Asus psus

[chimimoryo]

Who makes them and are they any good? Particularly the two 850 watt ones. The strix and thor. 

[Skiiwee29]

^^ has all the answers you're looking for.. and more!

 

[chimimoryo]

Thanks, it looks like that thor psu is probably pretty good then. 

 

Do you or anyone else happen to know who manufacturers the thor psu? 

[quan289]

The Asus ROG Thor is based on the Seasonic Prime Ultra Platinum platform, while the Strix is Focus GX platform

[GoldenLag]

4 hours ago, chimimoryo said:

Who makes them

for the most part its Seasonic units with some changes to the look. 

4 hours ago, chimimoryo said:

are they any good? Particularly the two 850 watt ones. The strix and thor. 

not compared to other units and the cost they command. they are allright, but usually you can get much nice units for the money

[chimimoryo]

5 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

for the most part its Seasonic units with some changes to the look. 

not compared to other units and the cost they command. they are allright, but usually you can get much nice units for the money

Do you have any suggestions then? From what I've found for an 850 titanium or platinum they were comparable 

[GoldenLag]

21 minutes ago, chimimoryo said:

From what I've found for an 850 titanium or platinum they were comparable 

efficiency doesnt say how good a PSU is. it tells you the efficiency, and no more. 

21 minutes ago, chimimoryo said:

Do you have any suggestions then?

depends on what country you are buying from

 

Edit: and since ampere isnt playing nice with Prime PSUs, grabbing a thor isnt a great idea

[chimimoryo]

I live in Japan. Psus are very expensive here right now. I was planning on buying the prime 850 from Seasonic. But it's going for about 600us here now. I understand about efficiency certifications. I also understand about that tier list. Right now I can get the asus thor 850 for about 250us. That sounds much better to me. 

 

I wasn't planning on nvidia. I was planning on the big Navi, depending on it not being a complete failure. 

 

I'm currently have a 9 year old 750 silverstone. So I think it'd time for a new one on a completely new mobo, cpu, and gpu. 

[GoldenLag]

13 minutes ago, chimimoryo said:

Right now I can get the asus thor 850 for about 250us. That sounds much better to me. 

https://jp.pcpartpicker.com/product/CQNgXL/enermax-revolution-df-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-erf850ewt

cheaper and better than Prime. 

 

https://jp.pcpartpicker.com/product/NGCrxr/corsair-hx-platinum-850w-80-platinum-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020138-na

better than DF but slightly more costly. 

 

so i do suggest either of these two. it uses Newegg Japan, which idk if accurate or not, but i do not have access to other retailers. if you can link one, id look through it. 

[chimimoryo]

Thank you, those are two companies I have never looked at before. Someone told me a long time ago that antec, seasonic, and silverstone were good psus. I've trusted that advice for the 20+ years I've been making my own computers, only 4 builds though

[GoldenLag]

2 minutes ago, chimimoryo said:

Someone told me a long time ago that antec, seasonic, and silverstone were good psus

never judge a PSU by the company. all PSU companies have made crap or is making crap or is about to make crap. 

 

judge the units themselves. those three companies have some nice stuff, but none of their stuff was the best options. 

[Juular]

4 hours ago, quan289 said:

The Asus ROG Thor is based on the Seasonic Prime Ultra Platinum platform, while the Strix is Focus GX platform

850W Thor is Focus too actually.

[GoldenLag]

7 minutes ago, Juular said:

850W Thor is Focus too actually.

isnt it focus prime? or am i mixing plattforms?

[chimimoryo]

12 hours ago, GoldenLag said:

i do suggest either of these two. it uses Newegg Japan, which idk if accurate or not, but i do not have access to other retailers. if you can link one, id look through it. 

I found a deep cool psu on amazon that was a gold font power supply on that list. It is very nicely priced. How does it compare to the revolution or corsair? 

 

https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B08BNQHT6W?ie=UTF8&ascsubtag=kakaku-sp-pcparts-22_B08BNQHT6W_K0001269017_e44_83b464108b0448ac8ee6bbf3879ae484e&creativeASIN=B08BNQHT6W&lc=msn&linkCode=msn&m=AN1VRQENFRJN5&tag=kakaku-subtag-22&uid=NULLGWDOCOMO

 

Also the revolution can be had for about 170us from Amazon, but it's currently out of stock and the corsair hxi, not the hx, I found for about 220us. 

 

Please tell me about the deeocool psu

[alyen]

19 minutes ago, chimimoryo said:

Please tell me about the deeocool psu

Seems to be listed under the "low priority units - minor issues or lack of info", but maybe someone has some personal experience.

 

[chimimoryo]

4 minutes ago, alyen said:

Seems to be listed under the "low priority units - minor issues or lack of info", but maybe someone has some personal experience.

 

It's two lines above the revolution in the recommend units. 

[alyen]

I'm not sure what "M-2VL", but I'm guessing M is for moduler and M-2VL is under "low priority units - minor issues or lack of info". Probably not something thats been reviewed here.

[chimimoryo]

1 hour ago, alyen said:

M-2VL

I didn't look that far down the list. Thank you for pointing it out 

[GoldenLag]

3 hours ago, chimimoryo said:

I didn't look that far down the list. Thank you for pointing it out 

https://www.amazon.co.jp/SUPERFLOWER-アドレッサブルRGB対応ファン-GOLD-ARGB-850W/dp/B07XBY68QT/ref=sr_1_27?dchild=1&fst=as%3Aoff&qid=1602225932&refinements=p_n_feature_browse-bin%3A2427018051|2427019051%2Cp_n_price_fma%3A2150393051&rnid=2150390051&s=computers&sr=1-27

 

https://www.amazon.co.jp/SUPERFLOWER-3段階制御のファンコントロールスイッチ搭載-GOLD-LEADEXIII-850W/dp/B07XBY549F/ref=sr_1_29?dchild=1&fst=as%3Aoff&qid=1602225932&refinements=p_n_feature_browse-bin%3A2427018051|2427019051%2Cp_n_price_fma%3A2150393051&rnid=2150390051&s=computers&sr=1-29

 

And one more:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/Corsair-RM850x-2018-850W-PC電源ユニット-CP-9020180-JP/dp/B07D2KNCXD/ref=sr_1_22?dchild=1&fst=as%3Aoff&qid=1602225953&refinements=p_n_feature_browse-bin%3A2427018051|2427019051%2Cp_n_price_fma%3A2150393051&rnid=2150390051&s=computers&sr=1-22

 

These three are also good options. 

[Ankerson]

17 hours ago, GoldenLag said:

isnt it focus prime? or am i mixing plattforms?

 

There used to be a Focus based Prime Unit, was 550W.

 

Been discontinued though.

 

 

[Juular]

22 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

There used to be a Focus based Prime Unit, was 550W.

Been discontinued though.

The other way around, older revisions (non-Ultra) of Prime Gold 550/650W were indeed using Prime platform, newer ones are Focus based.

[Ankerson]

5 minutes ago, Juular said:

The other way around, older revisions (non-Ultra) of Prime Gold 550/650W were indeed using Prime platform, newer ones are Focus based.

 

There aren't any 550W Primes anymore.

[Juular]

7 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

There aren't any 550W Primes anymore.

Sure, but 650W one is still Focus.

[Ankerson]

3 minutes ago, Juular said:

Sure, but 650W one is still Focus.

 

NOPE...

 

The used to be a 450W and 550W Prime that were Focus based. They were the Focus case and everything.

 

650W and Up were original Prime Platform.

 

I remember when they explained it back when it was going on.

 

They had to upgrade the Focus Platform to meet the Prime Standards for the Warranty etc.

 

 

[Juular]

Just now, Ankerson said:

NOPE...

https://www.nexthardware.com/recensioni/seasonic-prime-gx-650-1435/3/