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Hi guys.

When you think of high end PSU's there really are only two options on the market.

Corsair AX1500i PSU or the Antec HCP 1300w.

Decisions can be a difficult thing, which is best?

There isn't really an definitive answer here, as both units are so excellent.
This is proven by the Johnny Guru reviews.

Antec HCP 1300w review 9.9 out of 10. Lost 0.1 of a point purely down a a limited manual

Corsair AX1500i review 10 out 10.

So based on the actual products both scored a 10 out 10 ignoring the manuals.

There are other reviews on both of these units and all the reviews are very similiar in nature loving both products as top class amazing units.

So what do this mean? Well it means that the best two PSU's on the market are Corsair AX1500i or the Antec HCP 1300w. Both units offer 80 Plus Platinum efficiency and both units offer enough power for 99.9% of users needs.

So which one should you pick? I would suggest that this would boil down to pricing now.
Corsair AX1500i PSU price is £329.99 at OcUK.
Antec HCP 1300w PSU price is £209.99 at OcUK.

In regards to this the Antec is the clear winner, however you may have 1 more question, the Antec is only 1300w and the Corsair is 1500w. YES, that is the official rating, firstly I would ask you to question whether your system needs more than 1300w of power, and secondly un-offfically our 1300w PSU can typically pull over 1400w of power safely, but Antec do not officially confirm that that figure, as they like to be conservative, but reviews and testing has shown that they can pull over that, whyscotty on this very forum confirmed in his end user review his unit can pull 1400w of power safely, and 8 Pack has also seen the same with his 2 units he has.

I would suggest that based on pricing and product quality combined that the Antec is the clear winner of the best high end PSU on the market purely down to all things considered.

Also Corsair seem to be having stock availability issues at the moment which also helps with the decision of which behemoth PSU should you buy!
 
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Well it's not really biased, I pointed out that both the Antec and the Corsair products and equally impressive based on thrid party reviews. And merely pointed out that the Antec saves you a shed load of money.

I have merely pointed out facts, where is the biased opinion there?

I have not said the Antec is a better product, if you take out pricing, they are both equally as good.
Hell, if Corsair's price matched the Antec then I admit that the Corsair would win, as it has 200w more official rating.

Note I didnt mention the OC Link support on our unit in my OP, as realistically with 1300w then you will never ever need it, maybe with our 850w HCP is could be more beneficial, but its a useful feature anyway, even if it wont be used on the 1300w model realistically.
 
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As much as I love you Ace (and you know I do).. I have to say it does seem a little biased not for the fact you included the Antec product but for the fact you havn't considered the Superflower 1300W.

Same review score from JG: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=367

Price £40 Lower than the Antec Unit:

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1300W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £169.99
Total : £179.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).



That'd be My choice. :)
 
He is an Antec representative, it is beneficial to Antec for him to point out that the HCP 1300 offerers better value for money than the Corsair AX1500i. It is not beneficial to Antec for him to suggest that the Superflower offers better value for money than the Antec.

He didn't suggest that the PSU's in the OP are the only options did he? But it would be daft for him to advise people buy a competitor PSU over an Antec. :p

He just carefully decided what to compare and what to say to work as a bit of good marketing while being entirely honest.
 
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you havn't considered the Superflower 1300W.


That'd be My choice. :)
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I have just looked at the top of the range 80 Plus Platinum. So I omitted the 1300w SuperFlower as it was only 80 Plus Gold efficient, which is good, but not the top of the range.

SuperFlower have the 1200w Platinum unit which fairs well but doesnt quite have the quality of the Corsair AC1500i or HCP 1300w as the 5Volt rails have been reported as underpowered and inefficient and the fan can very quite noisy under load. It's only £10 less than the Antec HCP.

P.S. The comments about the SuperFlower are entirely based on public reviews by various review sites. That are not my personal opinion or the opinion of Antec. I've never used a SuperFlower unit so I don't have a personal opinion on these reported negatives.
 
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