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Updated Power supply guide
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Posted by: Ste
Guide to buying a Power supply. Update:
( Model or type ) after Brand will indicate specific models or comments.
[B]High End Workstations or servers, (This includes Multi Proccessor stations, Data Servers or Video Studios/workshops)[/B]
Super micro
Enlight
PC power and Cooling
Zippy
Etasis
Enermax (Noisetaker and Galaxy Series)
[B]High End Gaming Computers, ( This includes CrossFire, Sli, phase change cooling/Water Cooling and or Heavy overclocking of RAM, CPU and Video Card(s) )[/B]
PC Power and cooling
Silverstone (Zeus models ST56ZF, ST75ZF, and ST85ZF)
Seasonic ( S-12, S-12E+, M-12 )
Corsair
Etasis
Zippy
Coolermaster (High Wattage Models Only)
Enermax (Noisetaker Series)
[B]High to Medium End Gaming or workstation PC's, (This includes High end video cards (Single) and moderate to high overclocking )[/B]
Antec
Enermax
OCZ Technology (Excluding the Modstream Line)
Fortron (FSP)
Hiper (Type M and Type R Only, 670 and 730 Watts)
Seasonic
Silverstone
PC Power and Cooling
I-Star
Tagan
Sparkle
Enhance
ThermalTake (ToughPower Line Only)
Vantec
Xclio (850W, Enhance Built)
Ultra (X Finity series and Xpro EE series only)
Mushkin
Coolermaster (Real Power Series only)
[B]Medium to Low End Gaming machines.[/B]
Antec
Enermax
Coolmax (Green Line Only, Taurus Series)
Sunbeam
Ultra (X Finity Series and Xpro EE series only)
Hiper (Type R, 580, 530 and 480 Watts)
Mushkin
Sunbeam NUUO
Fortron (FSP)
Inwin (FSP Models Only)
CoolerMaster (Real Power Series Only)
[B]Absolute Low End Builds or You're A Cheapskate.[/B]
ThermalTake
Coolmax (Green Line Only,Taurus Series)
Sunbeam
AOpen
Zalman
Nexus
Sparkle
Rosewill
Inwin (FSP Models only)
Power-Man (FSP models only)
Raidmax (Topower and Tagan Models only)
[B]The simple version: (Power supply brands will be listed From best to Acceptable in Desending order, Many brands will not be mentioned)[/B]
Super Micro
PC Power and cooling
Etasis
Zippy
Seasonic
Corsair
Silverstone
Coolermaster( High wattage and Real Power Series Only)
OCZ Technologies (Excluding Modstream Line)
Enermax
Enhance
Fortron (FSP)
Antec
Mushkin
Tagan
Hiper (Type R and Type M only)
[B]Brands to Avoid[/B]
Coolmax (Except Green Line and Taurus Series)
Achieve
Aerocool
Allied
Apex
Arrow,
Aspire
Austin
Codegen
Demon
Deer
Duro
Dynapower
Eagle
EagleTech
Foxlink
Hercules
InWin (except FSP models)
JustPC
Key Mouse
Kingwin
L&C
Logic
Linkworld
Macron Power
MGE
Mustang
Okia
Power-Man (except FSP models)
Powmax
Power-Up
Powerstar
QMax
Qtec
q-tec
Raidmax (except Topower/Tagan models, not sold with cases)
TMP-ANS
Tsunami
Turbo
Turbolink
Information consolodated and summarized from the following sources:
[url]www.overclockersclub.com[/url] (Bigred and Roadkill had alot of input)
[url]www.hardforum.com[/url]
[url]http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/index.php?[/url]
[url]http://www.ocforums.com/[/url]
[url]http://forums.anandtech.com/[/url]
[url]www.jonnyguru.com[/url]
[url]http://www.tomshardware.com/[/url]
So if this thread could either be sticked or added to the exsisting "guide to building" a pc thread. That would be great...
Posted by: Apokalipse
Thread stickied.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Ste [/i]
[B]Coolermaster (High Wattage Models Only)[/B][/QUOTE]I would argue against the High Wattage models only.
All of the real power series (including 450W) are quite reliable. my 450W Cooler Master could handle my overclocked 4600+, and voltmodded 7950 GT quite stably.
Posted by: Ste
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Apokalipse [/i]
[B]Thread stickied.
I would argue against the High Wattage models only.
All of the real power series (including 450W) are quite reliable. my 450W Cooler Master could handle my overclocked 4600+, and voltmodded 7950 GT quite stably. [/B][/QUOTE]
My source on that was Bigred on Overclockers Club.
He said that through his experience that the higher end models are those that which haven't caused him or people he knew peoples...
He goes through alot of hardware for testing purposes. Hes a beta tester and recieves many components for free or reduced price.
He even had the ATI 2900 cards a month or so early for testing..
Not to say you had better experiences with them..
If it make you happy I could add coolermaster to the lower and medium builds..
Posted by: Apokalipse
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Ste [/i]
[B]He said that through his experience that the higher end models are those that which haven't caused him or people he knew peoples...[/B][/QUOTE]the question is, how many of the same model did he test?
you can't discredit an entire range of a product because one person says they aren't quite as good, even if they do know what they're talking about.
I realise my experience is just one of many, but you can quite easily google some reviews for Cooler Master PSU's. The one's I've see rate them pretty high.
Posted by: Ste
Edited
Posted by: Apokalipse
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Ste [/i]
[B]Edited [/B][/QUOTE]?
Posted by: Ste
As In I edited Original post to add Coolermaster..
Posted by: Ethereal_Dragon
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Ste [/i]
Absolute Low End Builds or [B]You're A Cheapskate.[/B][/QUOTE]
Lol.....
Good work on the compilation of PSU's Ste
Might be good to mention also that some Proprietary PSU's arefairly robust as well.... my Shuttle's PSU is 300W and powering everything in my Sig (gaming computer).
Posted by: Deathawk
You spelt gaming wrong, like 2 times or so.
I sort of disagree with this a lot, I could recommend tons of PSU's from the "Medium to low end" that would do fine on a high end single or double card setup.
Posted by: Sora
All of the PSU's on this list came from trusted sources. It's not to say that the ones you think of WONT work but ones that you should be using from experience.
As he stated this isn't just his thoughts but come from trusted sites and I agree.
Posted by: Ste
Unfortunatly Its past the edit time allowed so any edits will have to be made by mods. So Eth Dragon or Apock can make any spelling changes or additions they want. Or they can let me edit it again and Ill do it. w/e
I edited it like 8 times fixing mistakes or mis spellings. But I eventually had to sleep. ;)
I don't agree with some of it either:
For example, reccomendations of ANY Coolmax or sunbeam power supplies.
However, I did not compile it out of my knowledge alone. Remember it was a culmination of many sources not just one.
It is my hope that it combined information from x amount of sources, to be as well rounded and inclusive as possible.
And Since I didn't agree with some of it I added that little 'The Simple version" Part.