Which PSU is Good? Better? Best?

thebluebumblebee · Mar 15, 2014

OP, if this is for your system, you don't need anywhere near 600 watts. Your GPU takes 150 watts, your CPU is rated at 65 watts. A 400 watt unit will work just fine. That is, a quality 400 watt PSU. And I'm with everyone else. Buy Seasonic if you can. FSP is not junk.
I run a 95 watt CPU with a 150 watt GPU on an Antec Earthwatts 430 without a problem.

micropage7 · Mar 15, 2014

seasonic or corsair is nice but antec is nice too
most people would take seasonic then corsair if they dont get it, move to antec

Keullo-e · Mar 15, 2014

LightningJR said:
A platinum rated PSU will without a doubt have great internal components, if it didn't the PSU would not be able to reach those efficiency levels. I trust Corsair, Seasonic and Antec no question. With those two points pick the one you can afford and has the best warranty.

Not always, example the Earthwatts Platinum has crappy capacitors even it's platinum rated.

I don't care myself about the efficiency or other crap, the quality is the most important thing. 100% Japanese caps are the most important thing to me.

rubenclavs · Mar 16, 2014

pr0fessor said:
I am using FSP Aurum 500 about 3-4 years from now. Today I would buy the 600 one instead of the 500 because of the almost same price. I am also interested in the Aurum +92 Products that will come in europe soon.http://www.fsp-europe.com/aurum92plus_650.php

I will be buying the FSP 600 or 700 on April hehehe thanks for the advice.

thebluebumblebee said:
OP, if this is for your system, you don't need anywhere near 600 watts. Your GPU takes 150 watts, your CPU is rated at 65 watts. A 400 watt unit will work just fine. That is, a quality 400 watt PSU. And I'm with everyone else. Buy Seasonic if you can. FSP is not junk.

I run a 95 watt CPU with a 150 watt GPU on an Antec Earthwatts 430 without a problem.

I will be upgrading to a FX 8320 and this current proc-mobo will be given to my cuzin for their use. A 600 or 700 would be better I think since I am also considering a GPU upgrade.

micropage7 said:
seasonic or corsair is nice but antec is nice too

most people would take seasonic then corsair if they dont get it, move to antec

I think will pass the Seasonic and Corsair. I will buy the FSP.

Vario · Mar 16, 2014

C series Corsair in that range is CWT I believe. Voted for the modular Seasonic.

rubenclavs · Mar 16, 2014

I will try reading for Corsair C Series. Thanks!

JTristam · Mar 16, 2014

Animalpak said:
corsair's PSU are Seasonic's

My AX1200 Gold is Flextronic's. :peace:

As for the PSU, I always go for Seasonic and Flextronic so my vote goes for 12II-620W. But since you've made up your mind, feel free to ignore me.

rubenclavs · Mar 16, 2014

JTristam said:
My AX1200 Gold is Flextronic's.

As for the PSU, I always go for Seasonic and Flextronic so my vote goes for 12II-620W. But since you've made up your mind, feel free to ignore me.

I have made up my mind but there is no money yet so I can change it hahahaha!

Frag_Maniac · Mar 16, 2014

Seasonic, Antec, then Corsair, in that order. Also I've heard Corsairs are no longer made by Seasonic, though I'm not sure if true.

Corsair have had a good track record of having reputable PSU specialists build their PSUs though, and even some of their best units have been made by manufacturers other than Seasonic, like the HX series by CWT.

rubenclavs · Mar 17, 2014

^ I will post my PSU once I purchased one. Thanks

Relayer · Mar 17, 2014

RCoon said:
Most welcome sir JohnnyGuru's site is a really good place to go to find out about the quality of PSU's, and has some great reviews.

TPU has a pretty decent PSU reviewer too. [H] as well.

rubenclavs · Apr 4, 2014

Hi Guys. I have finally purchased my PSU at last. Unfortunately there were No Seasonic Available here in my place. I have decided buying the FSP Aurum S Gold 500W. I have read reviews and this is a quality PSU. Thanks for all the help.

System Name	Main/DC
Processor	i7-3770K/i7-2600K
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD55/GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14CS/H80
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) LP /4GB Kingston DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 660 Ti/MSI HD7770
Storage	Crucial MX100 256GB/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB(died)
Display(s)	Asus 24' LED/Samsung SyncMaster B1940
Case	P100/Antec P280 It's huge!
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

System Name	micropage7
Processor	Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
Display(s)	Samsung 21 inch LCD Wide Screen
Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Classified

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X up to 5.05GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite
Cooling	Custom loop (CPU+GPU, 240 & 120 rads)
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury @ DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6700 XT Fighter OC/UV
Storage	~4TB SSD + 6TB HDD
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis remastered at 4K

System Name	RubenClavs
Processor	Intel i3-7100
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H270M-D3H
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper Evo 212
Memory	2x4GB DDR4 Kingston HyperX 2400 Mhz
Video Card(s)	Intel HD Graphics
Storage	1TB Western Digital Blue;1TB Western Digital Green; 1TB Seagate Barracuda; 1TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	21" BenQ GW2250
Case	Xigmatek Assassin
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Sound Card
Power Supply	Seasonic S12II 620w
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	A4 Tech X7 Oscar
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

System Name	Computer of Theseus
Processor	Intel i9-12900KS: 50x Pcore multi @ 1.18Vcore (target 1.275V -100mv offset)
Motherboard	EVGA Z690 Classified
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15S, 2xThermalRight TY-143, 4xNoctua NF-A12x25,3xNF-A12x15, 2xAquacomputer Splitty9Active
Memory	G-Skill Trident Z5 (32GB) DDR5-6000 C36 F5-6000J3636F16GX2-TZ5RK
Video Card(s)	EVGA Geforce 3060 XC Black Gaming 12GB
Storage	1x Samsung 970 Pro 512GB NVMe (OS), 2x Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB (data 1 and 2), ASUS BW-16D1HT
Display(s)	Dell S3220DGF 32" 2560x1440 165Hz Primary, Dell P2017H 19.5" 1600x900 Secondary, Ergotron LX arms.
Case	Lian Li O11 Air Mini
Audio Device(s)	Audiotechnica ATR2100X-USB, El Gato Wave XLR Mic Preamp, ATH M50X Headphones, Behringer 302USB Mixer
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex Platinum SE 1000W 80+ Platinum White
Mouse	Zowie EC3-C
Keyboard	Vortex Multix 87 Winter TKL (Gateron G Pro Yellow)
Software	Win 10 LTSC 21H2

Which PSU is Good? Better? Best?

Which PSU is Good? Better? Best?

Seasonic S12II 620W

Seasonic M12II-620

Corsair CX600 600W

Corsair CX600M 600W

Cooler Master Silent Pro M2 620W

Antec HCG-620 620W

Antec EA-650 Platinum 650W

Aerocool Templarius Imperator 750W

Aerocool Strike X 600W

thebluebumblebee

micropage7

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

rubenclavs

Vario

rubenclavs

JTristam

rubenclavs

Frag_Maniac

rubenclavs

Relayer

rubenclavs

Processor	Intel i7 4960X
Motherboard	Asus Rampage IV Extreme
Cooling	Corsair H100i
Memory	16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866MHz
Video Card(s)	2x eVGA GTX Titan SLI
Storage	1x Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, 2x WD Caviar Black 2TB
Display(s)	Asus VG23AH
Case	Corsair Obsidian 800D
Audio Device(s)	Creative SB X-Fi Titanium HD
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

System Name	Space Station
Processor	Intel 13700K
Motherboard	ASRock Z790 PG Riptide
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 6400 2x16GB @ CL34
Video Card(s)	PNY RTX 4080
Storage	SSDs - Nextorage 4TB, Samsung EVO 970 500GB, Plextor M5Pro 128GB, HDDs - WD Black 6TB, 2x 1TB
Display(s)	LG C3 OLED 42"
Case	Corsair 7000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V371
Power Supply	SeaSonic Vertex 1200w Gold
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3
Keyboard	Bloody B840-LK
Software	Windows 11 Pro 23H2