So I had a thread a couple months ago with this new build about using my Enermax 850 or a Silverstone Strider 1000W I had lying around, but since it seems I'm having problems with the Strider I used and the Enermax is going to stay in this current machine I need to buy a new one.
Oklahoma Wolf was a great resource for PSU information, but obviously he is gone and JonnyGuru's website is gone too. I actually bought this Silverstone from Oklahoma Wolf and it is the same unit he tested on the site. I think the Enermax, too, but both are quite old now and since I'm thinking I'm going to turn my new 3090 machine into a crypto rig, I want to get an 80+ Gold or Platinum unit that is new and warrantied.
So older super great brands like PC P&C have apparently gone downhill. Even Seasonic, Super Flower and FSP have a fair amount of poor reviews on the Egg, and those were brands OW frequently rated quite high.
I'd wanted to keep it under $200, and there are a few units in that range (incl PC P&C), but the more I look at the reviews and such, I am willing to spend a bit more. Under $300 would be ideal. I know EVGA usually is good but again - even they have some bad reviews. I know you can and do get some faulty units from any manufacturer on occasion, and that pissed off people will post a lot more reviews than happy customers. I also know Corsair is generally thought of fairly highly, but anything with a Corsair name has a "Corsair tax" and I'm not really convinced they're head and shoulders above other brands to justify the premium...
I'd actually buy direct from EVGA, but they don't have any 1000W units in stock and haven't for some time, as I've been looking intermittently for weeks.
So, bottom line, is, if you were going to buy a 1000W 80+ Gold or Platinum today, which would you choose out of the herd? I don't even see a single Enermax unit on the Egg anymore which is strange.
I even used some Rosewill units back in the day, and some got pretty decent test results on JonnyGuru, but I don't know that I want to trust them with a high end mining rig, either...
Oklahoma Wolf was a great resource for PSU information, but obviously he is gone and JonnyGuru's website is gone too. I actually bought this Silverstone from Oklahoma Wolf and it is the same unit he tested on the site. I think the Enermax, too, but both are quite old now and since I'm thinking I'm going to turn my new 3090 machine into a crypto rig, I want to get an 80+ Gold or Platinum unit that is new and warrantied.
So older super great brands like PC P&C have apparently gone downhill. Even Seasonic, Super Flower and FSP have a fair amount of poor reviews on the Egg, and those were brands OW frequently rated quite high.
I'd wanted to keep it under $200, and there are a few units in that range (incl PC P&C), but the more I look at the reviews and such, I am willing to spend a bit more. Under $300 would be ideal. I know EVGA usually is good but again - even they have some bad reviews. I know you can and do get some faulty units from any manufacturer on occasion, and that pissed off people will post a lot more reviews than happy customers. I also know Corsair is generally thought of fairly highly, but anything with a Corsair name has a "Corsair tax" and I'm not really convinced they're head and shoulders above other brands to justify the premium...
I'd actually buy direct from EVGA, but they don't have any 1000W units in stock and haven't for some time, as I've been looking intermittently for weeks.
So, bottom line, is, if you were going to buy a 1000W 80+ Gold or Platinum today, which would you choose out of the herd? I don't even see a single Enermax unit on the Egg anymore which is strange.
I even used some Rosewill units back in the day, and some got pretty decent test results on JonnyGuru, but I don't know that I want to trust them with a high end mining rig, either...
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I have a Corsair 1200w (NON I Version - purchased from Witchdoctor) that I use for every day that I would also recommend. In the END my pride and joy is a a LEPA Gold 1600w and I would HIGHLY Recommend it - They are part of Enermax. -> Now where to purchase them here in the US is another problem 
