PSU Tier List [OLD]

[Mr.Meerkat]

Just now, Energycore said:

Depends on your motherboard

 

I wouldn't know whether that's enough current to burn the PCB around the copper wires in the circuit, but if it is, it would either trigger motherboard OCP and shut itself down (if the mobo is good), or start burning the PCB until one day something cathes on fire

Hmmmm...I wonder if my X99-S has OCP then  (but I think Asus aren't that dumb like AMD to route all the extra power draw off the PCIe slot rather than the power connectors).

[Energycore]

2 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Hmmmm...I wonder if my X99-S has OCP then  (but I think Asus aren't that dumb like AMD to route all the extra power draw off the PCIe slot rather than the power connectors).

Probably does have it.

 

And the power consumption issue was fixed with a driver, don't worry about it

 

Wait, X99 and RX 480?

 

No, RX 470? That one never had issues with that anyway

[Mr.Meerkat]

15 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Probably does have it.

 

And the power consumption issue was fixed with a driver, don't worry about it

 

Wait, X99 and RX 480?

 

No, RX 470? That one never had issues with that anyway

Not when it has it's power limit at +50% so it would stop throttling (170watts for the GPU die only)

[STRMfrmXMN]

3 hours ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

I'd rather have people buying those than a generic chinesum PSU that claims it can output 100watts although there is only 2 6+2 PCIe cables  

 

3 hours ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

I could not agree more. EVGA just doesn't give 2 fucks about rational wattage, they have this 750W pile of garbage. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LZ3WDQG

 

3 hours ago, herman mcpootis said:

superflower leadex platform has ratings from silver to titanium 

 

10 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

So there's a G1, G2, and G3 too (I think... pretty sure I saw it somewhere).  if G1 is meh, and G2 is superb, what is G3?  

I think the G3 was shown at computex and was later renamed the G2L. I'm not 100% sure about that but it would make sense. Maybe the G3 will be an international name for it, who knows. Either way it's probably gonna be about as good as a G2 if it's a new product.

[comicsansms]

12 hours ago, IAEInferno said:

Hi, what's the Major difference between the Corsair RMx, RMi series of PSU'?

 

 

I'm planning to get the RMx 650 80+gold for my new PC build next year.

RMi has Corsair Link and a Fluid Dynamic Bearing fan, the RMx doesn't have corsair link and has a rifle bearing fan.

[STRMfrmXMN]

22 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

RMi has Corsair Link and a Fluid Dynamic Bearing fan, the RMx doesn't have corsair link and has a rifle bearing fan.

RMi is also multi-rail and allows you to switch from single to multi-rail.

[Energycore]

1 hour ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

RMi is also multi-rail and allows you to switch from single to multi-rail.

The RMi is a bit of a fucking marvel of technology

 

But hopefully that's the way we go in the future with PSUs. More control through software, custom fan curves, and the like.

[Energycore]

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Seasonic/Prime_750/13.html

 

So TPU did OCP testing on the Seasonic PRIME 750W. And what do you know? It performend very well all the way up to 1050W. Seasonic could have rated it at 1000W easily, but chose not to do so to hit performance and efficiency numbers.

 

Still, I will treat this unit as a 1000W and not a 750

[Guest]

Looking at some reviews, the thermaltake toughpower gold should be t3 (its a bit better than the evga nex but still not amazing) and most newer smart series and smart dps-g psus from cwt should be some t3-5 depending on the specific model but most are still unknown. 

[comicsansms]

The ThermalTake Toughpower DPS G RGB looks really nice but they cost a lot and they are probably just good and not out-of the ballpark. 

 

I wonder if I can get TT to sponsor me in custom case build log, i don't want to have to spend a lot of money on not the best,  i doubt they would though. I also don't know how great the case would turn out anyway. 

[Energycore]

1 hour ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

The ThermalTake Toughpower DPS G RGB looks really nice but they cost a lot and they are probably just good and not out-of the ballpark. 

 

I wonder if I can get TT to sponsor me in custom case build log, i don't want to have to spend a lot of money on not the best,  i doubt they would though. I also don't know how great the case would turn out anyway. 

Thermaltake models are really weird.

But the DPS G RGB is T1. Pretty great.

 

Nevermind it's the Titanium one that's T1. Not sure about the Gold one.

[quan289]

Since some of you guys was talking about it, the EVGA Supernova G3 review had just been put up @ jonnyguru.com.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=494

 

Didn't read it though. Need to go.

[Energycore]

20 minutes ago, quan289 said:

Since some of you guys was talking about it, the EVGA Supernova G3 review had just been put up @ jonnyguru.com.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=494

 

Didn't read it though. Need to go.

So it's real then.

 

Well shit. It's a lot to do with those in-cable capacitors, but the unit did 0.9% regulation in the hot box, it's 150mm deep even though it's 1000W, and ripple was 8,7 and 8mV.

 

It's quite the worthy contender against Seasonic's new flagship, although the PRIME still wins the efficiency battle hard.

 

@STRMfrmXMN what do you say? Tier 6 right?

[Mr.Meerkat]

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

-snip-

@STRMfrmXMN what do you say? Tier 6 right?

Definitely, tier garbage confirmed  

[STRMfrmXMN]

2 hours ago, Energycore said:

So it's real then.

 

Well shit. It's a lot to do with those in-cable capacitors, but the unit did 0.9% regulation in the hot box, it's 150mm deep even though it's 1000W, and ripple was 8,7 and 8mV.

 

It's quite the worthy contender against Seasonic's new flagship, although the PRIME still wins the efficiency battle hard.

 

@STRMfrmXMN what do you say? Tier 6 right?

broke tier system for how shit it is

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

broke tier system for how shit it is

IKR, may as well replace samsung note 7s with these

[STRMfrmXMN]

Just now, Mr.Meerkat said:

IKR, may as well replace samsung note 7s with these

definitely won't be allowing any of these on my flights anytime soon

[comicsansms]

2 hours ago, Energycore said:

So it's real then.

 

Well shit. It's a lot to do with those in-cable capacitors, but the unit did 0.9% regulation in the hot box, it's 150mm deep even though it's 1000W, and ripple was 8,7 and 8mV.

 

It's quite the worthy contender against Seasonic's new flagship, although the PRIME still wins the efficiency battle hard.

 

@STRMfrmXMN what do you say? Tier 6 right?

Biggest upset 

 

"A look at the innards shows that our Super Flower Leadex platform seems to have shrunk in the laundry. In fact, this is the Leadex II platform. No, that does not mean you get two PSUs for the price of one."

[comicsansms]

7 hours ago, Energycore said:

Thermaltake models are really weird.

But the DPS G RGB is T1. Pretty great.

 

Nevermind it's the Titanium one that's T1. Not sure about the Gold one.

I don't have $570AUD to spend on a titanium PSU and nor would I want one. 

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35001/

 

I would want this because it looks really nice. https://www.pccasegear.com/products/36606/

 

BTW, thermaltake's advertising team should be fired, the pictures look very average but it looks really nice in person. 

(I also found it funny that the RGB fan was disabled on the Thermaltake computers at PAX AUS) 

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

I don't have $570AUD to spend on a titanium PSU and nor would I want one. 

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35001/

 

I would want this because it looks really nice. https://www.pccasegear.com/products/36606/

 

BTW, thermaltake's advertising team should be fired, the pictures look very average but it looks really nice in person. 

(I also found it funny that the RGB fan was disabled on the Thermaltake computers at PAX AUS) 

What? It's only as expensive as a 1070...that's super cheep  

[comicsansms]

2 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

What? It's only as expensive as a 1070...that's super cheep  

A hundred dollars cheaper than the GTX 1070.

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35920/

[Mr.Meerkat]

19 hours ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

A hundred dollars cheaper than the GTX 1070.

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35920/

I took a guess okay, didn't realise it was that expensive  

[HKZeroFive]

I thought I might ask here since this is where all the 'PSU experts' seem to congregate...

 

How good is the Hydraulic Dynamic Bearing fan relative to the other types of fans (Fluid Dynamic Bearing fan, Double Ball Bearing fan, Rifle Bearing fan etc.)?

[Energycore]

2 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

I thought I might ask here since this is where all the 'PSU experts' seem to congregate...

 

How good is the Hydraulic Dynamic Bearing fan relative to the other types of fans (Fluid Dynamic Bearing fan, Double Ball Bearing fan, Rifle Bearing fan etc.)?

Hydro and FDB are one and the same, but some companies try to market a bearing that isn't true FDB as something else, and those bearings end up just being glorified sleeve bearings.

 

FDB is the best for silence and longevity, while 2BB can last longer it is a bit less silent. Rifle bearing is basically a sleeve bearing, but one that doesn't die super quick if you put it horizontally.

 

All in all FDB is the best overall for home users, 2BB for servers, and rifle the cheapest that isn't dreadful

[STRMfrmXMN]

3 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

I thought I might ask here since this is where all the 'PSU experts' seem to congregate...

 

How good is the Hydraulic Dynamic Bearing fan relative to the other types of fans (Fluid Dynamic Bearing fan, Double Ball Bearing fan, Rifle Bearing fan etc.)?

There's a lot of marketing mumbo jumbo surrounding Fluid Dynamic bearings so I'd imagine Hydraulic Dynamic fans are probably not universally as good as one another.