[diaz]

LAST UPDATE: 24-April-2010

This is a quick reference to which power supplies are generally accepted as a great choice for reliability / performance.

To make this list, power supplies must use quality parts and be CROSSLOAD/HOTBOX tested. Temps should be 40-45C

Please post these here and I will update the first post as people report them. Please link a review supporting and confirming your statement.

Modular:

500Watt+


600Watt+
Seasonic X-650 650W

700Watt+
Cougar S700 700W
Enermax Modu87+ 700W
Seasonic X-750
Silverstone Strider Plus 750W
Thermaltake Toughpower XT 750W
Thermaltake Toughpower XT 775W
XFX XPS Black Edition 750W

800Watt+
Antec CP-850
Antec TruePower Quattro (TPQ-850) 850W
Corsair HX850W
Enermax Revolution 85+ 850W
GlacialTech GP-AX950AA 950W
OCZ Z Series 850W
Seasonic M12D 850W
Toughpower XT 850W
XFX 850W Black Edition


1000Watt+
Antec CP-1000 1000W
Cooler Master Silent Pro M1000
Corsair HX1000
Kingwin Lazer 1000W
Kingwin Mach 1 1000W

1200Watt+
Antec Truepower Quattro 1200W
Enermax Galaxy Evo 1250W
Silverstone ST1500 1500W

Non-Modular:

400Watt+
Corsair VX450W
Silverstone Fanless ST45NF 450W
Xigmatek NRP-PC501 500W

500Watt+
BFG LS550 550W
Corsair VX550W
Seasonic S12 II Bronze 520W
Xigmatek NRP-PC502 500W

600Watt+
Antec Earthwatts EA650 650W
Corsair TX650W
Enermax Eco80+ 620W
Hiper Type M 630W
Inwin Powerman CQ 600W
Tagan PipeRock II 680W

700Watt+
Antec Earthwatts 750W
Corsair TX750W

800Watt+
Corsair TX850
Corsair TX950 950W
Enermax Revolution 85+ 850W
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 910W
Silverstone Element ST85EF 850W

1000Watt+
BFG LS1000 1000W
BFG LS1200 1250W
NorthQ Giant Reactor 1000W
Silverstone OP1000-P 1000W


Keep Away from:


Antec NeoPower Blue 650W
Coolmax CUG-950B 950W
FSP Everest 700W
FSP Everest 900W
NorthQ Black Magic Flex 650W
Xion PowerReal 700W


Great Links:

Extreme OC
Hard OCP
Jonny Guru
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1371659

Special Thanks to our resident expert GURUs:

Oklahoma Wolf -> Reviewed most of these PSU's personally

RollingThunder -> Very high knowledge on PSU's, gives me thumbs up

[EarthDog]

Like I said in your suggestion thread...Corsair (HX520/620/1000), Seasonic (MSeries), PCP&C, Silverstone (especialy the DA series), and Zippy are all top notch PSUs.

Antec Signature series is also solid.

Enermax and TT I would consider 2nd tier...

EDIT: Here is that link I was talking about that answers A LOT of questions and gives very good suggestions...

http://forums.extremeoverclocking.co...d.php?t=136602

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Originally Posted by diaz

Enermax Liberty 620

Negatory on that one - high failure rate due to the use of glue that goes conductive when baked.

[gigabit]

How about Corsair's TX850..lol Since im the proud owner of a OW enhance TX850

[sbinh]

I would go for either Corsair or PC P&C psu.

[Evilsizer]

i would make the list based on the reviews of Jonny's site personally. OW does reviews for that place and i stick with what he says/finds.

[gigabit]

Originally Posted by Evilsizer

i would make the list based on the reviews of Jonny's site personally. OW does reviews for that place and i stick with what he says/finds.

DITTO

[EarthDog]

Originally Posted by Evilsizer

i would make the list based on the reviews of Jonny's site personally. OW does reviews for that place and i stick with what he says/finds.

+3....

[baditude_df]

Originally Posted by Evilsizer

i would make the list based on the reviews of Jonny's site personally. OW does reviews for that place and i stick with what he says/finds.

+4

[Jayws]

It is very likely that I will not buy another Antec PSU as long as I live. Since I switched to Corsair I've had absolutely no problems. I just finished putting together a new rig for my brother this xmas, that makes the 9th Corsair PSU that I've bought thus far that tests fine on the multimeter, doesn't wine, doesn't die prematurely.

[burebista]

Originally Posted by Jayws

It is very likely that I will not buy another Antec PSU as long as I live.

Say after me: Antec Signature...Antec Signature...Antec Signature...
Fuhjyyu era is in the past now. Antec have good OEM's: Seasonic, Delta, Enhance.

[JamesXP]

burebista, since when is CWT a bad OEM :P

[burebista]

I don't say that. I only say that Antec have good OEM's now.

[bing]

Originally Posted by Evilsizer

i would make the list based on the reviews of Jonny's site personally. OW does reviews for that place and i stick with what he says/finds.

+5

Sorry for bit OOT, since this is my own personal preference only, "IF" I needed one, I'd buy OW's brand PSU , meaning OW's reviewed PSU.

Yup, those poor PSUs with good scores that he opened up and voided warranty , caps inspected, re-soldered components such as power transistors/mosfets/fast-rectifiers and "re-goop-ed" for better thermal contact, re-touced messy solder job if any, and finally fully tested at full load with output ripple & temperature measurement results.

Again this is my own oppinion only, cause sometimes OW sold them at much cheaper discounted price than new one, but IMO at greater "value" than the one fresh from factory. Too bad I live across the pacific that the PSU shipping cost is killing me.

[gigabit]

Originally Posted by bing

+5

Sorry for bit OOT, since this is my own personal preference only, "IF" I needed one, I'd buy OW's brand PSU , meaning OW's reviewed PSU.

Yup, those poor PSUs that he opened up and voided warranty , caps inspected, re-soldered components such as power transistors/mosfets/fast-rectifiers and "re-goop-ed" for better thermal contact, re-touced messy solder job if any, and finally fully tested at full load with output ripple & temperature measurement results, and most important has good scores.

Again this is my own oppinion only, cause sometimes OW sold them at much cheaper discounted price than new one, but IMO at greater "value" than the one fresh from factory. Too bad I live across the pacific that the PSU shipping cost is killing me.

I agree 100% im on my second psu from him...lol. The frist is running my sig rig

[RollingThunder]

Originally Posted by bing

+5

Sorry for bit OOT, since this is my own personal preference only, "IF" I needed one, I'd buy OW's brand PSU , meaning OW's reviewed PSU.

Yup, those poor PSUs with good scores that he opened up and voided warranty , caps inspected, re-soldered components such as power transistors/mosfets/fast-rectifiers and "re-goop-ed" for better thermal contact, re-touced messy solder job if any, and finally fully tested at full load with output ripple & temperature measurement results.

Again this is my own oppinion only, cause sometimes OW sold them at much cheaper discounted price than new one, but IMO at greater "value" than the one fresh from factory. Too bad I live across the pacific that the PSU shipping cost is killing me.

Bing, Gig,

I'm in complete agreement. I'd "sac" any warranty for a tune-up and tech inspection/correction by Oklahoma Wolf on one of his test power supplies any day.

[Oklahoma Wolf]

And here I am giving out warranties on my work anyway

Of course, I've only ever needed to make good on one of my warranties a couple of times... and one of those times was a unit I had never opened up... and the other time the unit was working and it proved to be a compatibility issue...

[Evilsizer]

OCF psu's, the Wolf Line, sounds kinda catchy,no?

[Avalanche]

how is the BFG Tech ES SERIES ES-800 800W Continuous? im lookin to buy a gtx 280 when the 295 comes out.

[RangerXLT8]

Silverstone Olympia 650w is running my highly OCed quad core Xeon and system very well. A 54A single rail is decent, for the price... Mine has been running for about a year now..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ne%20op650

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Originally Posted by Avalanche

how is the BFG Tech ES SERIES ES-800 800W Continuous?

Excellent.

[diaz]

I have been reading the suggestions from mods / senior members from different threads. Consequently, I will make a bit more research before I post any further in this thread. Stay tuned for the next update.

-D

[RollingThunder]

Originally Posted by diaz

I have been reading the suggestions from mods / senior members from different threads. Consequently, I will make a bit more research before I post any further in this thread. Stay tuned for the next update.

-D

Diaz,

Everyone respects your enthusiasm on your project, I know I do. As long as you understand the scope of your undertaking and not get discouraged, I'm sure many will contribute or point out errors (via PM).

A few suggestions:

Segregate them by power output (ie 400-500w, 500-600 etc.)

Perhaps list modulars separately. I know I have to look from time to time to see if they are or not. I can't remember them all.

Simple is better.

[Evilsizer]

yea could be ordered like
*non-mudular*
400-550
550-700
700-850
850+
*modular*
400-550
550-700
700-850
850+

dont worry with prices since that will be very hard to do. JG forum had a suggested 80%+ eff psu thread, they had prices listed or linked to e-tailers. since stock changed and some stopped carrying x brand/model it was hard to keep it up to date. I would just keep it updated with what is still retail vs what is no longer retail.

[diaz]

Thanks guys, that order is pretty much what I had in mind. Price and looks are not relevant, its all about quality and performance. Then issues such as the Liberty's melting glue becoming a conducting material would also scratch out the PSU's.

I have been looking at all the Jonny reviews, and to be honest, there are not a HUGE amount of mainstream 500-700 PSU's in there; which is probably the most popular in these forums. I will have to source some reviews from other places as well to try to get some of those wattages in there. Keeping busy...

-D

[RollingThunder]

Originally Posted by diaz

Thanks guys, that order is pretty much what I had in mind. Price and looks are not relevant, its all about quality and performance. Then issues such as the Liberty's melting glue becoming a conducting material would also scratch out the PSU's.

I have been looking at all the Jonny reviews, and to be honest, there are not a HUGE amount of mainstream 500-700 PSU's in there; which is probably the most popular in these forums. I will have to source some reviews from other places as well to try to get some of those wattages in there. Keeping busy...

-D

Diaz,

I agree, consider listing the "recommended" only with the model number, test source with a URL if you feel up to it. We don't give a rat's butt about the boat anchors. Give the testing sites the page hits, they've earned it. Might want to consider PMing S/N and OW for their opinions of source site reviews besides jonnyguru and [H]ardop. Not everyone does it the same or reliably. Three reliable and noted test sources such as S/N suggested would keep any "But he said, they said.........." arguments to a minimum.

When you list the model number, guys can search for it at many different retailers. Not everyone is in North America either.

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Originally Posted by diaz

I have been looking at all the Jonny reviews, and to be honest, there are not a HUGE amount of mainstream 500-700 PSU's in there; which is probably the most popular in these forums.

Mainstream units don't bring in the page hits and thus result in fewer advertising dollars with which to pay the site's bills

[diaz]

Originally Posted by Oklahoma Wolf

Mainstream units don't bring in the page hits and thus result in fewer advertising dollars with which to pay the site's bills

What to you consider mainstream? And what criteria do you consider page hits?

-D

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Most units below 600W. Unless they blow up in testing, people don't seem to care about reading those reviews.

[diaz]

Update completed for today!

-D