Thermaltake PSU's any good?

malachi · 15 Mar 2014 at 20:27

I'm looking to buy an Thermaltake Smart Series 850w for my 290 crossfire as my OCZ 780W isnt enough (reboots during Firestrike benchmark). Are they any good or is it worth paying the extra £25 and going for a Corsair RM850 PSU?

Gibbo · 15 Mar 2014 at 20:33

They are not bad, I'd not personally buy one.

ExtremeIC3cream · 15 Mar 2014 at 20:35

How much money do you have in mind for a PSU?

altrewin · 15 Mar 2014 at 20:42

If you can stretch a teensy bit more than the RM850, I'd have a look at one of these

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
Total : £119.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Or if you want to keep it closer to £100 then one of these
YOUR BASKET
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold Series - 850 Watt (SST-ST85F-GS) £99.95
Total : £109.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Ripshod · 15 Mar 2014 at 23:57

I think the Thermaltake will do just fine. With a peak output of 1020W will handle 290 Xfire with plenty to spare.

philip j fry · 16 Mar 2014 at 09:35

It all depends on your budget but thermaltake are just fine m8 had a toughpower 750w in my system for 5 yr's never missed a beat .

malachi · 16 Mar 2014 at 10:05

ExtremeIC3cream said:
How much money do you have in mind for a PSU?

About £120, didn't want to spend so much on a PSU if I can by an alternative brand for around the same.

Never heard of thermaltake before so I wasn't sure.

Thanks for the options altrewin, I will look into those. Thinking about it now, might push abit more and go for 1000w.

ExtremeIC3cream · 16 Mar 2014 at 11:38

Here are some good PSU roughly the same price:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 1000w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (ST1000-G) £139.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £139.99
1 x Be Quiet PowerZone 1000W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £129.95
Total : £419.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).

pastymuncher · 16 Mar 2014 at 13:31

The EVGA Supernova G2 850w would be a much better buy at £109.99. Fully modular and Gold rated it looks like the OEM is Superflower and has a 10 year warranty. If you want 1000w the Supernova G2 1000w is only a extra £30.

EVGAdominik · 17 Mar 2014 at 15:33

pastymuncher said:
The EVGA Supernova G2 850w would be a much better buy at £109.99. Fully modular and Gold rated it looks like the OEM is Superflower and has a 10 year warranty. If you want 1000w the Supernova G2 1000w is only a extra £30.

I can confirm this information plus it got the ECO mode, if you want to you can set it to semi passive then the fan will not spin below 45 degree. It comes also with a 140mm double ball bearing fan and lots of other effiziency features..