Are Atx2.0 PSU a short sited purchase now with ATX 3.0 here

Price, availability, choice of brands and features, quality etc.

Quite easy to use an adapter if required, couple of manufacturers sell their own (Corsair, Be Quiet).
 
I choose to get an ATX 3.0 as a new psu as I have an RTX 4090 and it looks like it will be the standard going forward. The one I choose has 10 years guarantee and Japanese caps the only issue I see as an early adopter is that in 5 years or so you may need dual pcie 5 cables.
 
bakes0310 said:
As title, if people are building a completely new pc or upgrading their PSU why would they pick a atx2.0 PSU over a the new 3.0?
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Because the majority of people don’t want to spend the extra money for a new standard that hasn’t been here for very long.

There are so many normy computer buyers who don’t actually care if their PC is on the cutting edge of tech.

Most computers don’t need the new revision to work and given the issues with the new GPU connector, I’m pretty sure that people won’t be rushing to buy one.

Also, the new standard doesn’t make the current revision stop working immediately - It’s still good enough for LN2 overclocking, let alone for your dual core pentium or quad core i3 in the vast majority of systems.

AMD 7900 series uses the old 8 pin adapter (by 2) so that goes even further to suggest that the new revision isn't going to be mainstream any time soon.

I doubt that ATX 3.0 will be a majority standard even in 5 years time.
 
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bakes0310 said:
As title, if people are building a completely new pc or upgrading their PSU why would they pick a atx2.0 PSU over a the new 3.0?
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Because ATX 2.0 PSUs are significantly cheaper, there's a far bigger choice, they're not a new and unestablished standard and I very much doubt if I'll be requiring a 16-pin PCI-E connector any time soon. My next PSU will be ATX2.0 unless a manufacturer brings out an ATX3.0 version of a PSU I'm considering at close to the same price as the ATX2.0 version. My next next PSU might well be ATX3.0, if it becomes an established standard in the meantime.

OcUK is currently selling a grand total of 4 ATX 3.0 PSUs (with 7 more advertised but not for sale) and one of them is an 850W gold rated ATX 3.0 PSU for £1000. Probably a mistake. Hopefully a mistake.

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At the moment they are more expensive and you can use a Corsair 2 x 8pin to 12VHPWR connector for example rather than the unsightly adapters supplied with nVidia GPUs. However as many people will use a PSU for 5-10 years so the costs difference over time isn't that great.
 
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