This is a good PSU

Crap Daddy · Jun 29, 2011

Just wanted to share something. Where I live unfortunately short unexpected power cuts are frequent. Even more annoying are the short bursts of low current where the light bulbs blink and the electronic equipments are affected. Had a few today, the refrigerator returned some errors on the display, the amplifier restarted from stand-by but my main machine, powered by a Corsair TX650 was immune, solid as rock. The second rig is powered by a PSU branded PowerLine. That system promptly failed and restarted.

MRCL · Jun 29, 2011

So where do you live?

Shihab · Jun 29, 2011

Third world countries :shadedshu

Corsair FTW :rockout:

FreedomEclipse · Jun 29, 2011

Id suggest getting a cheap UPS to 'buff' the unstable power. If the power does go down then at least the other rig will run for a bit before it goes down, 15-30mins is plenty of time for you to shutdown, depending on what the other machines specs are.

Crap Daddy · Jun 29, 2011

Well I moved some time ago in the countryside and that's Romania. The situation is not as bad as one might imagine. I just wanted to stress out that a good PSU is mandatory in any circumstances and no-one should cheap out on that particular piece of hardware.

Widjaja · Jun 29, 2011

Unfortunately the general public do cheap out on the power supply first.
Or just get a case which comes with one and regardless of the power requirements for the rest of the system, they use it.

Many PC sellers will most happily give their customer a system with a cheapo Hyena or something to that extent.

silkstone · Jun 29, 2011

i have the same situation, unexpected power cuts. My PSU has protected my system for 2+ yrs (touch wood) where i've had lots of other electronic devices fail

I really should get a UPS as an additional buffer, but they are damn pricey.

burebista · Jun 29, 2011

Crap Daddy said:
Well I moved some time ago in the countryside and that's Romania. The situation is not as bad as one might imagine.

Yeah, we survive here even with those power problems.

But indeed a good PSU is mandatory for all.

System Name	Old Fart / Young Dude
Processor	2500K / 6600K
Motherboard	ASRock P67Extreme4 / Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3
Cooling	CM Hyper TX3 / CM Hyper 212 EVO
Memory	16 GB Kingston HyperX / 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws X
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti / INNO3D RTX 2060
Storage	SSD, some WD and lots of Samsungs
Display(s)	BenQ GW2470 / LG UHD 43" TV
Case	Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced / Thermaltake Core v31
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar D1/Denon PMA500AE/Wharfedale D 10.1/ FiiO D03K/ JBL LSR 305
Power Supply	Corsair TX650 / Corsair TX650M
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 100 / Rival 110
Keyboard	Sidewinder/ Steelseries Apex 150
Software	Windows 10 / Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Fractality 1.0
Processor	Intel Core i7-860 @ 3.6GHz
Motherboard	EVGA P55 SLI
Cooling	Prolimatech Megahalems and four Fractal Design 120mm fans, sleeved
Memory	16GB Kingston Hyper RAM
Video Card(s)	PNY GeForce 580 XLR8
Storage	64GB and 180GB SSDs / 1TB and 2TB HDDs
Display(s)	24" Acer V243W
Case	Fractal Design Define R2, sleeved all I/O cables
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Corsair HX750W modular, sadly only stock sleeving
Software	Win 7 64bit

System Name	192.168.1.1~192.168.1.100
Processor	AMD Ryzen5 5600G.
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550m DS3H.
Cooling	AMD Wraith Stealth.
Memory	16GB Crucial DDR4.
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 1080 OC (Underclocked, underpowered).
Storage	Samsung 980 NVME 500GB && Assortment of SSDs.
Display(s)	LG 24MK430 primary && Samsung S24D590 secondary
Case	Corsair Graphite 780T.
Audio Device(s)	On-Board.
Power Supply	SeaSonic CORE GM-650.
Mouse	Coolermaster MM530.
Keyboard	Kingston HyperX Alloy FPS.
VR HMD	A pair of OP spectacles.
Software	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
Benchmark Scores	Me no know English. What bench mean? Bench like one sit on?

System Name	Codename: Icarus Mk.VI
Processor	Intel 8600k@Stock -- pending tuning
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strixx Z370-F
Cooling	CPU: BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 {1xCorsair ML120 Pro\|5xML140 Pro}
Memory	32GB XPG Gammix D10 {2x16GB}
Video Card(s)	ASUS Dual Radeon™ RX 6700 XT OC Edition
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 512GB SSD (Boot)\|WD SN770 (Gaming)\|2x 3TB Toshiba DT01ACA300\|2x 2TB Crucial BX500
Display(s)	LG GP850-B
Case	Corsair 760T (White)
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V573\|Speakers: JBL Control One\|Auna 300-CN\|Wharfedale Diamond SW150
Power Supply	Corsair AX760
Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	Duckyshine Dead LED(s) III
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

System Name	Old Fart / Young Dude
Processor	2500K / 6600K
Motherboard	ASRock P67Extreme4 / Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3
Cooling	CM Hyper TX3 / CM Hyper 212 EVO
Memory	16 GB Kingston HyperX / 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws X
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti / INNO3D RTX 2060
Storage	SSD, some WD and lots of Samsungs
Display(s)	BenQ GW2470 / LG UHD 43" TV
Case	Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced / Thermaltake Core v31
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar D1/Denon PMA500AE/Wharfedale D 10.1/ FiiO D03K/ JBL LSR 305
Power Supply	Corsair TX650 / Corsair TX650M
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 100 / Rival 110
Keyboard	Sidewinder/ Steelseries Apex 150
Software	Windows 10 / Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Darth Obsidious
Processor	Intel i5 2500K
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen3
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212+ in Push Pull
Memory	2X4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	ASUS R9 270x TOP
Storage	128GB Samsung 830 SSD, 1TB WD Black, 2TB WD Green
Display(s)	LG IPS234V-PN
Case	Corsair Obsidian 650D
Audio Device(s)	Infrasonic Quartet
Power Supply	Corsair HX650w
Software	Windows 7 64bit and Windows XP Home
Benchmark Scores	2cm mark on bench with a razor blade.

System Name	Gaming System / HTPC-Server
Processor	i7 8700K (@4.8 Ghz All-Core) / R7 5900X
Motherboard	Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming / MSI B450 Mortar Max
Cooling	CM ML360 / CM ML240L
Memory	16Gb Hynix @3200 MHz / 16Gb Hynix @3000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Zotac 3080 / Colorful 1060
Storage	750G MX300 + 2x500G NVMe / 40Tb Reds + 1Tb WD Blue NVMe
Display(s)	LG 27GN800-B 27'' 2K 144Hz / Sony TV
Case	Xigmatek Aquarius Plus / Corsair Air 240
Audio Device(s)	On Board Realtek
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750W / Andyson TX-700 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / K400+
Keyboard	Wooting Two / K400+
Software	Windows 10 x64
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15 = 1542 3D Mark Timespy = 9758

System Name	Rocket
Processor	Ryzen 3600X
Motherboard	ASRock B450 PRO4
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	HyperX Predator Black 16GB DDR4 3200MHz CL16
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6GB
Storage	ADATA SX8200 PRO 512GB + Intel 535 Series 120GB + WD 6400AAKS
Display(s)	Benq EW2420
Case	Antec P182
Power Supply	Antec Signature 650
Software	Win 10

This is a good PSU

~Technological Technocrat~