PSU Tier List [OLD]

[seon123]

16 minutes ago, kingmustard said:

For lower energy bills.

What's the system? At 300W, and efficiencies of 90% and 92%, that's a 7,24W difference. Assuming it's a 300W system running at full load 3 hours per day, every day, that's still just £8 per year. Might as well save £20 and get the RM650x (or the 550W version for £2 less)

[STRMfrmXMN]

28 minutes ago, kingmustard said:

For lower energy bills.

You do realise how microscopic your power bill savings would be unless your computer has 4 Titans, right?

[kingmustard]

8 minutes ago, seon123 said:

What's the system? At 300W, and efficiencies of 90% and 92%, that's a 7,24W difference. Assuming it's a 300W system running at full load 3 hours per day, every day, that's still just £8 per year. Might as well save £20 and get the RM650x (or the 550W version for £2 less)

 

[Energycore]

Just now, STRMfrmXMN said:

You do realise how microscopic your power bill savings would be unless your computer has 4 Titans, right?

As someone who had to stop mining because I baaaaarely hit the threshold for a "high consumption household" which increases rates threefold, anything I can get is welcome

 

I'm on a CX450M, a 650W Platinum would be the sweet spot for me since there are cheap ones out there (the Rosewill Quark).

 

Not that I'm going to justify spending on that since I'd rather just not mine for a bit

[seon123]

4 minutes ago, kingmustard said:

 

Ah, that system. That's about 300W. 

https://www.anandtech.com/show/10325/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-and-1070-founders-edition-review/30

Spoiler

335W at a 92% efficiency is just over 300W. 

Do keep in mind that their test system used an overclocked 4960X. 

Edited April 2, 2018 by seon123
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[kingmustard]

2 hours ago, seon123 said:

What's the system? At 300W, and efficiencies of 90% and 92%, that's a 7,24W difference. Assuming it's a 300W system running at full load 3 hours per day, every day, that's still just £8 per year. Might as well save £20 and get the RM650x (or the 550W version for £2 less)

In that case, these are my new options:

 

 

I am ignoring the ones shaded pink due to the red text.

[Energycore]

Just now, kingmustard said:

In that case, these are my new options:

 

 

I am ignoring the ones shaded pink due to the red text.

Buy the Focus Plus 550W, it's likely the best value of these.

[JoostinOnline]

Would you consider Tier 6 to be dangerous?  I'm looking for the cheapest acceptable PSU to put in a system I'm selling.

[STRMfrmXMN]

20 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

Would you consider Tier 6 to be dangerous?  I'm looking for the cheapest acceptable PSU to put in a system I'm selling.

It's a no-GPU system territory where the warranty would need to be longer for me to consider the unit. T5 is when I'm generally OK with putting it in any GPU-less system.

[JoostinOnline]

11 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

It's a no-GPU system territory where the warranty would need to be longer for me to consider the unit. T5 is when I'm generally OK with putting it in any GPU-less system.

It's got a 1060. What's the lowest tier you'd consider is acceptable? I just want something that won't make me feel guilty. I have very little money right now (the PSU purchase is going to be on an Amazon gift card) which is why I'm doing this. 

[awesomegamer919]

4 hours ago, JoostinOnline said:

It's got a 1060. What's the lowest tier you'd consider is acceptable? I just want something that won't make me feel guilty. I have very little money right now (the PSU purchase is going to be on an Amazon gift card) which is why I'm doing this. 

T3,  something like a CX/CXm grey label,  Pure Power 10 or Masterwatt should be fairly cheap...

 

@STRMfrmXMNyou should probably split the Pure Power 10s, 400+ is the DC-DC platform,  below that is group regulated. EVGA GD is also becoming more available and is based upon the same FSP platform...

[LienusLateTips]

2 minutes ago, awesomegamer919 said:

T3,  something like a CX/CXm grey label,  Pure Power 10 or Masterwatt should be fairly cheap...

 

@STRMfrmXMNyou should probably split the Pure Power 10s, 400+ is the DC-DC platform,  below that is group regulated. EVGA GD is also becoming more available and is based upon the same FSP platform...

 

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Part Number: 100-GD-0550-V7

I love how the GD is already in "Version 7"

[awesomegamer919]

5 hours ago, JDE said:

 

I love how the GD is already in "Version 7"

It's EVGA, do you expect any less  

[Herman Mcpootis]

5 hours ago, awesomegamer919 said:

It's EVGA, do you expect any less  

TBH i was expecting half the alphabet to be taken up already considering this is EVGA we're talking about

[STRMfrmXMN]

3 hours ago, herman mcpootis said:

TBH i was expecting half the alphabet to be taken up already considering this is EVGA we're talking about

Still no EVGA BS series????

[JoostinOnline]

Based on this, don't the EVGA B1 units deserve higher than Tier 5?

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=351

[STRMfrmXMN]

3 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

Based on this, don't the EVGA B1 units deserve higher than Tier 5?

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=351

5-year old review that puts it about on par with the old CX? Value is also noted there, which I don't include here.

[JoostinOnline]

27 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

5-year old review that puts it about on par with the old CX? Value is also noted there, which I don't include here.

Have PSU's changed that much?

 

To be clear, I'm not arguing, just curious.

[STRMfrmXMN]

8 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

Have PSU's changed that much?

 

To be clear, I'm not arguing, just curious.

Back in that day, a group-regulated unit was a bit more acceptable, I.E. the Corsair CX was the baseline for what was in a lower-end system. Nowadays it doesn't really make sense to buy one most of the time.

[awesomegamer919]

11 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Back in that day, a group-regulated unit was a bit more acceptable, I.E. the Corsair CX was the baseline for what was in a lower-end system. Nowadays it doesn't really make sense to buy one most of the time.

 

20 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

Have PSU's changed that much?

 

To be clear, I'm not arguing, just curious.

There's also the whole "fake rating" thing, which is incredibly suspicious... 

[STRMfrmXMN]

Just now, awesomegamer919 said:

 

There's also the whole "fake rating" thing, which is incredibly suspicious... 

What? Did I miss something?

 

Are we talking about better units being sent to reviewers? I'm not sure if this review would have been victim to that.

[awesomegamer919]

Just now, STRMfrmXMN said:

What? Did I miss something?

 

Are we talking about better units being sent to reviewers? I'm not sure if this review would have been victim to that.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13173

[Untethered]

Is the MasterWatt Lite from Cooler Master any good?

 

yeah, I know there are better PSUs out there for the money, but in my country there’s the 600W version for a pretty good deal compared do the rest.

 

Is it reliable? I’m planning to pair it with a Ryzen 5 1600 and a 1050 Ti. Thanks!

[STRMfrmXMN]

3 minutes ago, Untethered said:

Is the MasterWatt Lite from Cooler Master any good?

 

yeah, I know there are better PSUs out there for the money, but in my country there’s the 600W version for a pretty good deal compared do the rest.

 

Is it reliable? I’m planning to pair it with a Ryzen 5 1600 and a 1050 Ti. Thanks!

It's not great but it's probably fine for a 1050 Ti.

[LienusLateTips]

12 minutes ago, Untethered said:

Is the MasterWatt Lite from Cooler Master any good?

 

yeah, I know there are better PSUs out there for the money, but in my country there’s the 600W version for a pretty good deal compared do the rest.

 

Is it reliable? I’m planning to pair it with a Ryzen 5 1600 and a 1050 Ti. Thanks!

When you'll need 600W you'll want a better PSU.

 

Go for a 400-450W unit.