crucial P3 Plus 4TB x2, PSU Corsair RM1000x Cooling Deepcool AK620 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 6, 2019 Author Thanks for all the answers! I'll then get an ATX PSU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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