Corsair HX620W vs ThermalTake Toughpower CableMan. 700W

[czajunia]

Hello,

Which one would you recommend?
Corsair HX620W for £80 or
Thermaltake Toughpower 700W for £70

They both feature modular design, 600W is plenty of power for me and I would like to get a PSU that is as quiet as possible.

How do Corsair and Thermaltake compare in terms of quality and reliability overall?

Any other recommendations in this price range that can beat Corsair and Thermaltake quality wise?

Also, how would you rate Corsair VX550W vs HX620W? I know that VX is not modular and is less powerful but I am curious about quality performance and noise differences. I could get one significantly cheaper than either of the above mentioned (£25 less than HX620W) and was wondering if it was worth it.

Thank's a lot for your help and suggestions!

[nasvemos671]

I would recommend looking at some of the ABS psu ie.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817814005

good luck :)

[RollingThunder]

Hello,

Which one would you recommend?
Corsair HX620W for £80 or
Thermaltake Toughpower 700W for £70

They both feature modular design, 600W is plenty of power for me and I would like to get a PSU that is as quiet as possible.

How do Corsair and Thermaltake compare in terms of quality and reliability overall?

Any other recommendations in this price range that can beat Corsair and Thermaltake quality wise?

Also, how would you rate Corsair VX550W vs HX620W? I know that VX is not modular and is less powerful but I am curious about quality performance and noise differences. I could get one significantly cheaper than either of the above mentioned (£25 less than HX620W) and was wondering if it was worth it.

Thank's a lot for your help and suggestions!


Czajunia,

You can answer all your questions with these reviews here:

http://jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Review_Cat&recatnum=13

And here:

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/reviews.html?cat=NDUsUG93ZXIgU3VwcGxpZXMgLyBQU1Usa GVudGh1c2lhc3QsLCw=

Pick a Corsair model, any one, read the reviews and you win. No "Yes, but".........no "What if?" no..... "I heard"........... just the facts and very few complaints or failures. Quiet as a cemetary, competitively priced with any other quality brand and many times better priced.

[Brolloks]

Corsair HX620 without a doubt, it powered my previous x-fire 2 x HD3870X2 and an E8400 without a glitch

[czajunia]

Thank's a lot for your help!

Just to keep the thread up to date - HX620W is on its way.
So it looks like Corsair has just received one more vote.
:)

[jhanby]

You made a very good choice there :D

[||Console||]

You will love it i have had mine a year so far and still havent even thought about upgradeing it .

[jchunter]

Just to bolster your good choice, here is a link to a review of the Corsair 620 that shows it can handle as much as 750W. http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/371/2
This is the quality that can save your butt in extreme transient overload situations.

[ancalime]

1000 watt version...
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=28797&vpn=CMPSU-1000HX&manfuacture=CORSAIR

ETA end of march :drool:

[Blazing fire]

Corsair HX620 without a doubt, it powered my previous x-fire 2 x HD3870X2 and an E8400 without a glitch

For how long already? What clocks and volts? How many HDDs, sound card, RAM etc.?

Sry if I'm blunt. Just wana do the same for my HX620.

Just to bolster your good choice, here is a link to a review of the Corsair 620 that shows it can handle as much as 750W. http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/371/2
This is the quality that can save your butt in extreme transient overload situations.

Perhaps Brolloks is running above 620watts?

[jchunter]

...Perhaps Brolloks is running above 620watts?Hard to say. I'm not familiar with his GPUs but his CPU is a Duo - about half the power of a Quad.

However, I did just get a KillAwatt meter and stuck it on my Q6600 / 8800GTX combo. With the Q at 3.6GHz (1.4000v load) and the GTX OC'd @650/1512/1053, running P95 and Crysis at 1920x1200, the gross wall power was a 460W steady state (391W @ 85% eff.). There were big power transients as Crysis was played. I would want an extra 20 - 30% available from the PSU.

The computer doubles as a space heater, now... ::beer:

[RollingThunder]

Hard to say. I'm not familiar with his GPUs but his CPU is a Duo - about half the power of a Quad.

However, I did just get a KillAwatt meter and stuck it on my Q6600 / 8800GTX combo. With the Q at 3.6GHz (1.4000v load) and the GTX OC'd @650/1512/1053, running P95 and Crysis at 1920x1200, the gross wall power was a 460W steady state (391W @ 85% eff.). There were big power transients as Crysis was played. I would want an extra 20 - 30% available from the PSU.

The computer doubles as a space heater, now... ::beer:

jc,

The ATI 3870s rate about the same as the 8800GT each for power consumption. The Corsair HX620 is only certified and tested (independently) for up to the 8800GT SLI. Using the 8800GTX SLI, a quality 750w power supply is recommended to be adequate such as the Corsair VX750, PCP&C 750 or comparable.

So a Corsair HX 620 (50 amp 12v rail) or comparable will handle 3870s SLI with plenty to spare.

http://www.jonnyguru.com//forums/showthread.php?t=3137
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQxOSwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=511180

[jchunter]

jc,

The ATI 3870s rate about the same as the 8800GT each for power consumption. The Corsair HX620 is only certified and tested (independently) for up to the 8800GT SLI. Using the 8800GTX SLI, a quality 750w power supply is recommended to be adequate such as the Corsair VX750, PCP&C 750 or comparable.

So a Corsair HX 620 (50 amp 12v rail) or comparable will handle 3870s SLI with plenty to spare.

http://www.jonnyguru.com//forums/showthread.php?t=3137
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQxOSwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=511180I agree, 3870 SLI + Duo is OK with the 620 PSU.

However, I would not want to try 2 GTXs in SLI with a quad cpu on a 620 because of the huge transients. I was surprised to see numbers (briefly) flash on the meter 50 - 100 W higher than steady state with a single GTX. SLI could have much worse transients. I am sure there were many short duration transients that did not display on the meter.

Maybe 50% over steady state would be a safer PSU margin.

[Blazing fire]

Ah, then I'll cf with a duo. Btw, Q @3.6ghz, 1.4volts is amazing... My E6750 can only reach 3.5 at 1.5...

[jchunter]

Ah, then I'll cf with a duo. Btw, Q @3.6ghz, 1.4volts is amazing... My E6750 can only reach 3.5 at 1.5...That 1.4v is fully loaded Vcore. There are thermal walls, FSB walls, and Vcore walls above 3.5GHz.
BTW, I only got thru them by backing off Vcore and adjusting those arcane secondary Bios parameters, such as north bridge voltage and ref., clock overcharging mode, FSB termination, etc.

[Blazing fire]

I don't quite get you. Mind explaining (esp. the backing off Vcore and secondary Bios parameters)?

[jchunter]

Checkout this thread http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=544203
where there are a lot of OC formulas for the Q6600. I entered mine in post #9.

[Blazing fire]

Thank you. My P5k R has a few missing voltage settings but oh well... Anyway to unlock it besides bios flash?

[Blazing fire]

I agree, 3870 SLI + Duo is OK with the 620 PSU.

However, I would not want to try 2 GTXs in SLI with a quad cpu on a 620 because of the huge transients. I was surprised to see numbers (briefly) flash on the meter 50 - 100 W higher than steady state with a single GTX. SLI could have much worse transients. I am sure there were many short duration transients that did not display on the meter.

Maybe 50% over steady state would be a safer PSU margin.

What's a 3870 SLI? Perhaps you should disable vsync to max out the GPU?

He mentioned CF 3870X2. Not just a CF 3870. Do you still aprove?

Just found out when re-reading.

[jchunter]

What's a 3870 SLI? Perhaps you should disable vsync to max out the GPU?

He mentioned CF 3870X2. Not just a CF 3870. "SLI" is code for two GPU boards that work together. "X2" means the same thing. Two boards that are maxed out can draw twice the power of one board and will require a larger PSU.

[Blazing fire]

But I don't know of ATI SLIing. Only heard of ATI cf.

[Hazaro]

ATi SLi = Crossfire

[Blazing fire]

Oh!

End-of-thread. :)