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So how up to date is this list currently?

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5 minutes ago, Nexxus said:

So how up to date is this list currently?

It's at least 2 months out of date. I believe a new list is being worked on to replace this list, however I'm not sure on the ETA on that.

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Just now, Spotty said:

It's at least 2 months out of date. I believe a new list is being worked on to replace this list, however I'm not sure on the ETA on that.

thats plenty good for my need right now, thank you.

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On 11/13/2018 at 10:51 AM, Stefan Payne said:

The Pure Power 11/500W should be 62€

I got Pure Power 11 400W for 62€, arriving tomorrow at my place

got it over 10 which is 57€ mainly because I've heard it got better fan and I rly like quiet stuff.

To put this pricing into context M12II 520W is 71€ and SAMA Armor 550W is 68€ here in Serbia...

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What's the best unit  at 550 650w as far as warranty reliability and safety/electrical go? Best money can buy in europe? Rmx? Focus plus? Best else?

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so before i press buy, how explosive is a DC to DC PSU from aliexpress expected to be? this is the one im looking at:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/DC-DC-ATX-PSU-19V-180W-Solid-State-Pico-ATX-Switch-PSU-24pin-20-4-MINI/32857448308.html

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51 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

so before i press buy, how explosive is a DC to DC PSU from aliexpress expected to be? this is the one im looking at:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/DC-DC-ATX-PSU-19V-180W-Solid-State-Pico-ATX-Switch-PSU-24pin-20-4-MINI/32857448308.html

i wouldnt risk anything tbh, even if it works for a bit I couldn't sleep in the same house :P

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2 hours ago, Derfel said:

What's the best unit  at 550 650w as far as warranty reliability and safety/electrical go? Best money can buy in europe? Rmx? Focus plus? Best else?

Thanks

Depends on what is more important to you, protection or Warranty. But since the Warranty Terms dont look like they are that promising as wear and tear due to normal operation is excluded as well as selling the PSU or bying it used, And of course a Receit is required, I'd not give too much about the warranty to be honest.

Who knows if you can use it? Especially since there was no point in time where it would make sense to reuse a 10 year old PSU or even possible...

 

So I'd look at a Bitfenix Formula/Whisper M and be quiet Straight Power 11.

550W, as the 650W Bitfenix is louder and the Straight Power has the same simple Connector board as the 550W and not the better one from the 650W one...

1 hour ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

so before i press buy, how explosive is a DC to DC PSU from aliexpress expected to be? this is the one im looking at:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/DC-DC-ATX-PSU-19V-180W-Solid-State-Pico-ATX-Switch-PSU-24pin-20-4-MINI/32857448308.html

I'd trust it as far as I can throw it.

Just look at a 120W Chieftec ITX Thing how fat and beefy that looks. -> https://geizhals.de/chieftec-cdp-120itx-a1440860.html

 

Or a 90W Antec ISK 110 PSU.

 

And that junk should have double the power rating than a 90W Antec ISK110 PSU while looking shittier?! Ähm, no.

 

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2 hours ago, Stefan Payne said:

Depends on what is more important to you, protection or Warranty. But since the Warranty Terms dont look like they are that promising as wear and tear due to normal operation is excluded as well as selling the PSU or bying it used, And of course a Receit is required, I'd not give too much about the warranty to be honest.

Who knows if you can use it? Especially since there was no point in time where it would make sense to reuse a 10 year old PSU or even possible...

 

So I'd look at a Bitfenix Formula/Whisper M and be quiet Straight Power 11.

550W, as the 650W Bitfenix is louder and the Straight Power has the same simple Connector board as the 550W and not the better one from the 650W one...

 

 

The straight power 11 650w has a better connector board or not? I want max reliability over warranty!

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2 hours ago, Derfel said:

The straight power 11 650w has a better connector board or not? I want max reliability over warranty!

No, it is the same as the 550W, so that makes it bullshit.

And either 550W or 750W, nothing in between.

 


As for reliability: FSP usually isn't too bad if they don't mess something up what's best right now we might be able to tell in 10-15 Years from now. So its just a guessing game.

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21 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

No, it is the same as the 550W, so that makes it bullshit.

And either 550W or 750W, nothing in between.

 


As for reliability: FSP usually isn't too bad if they don't mess something up what's best right now we might be able to tell in 10-15 Years from now. So its just a guessing game.

I was told the new corsair VS series is good what do you think?

 

I think not bc it's group regulated but I wanted your opinion

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13 hours ago, 17030644 said:

I was told the new corsair VS series is good what do you think?

 

I think not bc it's group regulated but I wanted your opinion

I think all Group Regulated units are crap and some more than others.

However I think that the Corsair VS might be better than Seasonic S12II-Bronze, obviously, as it is newer...

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1 hour ago, Stefan Payne said:

 

However I think that the Corsair VS might be better than Seasonic S12II-Bronze, obviously, as it is newer...

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but still not recommended

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1 hour ago, Stefan Payne said:

I think all Group Regulated units are crap and some more than others.

However I think that the Corsair VS might be better than Seasonic S12II-Bronze, obviously, as it is newer...

"Better than the S12II" isn't much of an achievement though, especially with CX prices lately

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18 hours ago, Stefan Payne said:

No, it is the same as the 550W, so that makes it bullshit.

 

Why is that? Just curious of your explanation. 

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3 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

Why is that? Just curious of your explanation. 

The modular Connection Board sucks for the 650W, for 550W you can say its somewhat OKish.


Here, scroll there is a picture of both in the gallery (2nd from the right):

https://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.php/artikel/hardware/netzteile/46061-be-quiet-straight-power-11-550w-850w-im-test.html

 

The 450-650W only have 3 Drive Connector, 2 12pin (for up to 4 PCIe Connectors), MB and one CPU Connector.

The 750W and up has +1 CPU, +1 PCIe and +1 Drive. so a total of 2 CPU Connectors, 3 12pin (PCIe), 4 Drives.

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Went with an evga g3 650w, considering i needed it fast i think that was the best option, thank you!

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21 hours ago, 17030644 said:

I was told the new corsair VS series is good what do you think?

It all depends on a person’s scenario whether a PSU is “good” or not.

 

As a dirt cheap system integrator, that isn’t completely crap and includes a set of protections, the VS is an option. If no decent DC-DC units fit in the budget.

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Hi guys, so i'm still wondering about PSU.

I have a Seasonic Focus Plus Platinum 550W which I bought for 76,99€ (still can return it).
And currently there is a discount for Corsair RM650x (CP-9020178-EU) for 87,99€
And my PC will be like this:

CPU - Ryzen 5 2600

GPU - GTX 1080 or GTX 1080TI or RTX 2070

MB - MSI B450 Pro Carbon AC

Storage - Samsung 860 Evo 500GB + Toshiba x300 4TB (probably gonna add more HDD and SSD in the future)

RAM - Patriot Viper 4 3200Mhz

CPU Cooler - Noctua NH D15 AM4

Case Fans - 5-6

Will my 550w Seasonic still have a breathing room for running my PC flawlessly even when im OC-ing my CPU and GPU (even with 1080TI)?
Or should I go for the Corsair?

Thank you in advance guys.

 

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9 hours ago, dancoulion said:

Hi guys, so i'm still wondering about PSU.

I have a Seasonic Focus Plus Platinum 550W which I bought for 76,99€ (still can return it).
And currently there is a discount for Corsair RM650x (CP-9020178-EU) for 87,99€
And my PC will be like this:

CPU - Ryzen 5 2600

GPU - GTX 1080 or GTX 1080TI or RTX 2070

MB - MSI B450 Pro Carbon AC

Storage - Samsung 860 Evo 500GB + Toshiba x300 4TB (probably gonna add more HDD and SSD in the future)

RAM - Patriot Viper 4 3200Mhz

CPU Cooler - Noctua NH D15 AM4

Case Fans - 5-6

Will my 550w Seasonic still have a breathing room for running my PC flawlessly even when im OC-ing my CPU and GPU (even with 1080TI)?
Or should I go for the Corsair?

Thank you in advance guys.

 

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I ordered an evga g3 but then saw the g2 went on sale and both cost practically the same. Is it worth returning the g3 and ordering a g2 right now?

 

And then theres a P2 on sale.. so g2 or p2?

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7 minutes ago, 0mgblood said:

I ordered an evga g3 but then saw the g2 went on sale and both cost practically the same. Is it worth returning the g3 and ordering a g2 right now?

The G3 is considerably noisier and it has some issues with its protections. It's also physically shorter. 

 

The G2 has a below spec hold up time. This only really matters of your mains power is quite dodgy, and you don't have a UPS. 

 

What are you powering? I would replace it if it's a high power draw system. 

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6 minutes ago, seon123 said:

The G3 is considerably noisier and it has some issues with its protections. It's also physically shorter. 

 

The G2 has a below spec hold up time. This only really matters of your mains power is quite dodgy, and you don't have a UPS. 

 

What are you powering? I would replace it if it's a high power draw system. 

 

Ryzen 5 1600

Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3 Motherboard

16 GB Ram

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1 SSD, 1 HDD

Gaming mouse, keyboard

24 in. led monitor 

 

Buying a case with 3x argb fans in front and one in the back

 

Oh and theres the P2 on sale as well...

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2 minutes ago, 0mgblood said:

 

Ryzen 5 1600

Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3 Motherboard

16 GB Ram

Rog Strix 1080ti

1 SSD, 1 HDD

 

Buying a case with 3x argb fans in front and one in the back

 

Oh and theres the P2 on sale as well...

Are only EVGA branded PSUs available? Unless there significantly more expensive, better options would be the Straight Power 11, Whisper M, RMx 2018, RMx, Formula or GX-F. Roughly from more to less recommended. 550W is plenty. 

 

The system should draw about 350W under load. Depending on the wattage version, the fan RPM will vary. 

For the G2 550W, 650W and 750W, it will be about 1130, 620 and 710RPM. For the G3 550W, 650W, 850W and 1000W, it will be about 1440, 1500, 1750 and 1650RPM. 

Under idle, about 100W, it'll be about 1000, 0, 0, 1260, 1370, 1600 and 1570RPM. 

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13 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Are only EVGA branded PSUs available? Unless there significantly more expensive, better options would be the Straight Power 11, Whisper M, RMx 2018, RMx, Formula or GX-F. Roughly from more to less recommended. 550W is plenty. 

 

The system should draw about 350W under load. Depending on the wattage version, the fan RPM will vary. 

For the G2 550W, 650W and 750W, it will be about 1130, 620 and 710RPM. For the G3 550W, 650W, 850W and 1000W, it will be about 1440, 1500, 1750 and 1650RPM. 

Under idle, about 100W, it'll be about 1000, 0, 0, 1260, 1370, 1600 and 1570RPM. 

Yeah, they carry some RMx PSUs at a local best buy and frys. Doesn't appear like there are any promotions for them and they'll be about $30-$40 more factoring in the rebate from EVGA

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