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46 minutes ago, Panos_Vl said:

i'm between bitfenix formula gold 550m,be quiet power 10 500w and corsair tx550m.The cheapest is the be quiet at 77$ and the other two are 95-100$(same goes for earthwatts).Which is the best?Sorry for the bother

Formula Gold is the best of those as its reasonably priced and has rather low fan RPM - comparable with the Pure Power 10.

The Pure Power 10 has the best fan and is OKish in electrical performance, the Bitfenix is just better...

The Corsair is comparable to the Bitfenix, lacks the aditional 2  Rails and has a rather loud fan/high RPM...

 

Even at full load:
https://www.tweakpc.de/hardware/tests/netzteile/bitfenix_formula_gold_450/s09.php

https://www.tweakpc.de/hardware/tests/netzteile/corsair_tx550m/s08.php

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4 hours ago, seon123 said:

The Pure Power 10 should be fine. The Focus Plus is considered higher end than the others, so it's probably the best value among the $100 ones. 

 

4 hours ago, Cereal5 said:

 

TDP is not the same as power draw, just want to make that distinction. NVIDIA recommends a 500W PSU, which means you'd probably be ok with a 450, depending on your CPU and if you're overclocking or not.

 

4 hours ago, seon123 said:

The TDP is the limit of how much heat the card produces at stock. All of that heat comes from the power draw, and there is nothing else to draw a significant amount of power. Meaning power draw for Pascal = TDP. Which is confirmed by reviewers. 

Noone gives a damn about Nvidia's PSU recommendation, as it's a worst case scenario, with a garbage PSU. 

 

2 hours ago, Stefan Payne said:

Formula Gold is the best of those as its reasonably priced and has rather low fan RPM - comparable with the Pure Power 10.

The Pure Power 10 has the best fan and is OKish in electrical performance, the Bitfenix is just better...

The Corsair is comparable to the Bitfenix, lacks the aditional 2  Rails and has a rather loud fan/high RPM...

 

Even at full load:
https://www.tweakpc.de/hardware/tests/netzteile/bitfenix_formula_gold_450/s09.php

https://www.tweakpc.de/hardware/tests/netzteile/corsair_tx550m/s08.php

Thanks a lot for your time and effort i'll go for the bitfenix one 

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10 hours ago, LienusLateTips said:

Just wanna go out here and ask -

 

I'm looking for people to help with the new Tier List, and the reorganizing. It'll be MUCH faster if there's a few people working on it at once.

 

Anyone who's in, please DM me (or reply)

I would love to help, but I'm not knowledgeable enough with PSUs to make adequate judgement. :/ 

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How's a EVGA G2 better than a G3? Planning to buy a G3 550.

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6 minutes ago, EspinalAndres said:

How's a EVGA G2 better than a G3? Planning to buy a G3 550.

Buy neither psu

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Just now, 17030644 said:

Buy neither psu

Why?

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8 minutes ago, EspinalAndres said:

How's a EVGA G2 better than a G3? Planning to buy a G3 550.

EVGA G3 doesn't have a properly configured OPP

 

though I don't think many will be affected by this, it's a shame that such a high-end unit have that problem.

 

Besides, the 650G3 and 850W are fairly loud

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10 minutes ago, EspinalAndres said:

Why?

the G3 psus have the aforedmentioned issues

 

and the G2 were released a while ago so I don't think you'll find a good deal on those

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13 minutes ago, EspinalAndres said:

Why?

¿what country are you from, what are your system specs and how much do you want to spend on a psu?

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20 hours ago, Stefan Payne said:

Seasonic S12II 620W and below is an entry level unit, comparable to Cooler Master Master Watt Lite or Corsair VS. With a bit of Lipstick put on it (Wapanese capacitors). but those are actually BETTER than the S12II or M12II.

As they actually have working protection, the Seasonic does not.

 

Lol why do you call them WAPANESE capacitors?

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14 minutes ago, EspinalAndres said:

Why?

They are 08/15 as a German would say...

Wich is Standard or less than that.

 

And thus other options are better for the same money...

 

The EVGA units don't bring anything new to the table that is interesting or distinguishes them from the competition. Hell even the Original Leadex (II) brings more to the table -> universal 9pin connectors and LED lighting for those.

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Just now, Stefan Payne said:

They are 08/15 as a German would say...

Wich is Standard or less than that.

 

And thus other options are better for the same money...

 

The EVGA units don't bring anything new to the table that is interesting or distinguishes them from the competition. Hell even the Original Leadex (II) brings more to the table -> universal 9pin connectors and LED lighting for those.

And I see the 550G2 is not that silent

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Just now, 17030644 said:

Lol why do you call them WAPANESE capacitors?

Wannabe Japanese because they are still made in China due to the Chinese Import tax.


And it doesn't matter at all for the quality of the PSU, its at most the icing on the cake.

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4 minutes ago, 17030644 said:

¿what country are you from, what are your system specs and how much do you want to spend on a psu?

Not many options. 

 

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1 minute ago, Stefan Payne said:

Wannabe Japanese because they are still made in China due to the Chinese Import tax.


And it doesn't matter at all for the quality of the PSU, its at most the icing on the cake.

caps don't matter at all?

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1 hour ago, 17030644 said:

caps don't matter at all?

Everything else is more important and should come before the caps.

 

You want/need an independantly regulated unit with a nice fan and all protections we have today (OCP on minor rails, OTP, UVP on +12V and so on) before "nice caps".

 


so the Question for you is: 

Would you prefer a Xilence Performance X wich looks like that:

https://img.tweakpc.de/image/dsc-4720-custom.dQt

 

Or would you rather have a Seasonic S12II Bronze based unit.

 

 

So what I'm saying is that caps are overrated and it depends on the design, layout and you'd want other things first anyway. 

Though the Performance X uses a couple of Japanese made caps in my case as far as I can see it. Those Polymers seems to be Nichicon...

 

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54 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

Everything else is more important and should come before the caps.

 

You want/need an independantly regulated unit with a nice fan and all protections we have today (OCP on minor rails, OTP, UVP on +12V and so on) before "nice caps".

 


so the Question for you is: 

Would you prefer a Xilence Performance X wich looks like that:

https://img.tweakpc.de/image/dsc-4720-custom.dQt

 

Or would you rather have a Seasonic S12II Bronze based unit.

 

 

So what I'm saying is that caps are overrated and it depends on the design, layout and you'd want other things first anyway. 

Though the Performance X uses a couple of Japanese made caps in my case as far as I can see it. Those Polymers seems to be Nichicon...

 

I seem to remember seeing you complain about a certain Corsair unit's caps,. and that unit had plenty of other small issues...

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2 hours ago, awesomegamer919 said:

I seem to remember seeing you complain about a certain Corsair unit's caps,. and that unit had plenty of other small issues...

What Corsair Unit should that have been?
And when was it??

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24 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

What Corsair Unit should that have been?
And when was it??

Probably either the VS or older CXMs, those are the only really bad recent ish Corsairs I can remember

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5 hours ago, Stefan Payne said:

What Corsair Unit should that have been?
And when was it??

CSm like last week or so

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9 hours ago, Stefan Payne said:

 

So what I'm saying is that caps are overrated and it depends on the design, layout and you'd want other things first anyway. 

...

 

 

what do you mean by design and layout

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1 minute ago, awesomegamer919 said:

CSm like last week or so

CSM is group regulated isn't it?

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Just now, 17030644 said:

CSM is group regulated isn't it?

Nope, DC-DC

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1 minute ago, awesomegamer919 said:

Nope, DC-DC

Do you think it's a good unit?

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2 minutes ago, 17030644 said:

what do you mean by design and layout

What frequency the PSU operates the caps at, how much airflow there is to the capacitors, how hot the area is, etc.

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