PSU Tier List [OLD]

[Dabombinable]

32 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

For some reason, when you typed stock+stock cooler, i thought you ment you had 2 stock coolers cooling your 4790k...

^that would be a Pentium 4 cooler

[Stefan Payne]

9 hours ago, Dabombinable said:

Anyone know why a PSU would be causing small and repeated freezes (games or video stops for a split second then continues, with HDMI audio freezing at the same time)? It happens inconsistently, thermals don't seem to be affecting the freezes at all, and its been occurring for the last week.

What you describe here sounds like a Storage Error.

Maybe Memory error.

 

Has NOTHING to do with the PSU. 

If it was the PSU it would really freeze hard.

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, Stefan Payne said:

What you describe here sounds like a Storage Error.

Actually now that you mention that, these were the kinds of errors I got when my original Seagate Hard drive started dying. Actual buzzes in the sound and small freezes, and slowness in writes / reads.

 

I still stand for my comment about the VS - they should replace that when possible

[Guest]

10 hours ago, Energycore said:

Actually now that you mention that, these were the kinds of errors I got when my original Seagate Hard drive started dying. Actual buzzes in the sound and small freezes, and slowness in writes / reads.

 

I still stand for my comment about the VS - they should replace that when possible

While it is the cheapest of the Corsair line up; there are worst units out there and at least the VS has all of the necessary protections.  It's not a "fire hazard" and isn't going to kill other hardware.

 

EDIT:

 

Could be worse.  Could be what this guy got:  

 

[awesomegamer919]

14 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

While it is the cheapest of the Corsair line up; there are worst units out there and at least the VS has all of the necessary protections.  It's not a "fire hazard" and isn't going to kill other hardware.

 

EDIT:

 

Could be worse.  Could be what this guy got:  

 

IDK man,  the guys on pcpartpicker seem to know what they are doing,  I'm just gonna ignore you! 

 

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[Not_Sean]

So swapped it out yesterday to confirm, but looks like my Antec EDGE 650w has pegged, basically whenever loading into CS:GO computer power cycles and whats strange is other games I can play for a while before it cycles but CS:GO was right away. 

 

Anyways, guess even the higher tier stuff isn't bulletproof. Now hoping I can get that 5year warranty claim in as I'm now in a different country. 

[STRMfrmXMN]

3 minutes ago, Not_Sean said:

So swapped it out yesterday to confirm, but looks like my Antec EDGE 650w has pegged, basically whenever loading into CS:GO computer power cycles and whats strange is other games I can play for a while before it cycles but CS:GO was right away. 

 

Anyways, guess even the higher tier stuff isn't bulletproof. Now hoping I can get that 5year warranty claim in as I'm now in a different country. 

It can die due to lack of airflow. That's typically how I see decent PSUs die.

 

Anyways, hopefully you get an RMA in your country!

[Not_Sean]

2 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

It can die due to lack of airflow. That's typically how I see decent PSUs die.

 

Anyways, hopefully you get an RMA in your country!

Its bottom facing in a Corsair 400C and the Filter was pretty clean, but hey its electronics anything can happen. 

 

Replaced it with an FSP Hydro as a temp which i sort out the warranty if not shopping time. 

[STRMfrmXMN]

26 minutes ago, Not_Sean said:

Its bottom facing in a Corsair 400C and the Filter was pretty clean, but hey its electronics anything can happen. 

 

Replaced it with an FSP Hydro as a temp which i sort out the warranty if not shopping time. 

Hmm, kinda bizarre. Possibly a power surge or something like that? It could have just been defective. Ya never know.

[Not_Sean]

Just now, STRMfrmXMN said:

Hmm, kinda bizarre. Possibly a power surge or something like that? It could have just been defective. Ya never know.

I think more than likely a power flux over the holidays. Back home I ran my PC through a UPS for exactly this, yeah i thought, hey I'm no longer in Africa I'm sure I won't have to run it anymore. 

[genexis_x]

Well, this is interesting: 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-ax1600i-psu,5406.html

Also this: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/coolermaster-announces-masterwatt-v-maker-psus,36275.html

[awesomegamer919]

4 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

Well, this is interesting: 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-ax1600i-psu,5406.html

Also this: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/coolermaster-announces-masterwatt-v-maker-psus,36275.html

AX1600i? Sounds like a T7!

 

Seriously though,  we need some one to compete at this level,  seasonic are OK but their High wattage units are still like 300w too low and are kinda loud compared to the AXi... Maybe a new Delta built Antec unit could compete? 

[LienusLateTips]

3 minutes ago, awesomegamer919 said:

AX1600i? Sounds like a T7!

 

Seriously though,  we need some one to compete at this level,  seasonic are OK but their High wattage units are still like 300w too low and are kinda loud compared to the AXi... Maybe a new Delta built Antec unit could compete? 

Imagine if Logisys made a good unit that somehow competed with it... IDK why I thought of that...

[awesomegamer919]

10 minutes ago, JDE said:

Imagine if Logisys made a good unit that somehow competed with it... IDK why I thought of that...

The issue is,  I am doubtful of their CS so even a great unit is a pretty meh choice from them since if it does die you are fucked

[Herman Mcpootis]

18 minutes ago, JDE said:

Imagine if Logisys made a good unit that somehow competed with it... IDK why I thought of that...

raidmax usually sells junk but they have one good unit

https://www.anandtech.com/show/10461/the-raidmax-rx700at-700w-80plus-titanium-psu-power-supply-review/5

so eh, could happen. 

[Energycore]

4 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

Well, this is interesting: 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-ax1600i-psu,5406.html

Also this: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/coolermaster-announces-masterwatt-v-maker-psus,36275.html

Nice, a new AX1500i that's just a bit better and good up to 1800W actually

 

As for the Cooler Master, not super excited about it, CM's PSUs aren't the best performance and the last MasterWatt Maker kind of disappointed, but I'm ready to be surprised.

[awesomegamer919]

1 hour ago, Energycore said:

Nice, a new AX1500i that's just a bit better and good up to 1800W actually

 

As for the Cooler Master, not super excited about it, CM's PSUs aren't the best performance and the last MasterWatt Maker kind of disappointed, but I'm ready to be surprised.

CM V fully MOD was very competitive when it released,  a new refresh is good

[Energycore]

Just now, awesomegamer919 said:

CM V fully MOD was very competitive when it released,  a new refresh is good

Oh yeah, I forgot that the MasterWatt V was probably named after the V series

[DJ46]

On 23. 7. 2016 at 5:00 AM, Energycore said:

I want to preface by saying that any PSU in Tier 6 and above is unlikely to kill your components (this changes for regions that have unstable electrical systems like crappy transformers / lots of undealt with lightning).

 

But as the PSU's tier gets worse, its build quality and thus its ability to last a long time not just through normal usage but through hard resets, being moved around a lot for say a LAN box, and other harshnesses will decrease, and so will its electrical stability which will result in slightly less system stability as the Tiers decrease.

 

I will recommend a Tier 3 or better PSU for anyone whe can afford it and plans to do gaming, and at least T5 for gamers on a budget. Tier 6 is relegated for light usage desktops such as HTPCs (although if you care about silence you shouldn't get a crappy PSU as they tend to be noisy AF).

 

Tier 7 PSUs I would avoid like the plague.

Appreciate it!

I think this should be added into the post. Maybe under the "How do you even grade these things?" section.

People seem to think that a Tier 5 PSU won't last more than a year and that it will blow up in a budget gaming rig.

 

That section seems pretty vague anyway. I'd like to know at least a little more about your rating system than just one line.

[SidharthAGupta]

hello..
i'am planning in buying corsair cx450 to power my new system consisting of

1- RADEON R7-360(tdp=100W)
2- i3-4160(tdp=54W)
here you can find about the OEM and Platform of my psu-(go to cx450(white label))
http://www.orionpsudb.com/corsair
IT says it is dual sourced meaning that EVERY MODEL that i buy consist of either a

1- CWT-CUSTOM PLATFORM or
2- great wall- GW-ATX650NL PLATFORM

my question-1.is this psu's build quality to power my 300W system(AS ON POWER CALCULATOR)
-2.As there appears to be two variant(CWT,Great wall) OF THE SAME PSU.so if i had recieved either one of them would it be reliable to power up my rig.?

[STRMfrmXMN]

5 minutes ago, SidharthAGupta said:

hello..
i'am planning in buying corsair cx450 to power my new system consisting of

1- RADEON R7-360(tdp=100W)
2- i3-4160(tdp=54W)
here you can find about the OEM and Platform of my psu-(go to cx450(white label))
http://www.orionpsudb.com/corsair
IT says it is dual sourced meaning that EVERY MODEL that i buy consist of either a

1- CWT-CUSTOM PLATFORM or
2- great wall- GW-ATX650NL PLATFORM

my question-1.is this psu's build quality to power my 300W system(AS ON POWER CALCULATOR)
-2.As there appears to be two variant(CWT,Great wall) OF THE SAME PSU.so if i had recieved either one of them would it be reliable to power up my rig.?

1. Your system will not draw even close to 300W. A 360 and i3 might draw 100-120W under load.

 

2. I've answered your question, as of writing this, three times. The CX450 and CX450M are both plenty good to power your system, yes.

[pcnoob27]

I dont see a FSP hydro s 500watt here? What tier should you rate it?

[Nazim Pasa]

@STRMfrmXMN what about FSP Hydro models? I'm not talking about the Hydro G.

[Energycore]

2 hours ago, SidharthAGupta said:

hello..
i'am planning in buying corsair cx450 to power my new system consisting of

1- RADEON R7-360(tdp=100W)
2- i3-4160(tdp=54W)
here you can find about the OEM and Platform of my psu-(go to cx450(white label))
http://www.orionpsudb.com/corsair
IT says it is dual sourced meaning that EVERY MODEL that i buy consist of either a

1- CWT-CUSTOM PLATFORM or
2- great wall- GW-ATX650NL PLATFORM

my question-1.is this psu's build quality to power my 300W system(AS ON POWER CALCULATOR)
-2.As there appears to be two variant(CWT,Great wall) OF THE SAME PSU.so if i had recieved either one of them would it be reliable to power up my rig.?

 

2 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

1. Your system will not draw even close to 300W. A 360 and i3 might draw 100-120W under load.

 

2. I've answered your question, as of writing this, three times. The CX450 and CX450M are both plenty good to power your system, yes.

Listen to this guy. He knows his stuff. You have our blessing.

[Energycore]

1 hour ago, pcnoob27 said:

I dont see a FSP hydro s 500watt here? What tier should you rate it?

Hey, can I get a link to the product page to help me identify the model?