Seasonic Platinum-1000 1000 W

crmaris · Oct 26, 2011

Seasonic entered the Platinum party late since they wanted to make a big and well planned entrance. After many rumors, spy photos and lots of unconfirmed data Seasonic's Platinum series is finally released and is ready to fight for the crown. The stronger of the two fresh units, the Platinum-1000W, will be the test subject of today's review.

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Frizz · Oct 31, 2011

To be honest I expected this unit to get a 10/10

and I am sure it will to those that don't mind the price. I am very impressed with their gold x-series 750watt and it was by far the best power supply I've used so I don't expect any less from their new 1000W. This will definitely be in the list on my next upgrade

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djisas · Oct 31, 2011

I feel compelled to replace my great zalman unit by a brand new 860w seasonic platinum, since i had an S12 that lasted years until i passed her on to someone else, I loved it (it saved my pc from a meltdown with the worst ever made psu...)...

LAN_deRf_HA · Oct 31, 2011

Compared to what top gold units have run the price is pretty good. I guess I was right to trust seasonic. I've been recommending this unit before there were reviews. It's fully modular unlike the superflower 1000w platinum and it's def. not a waste of time like the enermax offerings.

scooper22 · Nov 1, 2011

More Platimun in the region of 350 W - 600 W please... However that would only save a few Watt, but every little counts

DanishDevil · Nov 2, 2011

crmaris, I just wanted to say thank you for bringing TPU some top-notch PSU reviews! Keep it up!

[H]@RD5TUFF · Nov 6, 2011

Thanks for the review.

John Doe · Nov 11, 2011

Meh unit IMO. According to [H], Transient (instant) response is weak;

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/11/01/seasonic_platinum1000_1_kilowatt_power_supply_review/7

340mV on +12v at %25 load. Solid modern units don't drop this much. For example, an older TPQ-850 drops 200mV:

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2007/09/12/antec_truepower_quattro_850w/7

With that said, cooling is meh, it lacks multi-rail OCP, and the unit is on the overpriced side. You can get a HCP-1200 for $20 more. Or a Silencer 910 for $130 AR rather than paying $260 for this.

[H] is hyping this up with phrases like "BUY NOW BUTTON", which leads me to think they're marketing the unit with the ad for this PSU on their site. It's not an "excellent 10/10" unit, nor the best price/performance. It regulates amazingly, but people will buy this because it's SeaSonic and Platinum (saves a few dollars over Gold) rated.

KithKhan · Nov 11, 2011

Great review, and wow!

This is the first thorough PSU review I've ever read. I love the use of the oscilliscope to measure the ripple voltages, as well as the efficiency-under-load stats which I've seen in the past. The explanation of all the parts involved was also very interesting. Great work!

It'd be cool to see a comparison with some of this unit's competitors on all of the tests, and not just some of the more common ones. I really don't have much of a reference point for this information yet.

Keep up the great work.

SonDa5 · Jun 19, 2012

Over rated PSU for the price?

Just wanted to share some of my observations that I have made on the Platinum 1000 and Platinum 860 parts.

From the date that this review in October of 2011 was done I have noticed that the newer reviews of the Platinum 1000 have improved electronic parts and design on the inside.

Revisions of parts? or is the "XP" mean experiemental?

Oct 2011 Platinum 1000 at TPU review.

March 2012 at OCAholic review.

Also the newer part Platinum 860 is very close to being October 2011's Platinum 1000 in electronic make up.
From Planet3DNow Review.

Eliomiller · Jul 14, 2016

Does anyone here know the pinout of this unit with cables pinout ?

System Name	White Theme
Processor	Intel 12700K CPU
Motherboard	ASUS STRIX Z690-A D4
Cooling	Lian Li Galahad Uni w/ AL120 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3200 Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Aero 4080 Super 16GB
Storage	2TB Samsung 980 Pro PCIE 4.0
Display(s)	Alienware 38" 3840x1600 (165Hz)
Case	Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO White
Audio Device(s)	2i2 Scarlett Solo + Schiit Magni 3 AMP
Power Supply	Corsair HX 1000 Platinum

System Name	Unreal Machine IV
Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Motherboard	Asrock 570X Taichi
Cooling	Noctua U9S
Memory	Team UD4-4000 @4000 CL18 1:1
Video Card(s)	5600XT Red Devil
Storage	Kingston SSD 240GB + WD RED 4TB + WD Blue SN 550 Nvme 1TB X3
Display(s)	DELL U2417H
Case	Old school Termalthake xaser III black with lots of noctua 80mm fans
Audio Device(s)	Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion + Creative Inspire t7900 7.1 + Sony MDR-1A + AKG K-240
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime GX-750
Mouse	Logitech G502 hero SE
Keyboard	Logitech
Software	10 pro
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 Multi ~15k 4.4Ghz all core Cinebench R23 single 1.5k 4.65Ghz

System Name	Obelisc
Processor	i7 3770k @ 4.8 GHz
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V
Cooling	H110
Memory	16GB(4x4) @ 2400 MHz 9-11-11-31
Video Card(s)	GTX 780 Ti
Storage	850 EVO 1TB, 2x 5TB Toshiba
Case	T81
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Titanium HD
Power Supply	EVGA 850 T2 80+ TITANIUM
Software	Win10 64bit

Processor	HDT90ZFBGRBOX (uv, oc)
Motherboard	90-MXGIP0-A0UAYZ
Cooling	VENOMOUS-X + TR-FDB-12-600 + PLPS
Memory	F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2
Video Card(s)	21188-00-40R + DCACO-V3400-BLA01 (uv, unlock)
Storage	WD10EALS-00Z8A0 + 4044951000029
Display(s)	VM633AT
Case	FT02B-W
Audio Device(s)	SB0090, ALC892
Power Supply	BN162

System Name	Big Devil
Processor	Intel Core i5-2500K
Motherboard	ECS P67H2-A2
Cooling	XSPC Rasa \| Black Ice GT Stealth 240 \| XSPC X2O 750 \| 2x ACF12PWM \| PrimoChill White 7/16"
Memory	2x4GB Corsair Vengeance LP Arctic White 1600MHz CL9
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 780 ACX SC
Storage	Intel 520 Series 180GB + WD 1TB Blue
Display(s)	HP ZR30W 30" 2650x1600 IPS
Case	Corsair 600T SE
Audio Device(s)	Xonar Essence STX \| Sennheisser PC350 "Hero" Modded \| Corsair SP2500
Power Supply	ABS SL 1050W (Enermax Revolution Rebadge)
Software	Windows 8.1 x64 Pro w/ Media Center
Benchmark Scores	Ducky Year of the Snake w/ Cherry MX Browns & Year of the Tiger PBT Keycaps \| Razer Deathadder Black

Seasonic Platinum-1000 1000 W

crmaris

Frizz

djisas

LAN_deRf_HA

scooper22

New Member

DanishDevil

[H]@RD5TUFF

John Doe

Guest

KithKhan

SonDa5

Eliomiller

System Name	White Boy
Processor	Core i7 3770k @4.6 Ghz
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
Cooling	CORSAIR H100
Memory	CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB @ 2177
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 680 CLASSIEFIED @ 1250 Core
Storage	2 Samsung 830 256 GB (Raid 0) 1 Hitachi 4 TB
Display(s)	1 Dell 30U11 30"
Case	BIT FENIX Prodigy
Audio Device(s)	none
Power Supply	SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W Modular
Software	Windows Pro 7 64 bit \|\| Ubuntu 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores	2017 Unigine Heaven :: P37239 3D Mark Vantage

System Name	Black Killing Machine
Processor	Delidded NO IHS mount Intel i7-4770k
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z87X-OC
Cooling	Swiftech DIR655 pump, Watercool HEATKILLER® GPU-X³ 79X0 Ni-Bl gpu, DT SNIPER CPU block, UT60 420 RAD
Memory	Gskill Trident 2400mhz CL9 Samsung IC9
Video Card(s)	SAPPHIRE HD7950 OC 950mhz Edition, VaporX HD7950
Storage	2xM4 Crucial 64GB RAID 0, 1 OCZ AGILILITY 3 60GB, WDCB 500GB x2RAID0, WD Green, Hitachi 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster 226BW and 24" 120hz BenQ gamer
Case	SilverStone Raven rv-02
Audio Device(s)	Audio Technica ATH-AD900 headphones, Topping D2 DAC/Headphone AMP
Power Supply	Seasonic Platinum 860
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64bit
Benchmark Scores	http://hwbot.org/user/sonda5/ Delidding is magic. http://valid.canardpc.com/2878462

System Name	Bonds silencer
Processor	Core i7 5820k
Motherboard	Asus sabertooth x99
Cooling	Be quiet! Dark rock 3
Memory	4x4gb corsair vengeance(blue)
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Windforce GTX 980 ti
Storage	Samsung evo 850 500gb ssd/western digital blue 1tb 7200rpm
Display(s)	Asus rog swift pg278q
Case	Be quiet! silent base 800 window edition
Audio Device(s)	Sound blaster zxr
Power Supply	Seasonic platinum 1000w 80+ platinum certified
Mouse	Logitech proteus g502
Keyboard	Corsair k70 2016 RGB