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DancinJack wrote:As such, I always suggest Seasonic PSUs. Corsair also makes some great models, but I just don't have experience with them so I can't speak to their reliability and performance personally.
HERETIC wrote:DancinJack wrote:As such, I always suggest Seasonic PSUs. Corsair also makes some great models, but I just don't have experience with them so I can't speak to their reliability and performance personally.
Couldn't agree more on Seasonic-They are the only one's one can give a blanket recommendation.
They have PSU's from good up to great.
Others like Corsair have from poor up to great.
paultherope wrote:A timely article by Anandtech on Best PC Power Supplies https://www.anandtech.com/show/12056/best-psus
Chrispy_ wrote:It's worse that that now - most modern cases mount the PSU at the bottom, and most of those now have segregated PSU shrouds that force you to mount a PSU with the fan facing down over some filtered intake.
Chrispy_ wrote:For a passively-cooled PSU that relies on either convection or case airflow, an isolated PSU location like this is a death sentence.
just brew it! wrote:paultherope wrote:A timely article by Anandtech on Best PC Power Supplies https://www.anandtech.com/show/12056/best-psus
Those passively cooled Seasonics are interesting, though the vent placement seems problematic to me. They need to be mounted with the large vent facing up, which means with a bottom-mount PSU the hot air will rise into the case; and with a top mount PSU the hot air has nowhere to go.
I guess you're supposed to maintain positive air pressure in the case, so that air is pushed through the PSU and out the back?
Chrispy_ wrote:The best Corsair PSUs are Seasonic. Corsair don't make any PSUs, they just stick their labels on other brands.
Kougar wrote:Chrispy_ wrote:The best Corsair PSUs are Seasonic. Corsair don't make any PSUs, they just stick their labels on other brands.
Slight thread derail, but what is even considered the best for Corsair? Keep in mind Corsair's AX and AXi models use Yate Loon fans, and I currently am trying to figure out what to do about the clicking/ticking yate loon in my AX PSU. Yate loons are cheap budget fans. Rather irritating given Corsair uses a mini-PWM connector so I can't just buy a replacement fan to swap it out with.
Chrispy_ wrote:
The best Corsair PSUs are Seasonic.
just brew it! wrote:Those passively cooled Seasonics are interesting, though the vent placement seems problematic to me.
gcrosier wrote:Hi everyone... for the most part, I'm still using the PC that I build with the System Builder's Anonymous thread (older sandybridge build). While I'm working on saving up the funds for a rebuild, my video card is totally outdated now (AMD 7870) and am planning on upgrading to a 1070 sometime soonish. My Power supply is an old Corsair VX550 (two builds old)... Should I replace it? If anything, it probably should be replaced by a newer high efficiency one.
Thanks!