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Igor_Kavinski wrote:Why is everyone recommending Seasonic? Is it because of the price/performance ratio? I remember reading that EVGA's power supplies provide super clean power so kinda confused why not even a single recommendation for EVGA.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:So what's the longest running and still performing great Seasonic PSU anyone's ever had here?
bitcat70 wrote:Igor_Kavinski wrote:So what's the longest running and still performing great Seasonic PSU anyone's ever had here?
Please don't hijack my thread.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:bitcat70 wrote:Igor_Kavinski wrote:So what's the longest running and still performing great Seasonic PSU anyone's ever had here?
Please don't hijack my thread.
I'm sorry. That was not my intention. I was just curious.
just brew it! wrote:Quality of Thermaltake PSUs was all over the place back in the '00s. Some people claimed their higher-end stuff was decent, but every Thermaltake PSU I owned either died an early death, or acted up in strange ways (intermittently refusing to power up, or powering down randomly). And they tended to use crappy fans that got noisy after a few months. I have no idea if their current stuff is any good, because they have been solidly on my "avoid" list for about 10 years.
just brew it! wrote:I've been quite satisfied with Corsair and Seasonic lately, and see no reason to ever buy another Thermaltake PSU. Even if their quality has taken a turn for the better in recent years, all the past aggravation they have caused me means I am disinclined to give them any more of my money.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:just brew it! wrote:I've been quite satisfied with Corsair and Seasonic lately, and see no reason to ever buy another Thermaltake PSU. Even if their quality has taken a turn for the better in recent years, all the past aggravation they have caused me means I am disinclined to give them any more of my money.
I've seen one star reviews of both Corsair and Seasonic PSUs on Amazon so I guess no PSU manufacturer has mastered the art of making good value PSUs. One Seasonic model did have low (only like 3-4%) one-star reviews but it also cost almost double compared to competitors.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:So I've decided to get the pretty cheap Thermaltake Lite 550W PSU for my Ivy Bridge with RX 580. I figure if it blows up my system, it would give me an excuse to buy a better PC. Any objections?
DrCR wrote:Igor, after doing some PSU sleuthing, how did you arrive at buying Thermaltake? (That feels like doing reliable car shopping and ending up with an Alfa.)
Igor_Kavinski wrote:DrCR wrote:Igor, after doing some PSU sleuthing, how did you arrive at buying Thermaltake? (That feels like doing reliable car shopping and ending up with an Alfa.)
I was going to get the EVGA SuperNova G3 but then I thought, what if I'm unlucky and despite spending this much end up with the rare bad PSU that trashes my components/whole system? That would be depressing. So I figured I will save money and give TT a chance and if it works, great and if it doesn't, well, what follows next depends on the exact nature of the misadventure. As I said before, my system is pretty old and most TT PSU users seem to be doing fine.
just brew it! wrote:It's fairly likely that you increased your odds of being unlucky by doing this. In fact, if their quality is anything like it was a decade ago, you probably need to be lucky to not have problems.
JustAnEngineer wrote:Amazon PSU reviews << JonnyGURU reviews.
https://www.jonnyguru.com/blog/2018/07/ ... er-supply/
Igor_Kavinski wrote:JustAnEngineer wrote:Amazon PSU reviews << JonnyGURU reviews.
https://www.jonnyguru.com/blog/2018/07/ ... er-supply/
Seasonic ain't gonna give me an increase in FPS or result in massive visual fidelity.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:I was going to get the EVGA SuperNova G3 but then I thought, what if I'm unlucky and despite spending this much end up with the rare bad PSU that trashes my components/whole system? That would be depressing. So I figured I will save money and give TT a chance and if it works, great and if it doesn't, well, what follows next depends on the exact nature of the misadventure. As I said before, my system is pretty old and most TT PSU users seem to be doing fine.
Waco wrote:Every ThermalTake power supply I've had blow up took at least one component with it. Usually a GPU or motherboard/CPU combo. RAM once as well.
Waco wrote:I wish you luck, I do not understand your reasoning.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:I'm beginning to think that most folks here with TT PSU failures are extreme power users who ran really heavy loads on their PCs that exposed the weaknesses of the cheap components used by TT and caused the PSUs to fail.