is seasonic m12II good?

[NikitaSch]

https://www.amazon.com/Seasonic-M12II-520-BRONZE-SS-520GM/product-reviews/B0038T0V8Q .Is this power suply good? this is the only one that is alright i can find in my country.Other option can be s12III 550.I want to make a mid ranged pc for my brother with maybe a r3 3300x and a rx590.

[quan289]

Between the two, go with S12iii.

[Mateyyy]

Definitely not. The S12III is passable, on the other hand.

 

The RX 590 is an odd choice though, considering it's just a 580 that spits out even more heat and pulls even more power.

 

There's also the 1650 Super with similar performance, much lower power draw and heat output, VP9 decoding (which is useful if you're watching YouTube in the background or whatever, since you'll only be using a 4C/8T CPU), much better hardware encoder (for streaming), and about the same price. The only problem with it is the lack of VRAM in comparison to the 580/590 - 4GB instead of 8GB.

[NikitaSch]

5 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Definitely not. The S12III is passable, on the other hand.

 

The RX 590 is an odd choice though, considering it's just a 580 that spits out even more heat and pulls even more power.

 

There's also the 1650 Super with similar performance, much lower power draw and heat output, VP9 decoding (which is useful if you're watching YouTube in the background or whatever, since you'll only be using a 4C/8T CPU), much better hardware encoder (for streaming), and about the same price. The only problem with it is the lack of VRAM in comparison to the 580/590 - 4GB instead of 8GB.

thanks for the info but, what about the m12II 520w psu from seasonic.Shoul i go for s12iii 550w or m12ii 520w , i have heard that m12ii is way better than s12iii

[Mateyyy]

Just now, NikitaSch said:

thanks for the info but, what about the m12II 520w psu from seasonic.Shoul i go for s12iii 550w or m12ii 520w , i have heard that m12ii is way better than s12iii

More like the other way around - the M12II is an old, group regulated unit, that's really not suitable for any sort of modern hardware. I mean, it'll work for an office PC if the budget doesn't allow for something better, but that's about it.

The S12III is substantially better.

[Ankerson]

2 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

More like the other way around - the M12II is an old, group regulated unit, that's really not suitable for any sort of modern hardware. I mean, it'll work for an office PC if the budget doesn't allow for something better, but that's about it.

The S12III is substantially better.

 

Yes, the S12III is a new better unit than the M12II EVO.

[quan289]

3 minutes ago, NikitaSch said:

thanks for the info but, what about the m12II 520w psu from seasonic.Shoul i go for s12iii 550w or m12ii 520w , i have heard that m12ii is way better than s12iii

The M12II-B Evo 380/420/520/620 are based on an old double forward, group-regulated design and lack some protection set, while the S12III is based on a LLC + dual mag amp design which is better suited for modern day system. It would be dumb of Seasonic to degrade when going from S12II / M12II-B to S12III.

[NikitaSch]

Just now, quan289 said:

The M12II-B Evo 380/420/520/620 are based on an old double forward, group-regulated design and lack some protection set, while the S12III is based on a LLC + dual mag amp design which is better suited for modern day system. It would be dumb of Seasonic to degrade when going from S12II / M12II-B to S12III.

i have read some articles that said s12iii is worse than previous generation s12ii because it doesnt have ocp or smth like that.

[Ankerson]

5 minutes ago, NikitaSch said:

i have read some articles that said s12iii is worse than previous generation s12ii because it doesnt have ocp or smth like that.

 

Neither model has OCP.

[NikitaSch]

2 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

 

Neither model has OCP.

So it doesn’t matter if it has ocp or not ? 

[Ankerson]

1 minute ago, NikitaSch said:

So it doesn’t matter if it has ocp or not ? 

 

Oh it does matter, but they are both budget PSUs.... The S12III is the better unit of the two.

 

 

[NikitaSch]

4 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

 

Oh it does matter, but they are both budget PSUs.... The S12III is the better unit of the two.

 

 

Thanks for the info