Titanium Rated PSU's

[Dicehunter]

Seeing as more and more companies are releasing Titanium rated PSU's, I'm just wondering, Who are these actually aimed at ?

I have a platinum rated PSU as it was on sale for the same price of the Gold PSU I was getting so I thought "Hell why not" but I would never actually go out of my way to go for anything higher than Gold personally.

Now one of the companies that is releasing Titanium rated PSU's is Superflower, The OEM for a lot of different companies but they are releasing Titanium rated PSU's gong from 750w to 1600w.

I can maybe understand the 1600w as the only people buying that will have 3 or 4 way SLI/Xfire and need the best possible ripple and Efficiency under load but 750w Titanium ???

[H4X3R]

Bragging rights.

[WoodenMarker]

Psus will get better and more efficient over time. It makes sense that they are currently more expensive.

[dmanschramm]

Often more efficient PSUs last longer. People will pay the extra price for the certification because an efficient PSU will output less heat when converting power from AC to DC. With less heat, components will often last longer. If you have a CPU that is overclocked, and runs hotter, then it will not last as long as an overclocked CPU. Heat kills computer components.

 

Also, more efficient PSUs will be able to run the lower wattages with low or zero fan modes, which is part of the reason I bought my Platinum rated PSU. But if your computer doesn't draw that much power, then you can also buy fanless PSUs.

 

Hope this helps

[Dicehunter]

Often more efficient PSUs last longer. People will pay the extra price for the certification because an efficient PSU will output less heat when converting power from AC to DC. With less heat, components will often last longer. If you have a CPU that is overclocked, and runs hotter, then it will not last as long as an overclocked CPU. Heat kills computer components.

 

Also, more efficient PSUs will be able to run the lower wattages with low or zero fan modes, which is part of the reason I bought my Platinum rated PSU. But if your computer doesn't draw that much power, then you can also buy fanless PSUs.

 

Hope this helps

 

That is totally understandable but a 750w Titanium rated PSU to me seems a little overkill  :huh:

[JAKEBAB]

I personally would rather a 750w titanium over a 1600w very few people are going to need 1600w!

[Dicehunter]

I personally would rather a 750w titanium over a 1600w very few people are going to need 1600w!

 

Very true but would you personally spend the extra $50 going from 750w Gold to 750w Titanium for the sake of a minuscule amount of efficiency ?

 

I might sound like a cheap ass here but it doesn't seem worth it.

[JAKEBAB]

Very true but would you personally spend the extra $50 going from 750w Gold to 750w Titanium for the sake of a minuscule amount of efficiency ?

 

I might sound like a cheap ass here but it doesn't seem worth it.

Eh depends on my budget, if i had $200 to spend on a psu and gold was $150 titanium was $200 yes i would but i wouldn't go out of my budget for it.

[flibberdipper]

It's all about that power delivery.