Are Seasonic Core PSU series good quality?

[dens22]

Hello!

 

I would like to know if the CORE series are good or not. I cannot find any reviews from reputable sites. Thanks!

[thedangerine]

All the ones I have looked at have 80+ gold rating and a 7 year warranty, that plus seasonic typically making very quality power supplies I would assume they are pretty good

[Haro]

1 minute ago, thedangerine said:

that plus seasonic typically making very quality power supplies I would assume they are pretty good

Brand isn't quality and seasonic makes some bad units. 

 

1 minute ago, thedangerine said:

80+ gold rating and a 7 year warranty,

Warranty and efficiency have nothing to do with quality. 

[dens22]

1 minute ago, thedangerine said:

All the ones I have looked at have 80+ gold rating and a 7 year warranty, that plus seasonic typically making very quality power supplies I would assume they are pretty good

Thank you for the reply!

[dens22]

1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

Brand isn't quality and seasonic makes some bad units. 

 

Warranty and efficiency have nothing to do with quality. 

What is your opinion on these series then?

[Haro]

2 minutes ago, dens22 said:

What is your opinion on these series then?

The lineup are in b+ in the list 

It's good afaik. What's your budget for a PSU and what are your parts and what is this one priced at?

[dens22]

4 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

The lineup are in b+ in the list 

It's good afaik. What's your budget for a PSU and what are your parts and what is this one priced at?

My specs:

Ryzen 5 1400 (I plan to upgrade it to r5 3600 or smth next year)

16 gigs of RAM

gtx 1050 (I plan to get 1660 super this year)

 

I wanted a PSU for a 60-70 euros, but I can stretch if needed. The ss core gc-650 is 86 euros in my country.

[Haro]

1 minute ago, dens22 said:

The ss core gc-650 is 86 euros in my country

Your system doesn't even need that much. Look for a 550w unit ( even tho at worst your system won't consume more then 200w). 

If there's a deal on the 650w version it should be decent. 

[dens22]

8 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Your system doesn't even need that much. Look for a 550w unit ( even tho at worst your system won't consume more then 200w). 

If there's a deal on the 650w version it should be decent. 

So I am good with a Core gc-500, right?

[Escapenz]

2 minutes ago, dens22 said:

So I am good with a Core gc-500, right?

yes, its in the teir-b list so good mid range system PSU.

[Haro]

3 minutes ago, dens22 said:

So I am good with a Core gc-500, right?

Should he fine. 

As I said. If the 650 is a deal right now or it's barely more expensive. Won't hurt to go for that. 

[Mateyyy]

How much does a Pure Power 11 500W cost for you locally?

[dens22]

3 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

How much does a Pure Power 11 500W cost for you locally?

About 75 euros.

[Mateyyy]

4 minutes ago, dens22 said:

About 73 euros.

I'd probably get that instead then, since it's a known, solid, good quality unit.

I couldn't find a single review on any of Seasonic's new "Core" series of PSUs, and Seasonic doesn't have the greatest track record when it comes to affordable, more mainstream power supplies.

[dens22]

9 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Should he fine. 

As I said. If the 650 is a deal right now or it's barely more expensive. Won't hurt to go for that. 

There is only 7 euro difference.

[dens22]

2 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

I'd probably get that instead then, since it's a known, solid, good quality unit.

I couldn't find a single review on any of Seasonic's new "Core" series of PSUs, and Seasonic doesn't have the greatest track record when it comes to affordable, more mainstream power supplies.

ok, thank you for the recommendation.

[thedangerine]

36 minutes ago, dens22 said:

ok, thank you for the recommendation.

some of the highest scores I have ever seen for a PSU on jonnyguru.com have come from seasonic, I know that not all of them are that level and not every PSU they make is amazing, the point I was trying to make was that most of their stuff is good, and while a seven year warranty doesn't = good quality, I would assume that they aren't going to put a 7 year warranty on a unit they don't expect to outlive that warranty

[GoldenLag]

52 minutes ago, dens22 said:

About 75 euros.

which country?

[dens22]

27 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

which country?

Latvia

[dens22]

36 minutes ago, thedangerine said:

some of the highest scores I have ever seen for a PSU on jonnyguru.com have come from seasonic, I know that not all of them are that level and not every PSU they make is amazing, the point I was trying to make was that most of their stuff is good, and while a seven year warranty doesn't = good quality, I would assume that they aren't going to put a 7 year warranty on a unit they don't expect to outlive that warranty

I got a bit confused about this. Can you take warranty as one of the factors about the psu quality or not?

[GoldenLag]

5 minutes ago, dens22 said:

Latvia

you got any retailer we can look through?

[dens22]

Just now, GoldenLag said:

you got any retailer we can look through?

Here are a few: 

https://www.dateks.lv/

https://220.lv/lv/

https://www.rdveikals.lv/

https://www.1a.lv/

[GoldenLag]

11 minutes ago, dens22 said:

Here are a few: 

https://www.dateks.lv/cenas/psu-barosanas-bloki/160455-bitfenix-formula-450w-80-gold

 

this thing perhaps, really good quality unit. 

 

https://www.rdveikals.lv/products/lv/415/251804/sort/1/filter/0_0_0_0/Pure-Power-11-500W-barošanas-bloks.html

 

this is also a good quality unit. 

 

 

if you are just looking for cheaper but adequate: '

https://www.rdveikals.lv/products/lv/415/271108/sort/1/filter/0_0_0_0/System-Power-B9-600W-bulk-barošanas-bloks.html

https://www.1a.lv/p/cooler-master-mwe-bronze-550-v2/6z4p

https://www.1a.lv/p/corsair-cv-series-psu-650w/80en

 

[dens22]

35 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

https://www.dateks.lv/cenas/psu-barosanas-bloki/160455-bitfenix-formula-450w-80-gold

 

this thing perhaps, really good quality unit. 

 

https://www.rdveikals.lv/products/lv/415/251804/sort/1/filter/0_0_0_0/Pure-Power-11-500W-barošanas-bloks.html

 

this is also a good quality unit. 

 

 

if you are just looking for cheaper but adequate: '

https://www.rdveikals.lv/products/lv/415/271108/sort/1/filter/0_0_0_0/System-Power-B9-600W-bulk-barošanas-bloks.html

https://www.1a.lv/p/cooler-master-mwe-bronze-550-v2/6z4p

https://www.1a.lv/p/corsair-cv-series-psu-650w/80en

 

Thank you very much for the recommendations!

[thedangerine]

5 hours ago, dens22 said:

I got a bit confused about this. Can you take warranty as one of the factors about the psu quality or not?

It definitely shouldn't be the deciding factor but from what I have seen usually the sketchy psu's have really short warranties, and I am just assuming, and I'll admit this is a big assumption that I have no data to back, that if they are willing to cover a device for no additional cost for that long it is pretty good. A lot of the high end power supplies come with like 10 year warranties, I got a really nice one from EVGA a few years back and it had a 12 year warranty and really good reviews. Like I said no data to confirm this I just think manufacturers tend to put large warranties on select power supplies because they know they can without risking having to honor a lot of those warranties since the device won't fail in that time frame