Go to PSU brands for 1000w or 1200w?

Alex h · 25 Jan 2025 at 21:43

acs said:
How long you reckon until able to buy on OC?

They had some more stock yesterday of the 1200w bt sold out again now hopefully get some more in next week or 2

Ace Modder · 26 Jan 2025 at 01:10

They ordered Friday, all being well they should be next working day delivery, so Monday hopefully. But could be Tuesday maybe.

Alex h · 27 Jan 2025 at 08:49

Looks like dpd might have lost my psu or haven't bothered updating tracking

Alex h · 27 Jan 2025 at 09:18

Just had message it's been delivered today thank God for that

Alex h · 27 Jan 2025 at 13:12

It's arrived will fit it later and report back

Firegod · 27 Jan 2025 at 13:14

Nice. I've not had any noticed yet on my 1000w model sadly.

Alex h · 27 Jan 2025 at 14:28

Right fitted it and all seems good working as should be not done any gaming yet though but happy with it so far better than the corsair rmx

Tejstar · 27 Jan 2025 at 15:45

Alex h said:
Right fitted it and all seems good working as should be not done any gaming yet though but happy with it so far better than the corsair rmx

Out of interest, why did you swap from the Corsair RMx?

Alex h · 27 Jan 2025 at 18:38

Tejstar said:
Out of interest, why did you swap from the Corsair RMx?

It was faulty mate brand new but faulty there's been a few reports of the rmx going faulty as well

Tejstar · 27 Jan 2025 at 19:19

Alex h said:
It was faulty mate brand new but faulty there's been a few reports of the rmx going faulty as well

Ah, fair enough. Would be good to hear your thoughts on the Antec after a few days use. I'm planning to pick up the same unit. Thanks.

Alex h · 27 Jan 2025 at 22:07

Tejstar said:
Ah, fair enough. Would be good to hear your thoughts on the Antec after a few days use. I'm planning to pick up the same unit. Thanks.

I will post on here in a couple of days mate but first impressions are it's quiet cables are decent easy to do cable management

Alex h · 28 Jan 2025 at 13:47

My Antec 1200w turned up yesterday mate really happy with it .it's quiet no coil whine from system at all cables are decent for cable management and system is stable so if you want the Antec mate by with confidence from my short experience with it

RobotGirl · 28 Jan 2025 at 14:11

michty_me said:
Thanks, I think I'll likely stick with the Antec when I'm ready to purchase.

The Corsair HX1200i would not work properly with Icue ,so I could not see the power usage or change the fan or rail settings , I think it might have had a conflict with my Corsair aio so I sent it back and went for the NZXT.

Firegod · 28 Jan 2025 at 14:14

RobotGirl said:
The Corsair HX1200i would not work properly with Icue ,so I could not see the power usage or change the fan or rail settings , I think it might have had a conflict with my Corsair aio so I sent it back and went for the NZXT.

The NZXT is a good PSU. I think my bro uses the C1500. DPD have my Antec, so should hopefully be here tomorrow!

RobotGirl · 28 Jan 2025 at 14:20

Firegod said:
The NZXT is a good PSU. I think my bro uses the C1500. DPD have my Antec, so should hopefully be here tomorrow!

Fingers crossed the NZXT will be reliable but if it’s not ,I think I would go for the Antec .

Vexr · 24 Aug 2025 at 01:05

michty_me said:
I've currently got fitted a 750w Seasonic prime ultra 80+ Gold in my system which was purchased at the start of 2019.
When I first installed it, I thought it was my Vega 56 that had coil whine but upgraded to a 3080 in 2020 and exact same. It's now doing my head in after 6 years of ownership so looking to change it out. Especially with new cards on the horizon and the upgrade temptations coming along with the PSU aging away.

How'd this pan out for you? What PSU did you go for?

I'm coming from a similar background of wondering if replacing an old PSU can solve the coil whine problem that appeared when I bought a 7900 XT paired with an otherwise magnificent trooper of a 2011 PSU.

michty_me · 24 Aug 2025 at 10:50

Vexr said:
How'd this pan out for you? What PSU did you go for?

I'm coming from a similar background of wondering if replacing an old PSU can solve the coil whine problem that appeared when I bought a 7900 XT paired with an otherwise magnificent trooper of a 2011 PSU.

I ended up getting the Antec HCG Pro 1200W, Overkill for my needs but I got it for near the same price as the 1000W version elsewhere.

jigger · 24 Aug 2025 at 14:22

michty_me said:
I ended up getting the Antec HCG Pro 1200W, Overkill for my needs but I got it for near the same price as the 1000W version elsewhere.

It’s probably not TBH. With a 5090 you’re looking at 600watts+ dumped into the case plus the rest of the system and that easily 800watts of heat that needs dealing with. If the case cooling isn’t top notch 800watts could pretty quickly heat soak the system and PSU and start thermal runaway. Cooling a 600 watt thing next to its power supply in 1.5 square feet case is no mean feat.

michty_me · 24 Aug 2025 at 19:53

jigger said:
It’s probably not TBH. With a 5090 you’re looking at 600watts+ dumped into the case plus the rest of the system and that easily 800watts of heat that needs dealing with. If the case cooling isn’t top notch 800watts could pretty quickly heat soak the system and PSU and start thermal runaway. Cooling a 600 watt thing next to its power supply in 1.5 square feet case is no mean feat.

I went with a 9070XT in the end, Couldn't justify the costs of a 5080/5090.

Vexr · 25 Aug 2025 at 13:44

michty_me said:
I ended up getting the Antec HCG Pro 1200W, Overkill for my needs but I got it for near the same price as the 1000W version elsewhere.

Nice. Did the PSU change help with the coil whine you mentioned in your OP?