PSU Quality List

bruins004 · Jan 18, 2007

Hey all,

I couldnt help but see a lot of PSU questions coming up.
So hopefully, this thread will help you.
The link below shows a list of PSUs based on their quality (Tier 1 - 5).
Enjoy.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108088

SlipSlice · Jan 18, 2007

The one that is my new system here soon is the sparkle in the Tier 3 area. Not a bad PSU, it says High quality PSU's..so im lucky. Rosewill PSU's are in last, but I have had no problem with this one since I have had it.

Edit: But hell that is just a article for you. Anything could happen to a PSU at anytime.

cdawall · Jan 19, 2007

hmm tier 3 for mine

hat · Jan 19, 2007

tear 3

pt · Jan 19, 2007

on ashen sugar thread, raidmax was top of the line, now is bottom?
i had one and it always worked fine

SpoonMuffin · Jan 19, 2007

depends on the model for raidmax, the ones that say raidmax taht come with many cases are low end units, but again articals are based on oppenion, im sure antech is listed higher then i would list it today, simply because they have a good past rep.

Zedicus · Jan 19, 2007

raidmax does make some higher end psu's but they are getting hard to find. look for aluminum shelled raidmax psu's they are awsome for the price, prolly tier 2 quality. also the same could be said about rosewill... im guessing he tested generics from these to brands. i use thier upper level moddels almost exclusivly in customers pc's. they even hold up to sever overclock abuse.

mines a tier 1 psu. PC power an cooling BABY!! oh yeah.

SpoonMuffin · Jan 19, 2007

fortron sparkle should be tear2, they are all of high quility in my exp, and they are what i mainly go for when i make people new costom pc's, i also like epower/tagen and xcilo for known brands

scythe is a great brand, their units are kickass, well priced for their power and i havent had one fail yet no matter the load it was put under!!!

error_f0rce · Jan 19, 2007

Tier 3
Love the :respect:

Antec

.... pay homage to it!!!! :respect:

bruins004 · Jan 19, 2007

error_f0rce said:
Tier 3
Love the Antec .... pay homage to it!!!!

I have an Antec as well in my second rig.
However, I must say that Antec's rep. as of late has been hurting.
They have been recently putting out PSUs which have had a high failure rate.

error_f0rce · Jan 19, 2007

bruins004 said:
I have an Antec as well in my second rig.
However, I must say that Antec's rep. as of late has been hurting.
They have been recently putting out PSUs which have had a high failure rate.

It's sad; it seems like every good company goes to crap and then springs back eventually when people are pissed enough to stop buying their brand... it's like an endless cycle. ASUS comes to mind recently as well for a great company that's started slacking on CQ, etc. Sony also... :ohwell:

SpoonMuffin · Jan 19, 2007

asus support sucks, but thats really not something new, they havent been great at bios or driver support since i can remmber, you alwase had to go to 3rd party sites tog get updated drivers!!!!
and they alwase blame user error or other hardware vendors for bios related incompatabilities with their boards.
asus 9550/9600 cards that wont work with asus motherboards because the bios arent compatable with eachother(flash the asus 9550/9600 with another companys bios and they work 90% of the time)

antech, well they do this is cycles, they get their rep up up up then trash it by selling crap via that rep, its an endless cycle, its why years ago i stoped reccomending their psu's.
enermax for example NEVER HAS DONE THAT, they had a few querky models, but if you had a problem and called them, they would replace the model with an updated version PDQ

TangoFish · Jan 19, 2007

woohoo tier 2 for my seisonic s12. It works great tho never a problem.

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bruins004 · Jan 22, 2007

bump it up

tkpenalty · Jan 23, 2007

Why is iGreen Tier 4 but SLI Certified :wtf:

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HOW THE F*** IS IT A TIER 4???!!

Easy Rhino · Jan 23, 2007

tier 2 (ocz 700watt) , but i think it should be tier 1

WarEagleAU · Jan 23, 2007

Never heard of Zippy/Emacs, Seventeam, xclio, or alot of those other ones in Tier 5.

On the plus side, Tier 3!!!

Irish_PXzyan · Jan 23, 2007

woooot tier 2

go on OCZ 600WATT GameXstream

bruins004 · Jan 23, 2007

tkpenalty said:
Why is iGreen Tier 4 but SLI Certified .

HOW THE F*** IS IT A TIER 4???!!

Just because a PSU is SLI Certified doesnt mean that there are quality parts in the PSU.
The way a PSU gets the SLI Certification is two things:
1. Have 2 PCI-E cables (so it can easily SLI 2 Nvidia cards)
2. Pay some money to Nvidia to get the SLI Certification

bruins004 · Jan 23, 2007

WarEagleAU said:
Never heard of Zippy/Emacs, Seventeam, xclio, or alot of those other ones in Tier 5.

On the plus side, Tier 3!!!

I never heard of Zippy either.
However, I have heard of Xclio.
They use the same OEM parts that OCZ uses.
They just arent as well known, hence their PSUs are a little cheaper.
They are like a Sparkle.

WarEagleAU · Jan 23, 2007

Sparkle I have only recently heard of. OCZ moved up on the PSU side as well. Im impressed.

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Motherboard	ASUS A8N5X
Cooling	1X80MM CASE FAN, 1X80MM CPU FAN, 2X120MM FANS(ONE TAKING AIR OUT..OTHER FOR HARDDRIVE
Memory	1.5 GIG, DDR400 CORSAIR
Video Card(s)	eVGA 7900GS KO
Storage	160GIG WESTERN DIGITAL 7200RPM
Display(s)	Acer 22' Widescreen
Case	ROSEWILL CASE 5600 SERIES..2 BLUE LED CASE FANS
Audio Device(s)	SOUND BLASTER LIVE 24 BIT!
Power Supply	SPARKLE 400 WATT
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Motherboard	Asrock X399M
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Video Card(s)	(2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage	2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s)	Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case	Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s)	Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse	Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard	Keychron K8
Software	W10P

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Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
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Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s)	Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
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Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
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Motherboard	ASUS F3Ka (ATI RS690M)
Cooling	stock
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Video Card(s)	ATI Mobility Radeon HD2600 512MB DDR2@ 580mhz/486mhz
Storage	160GB on laptop+250GB external
Display(s)	ASUS 15.4
Case	Asus Laptop F3Ka chassis
Audio Device(s)	on-board
Power Supply	1:30minutes battery
Software	"genui xp", 'cause i hated vista

Processor	x2 4000+@2.96gz, thermalright ultra90 with 90mm panaflow ultra speed
Motherboard	biostar tforce 550
Cooling	Thermalright ultra90,90mm panaflow ultra speed fan
Memory	Transend AxeRam ddr2 800@986mhz 5-5-5-15 2t TrFc 75ns
Video Card(s)	x1900xtx+zalman vf900cu cooler
Storage	80+160+200+250gb
Display(s)	20.1in gaming lcd 1600x1200@120hz(dvi-d)
Case	cg-briza (thx again to ashen)
Audio Device(s)	realtek 8ch hd audio latist drivers
Power Supply	400watt fsp 12cm fan psu
Software	windows 2003 sp2(custom build),nod32,opera9,tcmp,vlc,udrfrag,perfect disk,utorrent

PSU Quality List

bruins004

SlipSlice

New Member

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

hat

Enthusiast

pt

not a suicide-bomber

SpoonMuffin

New Member

Zedicus

SpoonMuffin

New Member

error_f0rce

New Member

bruins004

error_f0rce

New Member

SpoonMuffin

New Member

TangoFish

New Member

bruins004

tkpenalty

Easy Rhino

Linux Advocate

WarEagleAU

Bird of Prey

Irish_PXzyan

bruins004

bruins004

WarEagleAU

Bird of Prey

Processor	dual G34 6128he
Motherboard	h8dg6
Cooling	OEM
Memory	48gb DDR3 ECC REG
Video Card(s)	onboard
Storage	12x 3tb 4x 15k sas
Display(s)	crappy lcd
Case	chenbro rackmouunt
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	seasonic 3x redundant
Software	ProxMox

Processor	Intel Core i7-930 (D0) @ 4.0GHz (1.28v)
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R
Cooling	CoolIT ECO-R120 Advanced Liquid Cooling w/ x2 Scythe ULTRA-KAZE 3000rpm \| Scythe Master controller
Memory	Mushkin Enhanced Redline - 6GB DDR3 @ 1910MHz 8-10-8-29
Video Card(s)	MSI N460GTX Twin Frozr II SOC GeForce GTX 460 768MB 192-bit GDDR5
Storage	RAID-0 w/ 2x OCZ Agility 2 SSD 90GB SATA II 3.5" (r4.6Gb/s w4.2Gb/s)
Display(s)	ASUS VW266H - 26" LCD
Case	COOLER MASTER Storm Scout \| x2 120mm Scythe ULTRA-KAZE \| 140mm Scythe Slipstream KAZE Maru2
Power Supply	Thermaltake Black Widow TR2 RX - 850w

Processor	AMD 64 3200+ Venice @ 2.55GHZ
Motherboard	Asus A8N-E
Cooling	Akasa Evo33
Memory	2GB Corsair DDR400 2.5-3-3-8
Video Card(s)	Radeon X1900XT 512mb @ 675/1566
Storage	200GB Maxtor + 300GB Maxtor
Display(s)	Dell 19" CRT
Case	Akasa Eclipse 62
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Audigy2
Power Supply	Seisonic S12 500w
Software	XP

System Name	Desktop
Processor	i5 13600KF
Motherboard	AsRock B760M Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U9S
Memory	4x 16 Gb Gskill S5 DDR5 @6000
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Gaming OC 6750 XT 12GB
Storage	WD_BLACK 4TB SN850x
Display(s)	Gigabye M32U
Case	Corsair Carbide 400C
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 650 P2
Mouse	MX Master 3s
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless Clicky
Software	The Matrix

System Name	Pandemic 2020
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 "Gen 2" 2600X
Motherboard	AsRock X470 Killer Promontory
Cooling	CoolerMaster 240 RGB Master Cooler (Newegg Eggxpert)
Memory	32 GB Geil EVO Portenza DDR4 3200 MHz
Video Card(s)	ASUS Radeon RX 580 DirectX 12 DUAL-RX580-O8G 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video C
Storage	WD 250 M.2, Corsair P500 M.2, OCZ Trion 500, WD Black 1TB, Assorted others.
Display(s)	ASUS MG24UQ Gaming Monitor - 23.6" 4K UHD (3840x2160) , IPS, Adaptive Sync, DisplayWidget
Case	Fractal Define R6 C
Audio Device(s)	Realtek 5.1 Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair RMX 850 Platinum PSU (Newegg Eggxpert)
Mouse	Razer Death Adder
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Mechanical & Corsair K65 Wired, Wireless, Bluetooth)
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

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Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asrock B650 RS Pro
Cooling	MSI MAG CoreLiquid 360R V2
Memory	32GB G-Skill Trident Z5 Neo 6000mhz CL32
Video Card(s)	Asus Tuf RX 7900XTX OC 24GB
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 2TB Gen4 nvme + Sabrent Rocket Pro 500GB Nvme Gen3
Display(s)	LG C2 42" 4K 120hz OLED
Case	NZXT H6 Flow
Audio Device(s)	Hifiman Edition XS - Ifi Zen DAC V2 - 7Hz x Crinacle Salnotes Dioko 14.6m Planar Diaphragm Drive IEM
Power Supply	Seasonic G12 GM - 850W 80 Plus Gold
Mouse	Corsair M65 ELITE RGB Optical FPS Gaming Mouse (18000 DPI Optical Sensor)
Keyboard	Redragon K648 90% Wired Aluminium Mechanical - Rock-Solid Metal Board Built-in Noise Absorbing Foams
VR HMD	Meta Quest 3
Software	Windows 11 64-bit