PSU Tier List [OLD]

[LienusLateTips]

1 hour ago, awesomegamer919 said:

Why is the Thermaltake SMART series tier 6? Tweaktown gave it generally favourable reviews...

 

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/5613/thermaltake-smart-750-watt-80-plus-bronze-power-supply-review/index.html

 

The SMART M series isn't even on the list despite having a good review by HardOCP...

 

https://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/06/16/thermaltake_smart_sp850m_850w_power_supply_review/

They use CapXon capacitors, very shitty capacitors.

[STRMfrmXMN]

4 hours ago, awesomegamer919 said:

Why is the Thermaltake SMART series tier 6? Tweaktown gave it generally favourable reviews...

 

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/5613/thermaltake-smart-750-watt-80-plus-bronze-power-supply-review/index.html

 

The SMART M series isn't even on the list despite having a good review by HardOCP...

 

https://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/06/16/thermaltake_smart_sp850m_850w_power_supply_review/

I think the 750W might be a different platform entirely than the lower-output versions but I still wouldn't put this up there very high with no OTP and those capacitors.

 

The Smart M I haven't seen before. I'll look into it.

[quan289]

As usual, Thermaltake has a very confusing PSU lineup, in which they are using multiple of OEMs / platform within the same series. The Smart 750 / 850 M is CWT PUQ-B internally like the Corsair CX750M / 850M but uses a ball bearing fan.

[fehllyy]

Just found this thread, and would like to thank the original creators for their amazing effort!!

[System Error Message]

nice effort too, though im not sure how this compares to the psu tier list on toms hardware.

 

I see a lot of people recommending PSUs saying you dont need much which is true but there are things that people dont usually take into account, Always add up the TDP of your system and add 20%. If you overclock add another 20-30%, You're forgetting the inrush as well and power draw can be high for a very small amount of time when some device suddenly use a lot of power.

 

so while 450W would seem plenty with a 80W CPU and a 250W GPU that leaves a bit more than 100W for the board, fans drives and peripherals, other things that you plug into the system. Fans can consume quite a bit of power especially the bigger fans and there'd be no room for the inrush or when the GPU goes to 100% from idle during a stress test. Overclocked CPUs also do use a lot more power, overclocking the 1st gen iseries by 50%, the whole system consumed almost 200W with 2 GTX 680s attached idle.

[awesomegamer919]

I find the easiest way to work out how powerful a PSU you need is to put it all in pcparpicker and then add 100-120w and go from there.

[Starelementpoke]

1 hour ago, System Error Message said:

nice effort too, though im not sure how this compares to the psu tier list on toms hardware.

 

I see a lot of people recommending PSUs saying you dont need much which is true but there are things that people dont usually take into account, Always add up the TDP of your system and add 20%. If you overclock add another 20-30%, You're forgetting the inrush as well and power draw can be high for a very small amount of time when some device suddenly use a lot of power.

 

so while 450W would seem plenty with a 80W CPU and a 250W GPU that leaves a bit more than 100W for the board, fans drives and peripherals, other things that you plug into the system. Fans can consume quite a bit of power especially the bigger fans and there'd be no room for the inrush or when the GPU goes to 100% from idle during a stress test. Overclocked CPUs also do use a lot more power, overclocking the 1st gen iseries by 50%, the whole system consumed almost 200W with 2 GTX 680s attached idle.

Except PCPartpicker already factor's in those things. That is, the fans and drives and such. 

[LienusLateTips]

10 hours ago, awesomegamer919 said:

I find the easiest way to work out how powerful a PSU you need is to put it all in pcparpicker and then add 100-120w and go from there.

I just guess. I've already remembered all the combinations.

[LienusLateTips]

What about CX 2017?

[Sakkura]

4 hours ago, JDE said:

What about CX 2017?

You mean the grey-label Corsair CX units made by Great Wall, as opposed to the grey-label Corsair CX units made by CWT? Unfortunately there aren't any real reviews of those units yet.

[Megah3rtz]

What makes the Rosewill Glacier so terrible at Tier 5? 

[ShadySocks]

Have you read this? Could you rate the hive 750 seperate? Or maybe have the "Hive S" and Hive?

 

[MPCPRO]

Guys, I am using an old Corsair 850TX, been using it since 2012 or 13? I am unable to find out which tier this is. I just ordered a new system and I am wondering if I should keep on using this or buy a better "tier" psu

 

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/enthusiast-series-tx850-v2-80-plus-bronze-certified-850-watt-high-performance-power-supply

[STRMfrmXMN]

4 minutes ago, MPCPRO said:

Guys, I am using an old Corsair 850TX, been using it since 2012 or 13? I am unable to find out which tier this is. I just ordered a new system and I am wondering if I should keep on using this or buy a better "tier" psu

 

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/enthusiast-series-tx850-v2-80-plus-bronze-certified-850-watt-high-performance-power-supply

It's a decent unit. The TX series are a little spread out over the tier system but it's not a bad unit. Keep it.

[MPCPRO]

Just now, STRMfrmXMN said:

It's a decent unit. The TX series are a little spread out over the tier system but it's not a bad unit. Keep it.

Thanks for the reply. Been using this one on my 2500K system with a GTX 970, load should be around 450 watt, so it has barely been "stressed". Upgrading to a much more powerhungry 150 TDP CPU and mobo, so the workload will go up drastically .

[Megah3rtz]

Just now, STRMfrmXMN said:

It's a decent unit. The TX series are a little spread out over the tier system but it's not a bad unit. Keep it.

own a TX 650 V2 since about 2014, have an R5 1400 and I'm upgrading from GTX 660 to RX 580, keep aswell? 

[STRMfrmXMN]

16 minutes ago, MPCPRO said:

Thanks for the reply. Been using this one on my 2500K system with a GTX 970, load should be around 450 watt, so it has barely been "stressed". Upgrading to a much more powerhungry 150 TDP CPU and mobo, so the workload will go up drastically .

A 970 and 2500K don't use more than 300W even with OC. You've barely touched that thing.

 

16 minutes ago, Megah3rtz said:

own a TX 650 V2 since about 2014, have an R5 1400 and I'm upgrading from GTX 660 to RX 580, keep aswell? 

yeah, glhf finding an RX580

[Megah3rtz]

Just now, STRMfrmXMN said:

yeah, glhf finding an RX580

yeah as in keep the PSU?

 

 

and it's already on the way  

[MPCPRO]

3 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

A 970 and 2500K don't use more than 300W even with OC. You've barely touched that thing.

 

Yeah perhaps. I used: https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator to get my numbers.

[STRMfrmXMN]

33 minutes ago, MPCPRO said:

Yeah perhaps. I used: https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator to get my numbers.

It's an awful calculator that way over-exaggerates what your system will actually draw. Just go to Guru3D and look at their power draw measurements for accuracy or get a Kill-A-watt and factor the efficiency of your PSU into system power draw from the wall.

[LienusLateTips]

2 hours ago, MPCPRO said:

Thanks for the reply. Been using this one on my 2500K system with a GTX 970, load should be around 450 watt, so it has barely been "stressed". Upgrading to a much more powerhungry 150 TDP CPU and mobo, so the workload will go up drastically .

i7 7700K and 2x 1080Ti won't overload it

 

[MPCPRO]

2 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

It's an awful calculator that way over-exaggerates what your system will actually draw. Just go to Guru3D and look at their power draw measurements for accuracy or get a Kill-A-watt and factor the efficiency of your PSU into system power draw from the wall.

Yeah I just checked out Guru3D's article, the 2600K with a 4.3OC and GPU only peaked at 180  I knew they were not that power hungry, but damn !

[Unforgive]

is a evga 450bt good for a system with 3570k and 750ti with cpu at around 4ghz and gpu at around 1500mhz? if not what is some budget recommendation i want to spend around 50 bucks max.

[LienusLateTips]

20 minutes ago, Unforgive said:

is a evga 450bt good for a system with 3570k and 750ti with cpu at around 4ghz and gpu at around 1500mhz? if not what is some budget recommendation i want to spend around 50 bucks max.

EVGA B3 450

[Herman Mcpootis]

24 minutes ago, Unforgive said:

is a evga 450bt good for a system with 3570k and 750ti with cpu at around 4ghz and gpu at around 1500mhz? if not what is some budget recommendation i want to spend around 50 bucks max.

it'll work fine for a 750ti but i'd recommend getting something better. a CX450M is $27 after rebates, try that.