AX860i

If it was me I would be looking at the EVGA Supernova G2 850w. It's a Superflower built unit and is based on their Leadex Gold platform and has a whopping 10 year warranty. Jonnyguru gave it 9.9 out of 10 in his review.

Alternatively, there is Superflowers 850w Leadex Gold but those leds where you plug the cables in would do my head in. The whole 5 year warranty is with OCUK though.
 
The EVGA is a Superflower PSU I believe and the AX860i Flextronics.

Both are very reputable. I'd be tempted by both tbh. Though the EVGA as mentioned gives 10 yr warranty vs 7yr Corsair, but the Corsair gives Platinum efficiency vs Gold. Read some reviews and take your pick, I think it really is a personal opinion and there's no wrong or right choice between the two.
 
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The EVGA is a Superflower PSU I believe and the AX860i Flextronics.

Both are very reputable. I'd be tempted by both tbh. Though the EVGA as mentioned gives 10 yr warranty vs 7yr Corsair, but the Corsair gives Platinum efficiency vs Gold. Read some reviews and take your pick, I think it really is a personal opinion and there's no wrong or right choice between the two.
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They both have really good reviews but I've just got this thing in my head that in computers you have Evga for graphics cards and Corsair for psu's.
 
The superflower PSUs are the best hands down, until you get to the AX1500i which is equivalent to the superflowers, albeit more expensive but with link and 80+ titanium.

Anything under the AX1500i and I'd choose a superflower, in this case the EVGA is a rebadged superflower so get that.
 
AX1500i equivalent to the Superflowers? I'd say it surpasses them.

Anyway its all debatable. We're comparing excellent PSU's with excellent PSU's. To say one is hands down better is again debatable. In my humble opinion of course. ;)
 
Corsair doesn't make any psu's. What they do is get other oem's to make them and then Corsair markets them. I make no secret that I really don't like Corsair. They got established using Seasonic as a OEM. Seasonic is one of the top quality psu OEM's in the world. Once they were established they changed to cheaper OEM's with inferior designs while keeping the price the same or higher. The launch CX400 is a prime example. The original was a unit built by Seasonic, had high quality internal components and could deliver 360w on the 12v rail. It's replacement the CX430 built by CWT was massively inferior with cheap internals (still the case today) and a pathetic 336w on the 12v rail. This has carried on throughout their ranges and now Seasonic only build three psu's for Corsair. That's not three model ranges, just three psu's, the HX650, AX760 and AX860 and I expect these to be replaced before long as well. The vast majority of their psu's are now made by CWT (Channel Well Technology) with some models also made by Flextronics (AXi series), Chicony Power Technology (RM750 & RM850) and Great Wall (CS series).

Superflower build their own psu's and make psu's for companies such as EVGA and NZXT. EVGA must hold them in high regard because no other company put's a 10 year warranty on a psu.

The way I see it is:-

EVGA G2 - you don't need to worry about a psu for the next 10 years. If it fails it will be replaced.

Superflower - 5 year warranty, all of which is with OCUK so no expensive shipping to Europe for RMA's should it fail.

Corsair - 7 year warranty for which you have to pay around £25 to send to the Netherlands.
 
Not sure why the hate on Corsair. Yes they use Seasonic but they have used CWT for years. It's not like they just suddenly started using them recently and ditched Seasonic. I have a CWT HX1000 and its still going well after 6 years 24/7 usage. Also I'm not convinced Seasonic are as great as they once were with many complaints of coil whine.

The AX1500i shows just how capable Flextronics are proving to be and many now reckon are starting to become one of, if not THE top PSU manufacturer. Certainly excelling in every single area with Corsair's new flag ship out classing anything the competition has offered up.

Corsair also have a great rep for warranty.

I understand favoring one model over another but for me slating Corsair for their choice of OEM third parties isn't really fair.

EDIT: btw just to confirm I'm brand neutral :) I have among others a Superflower P2, Corsair HX1000w & AX1500i, all of which I think are superb units.
 
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It's the way they did it that put me off them. My post explains what they did, got established with Seasonic then got rid of them for CWT and the CX series went from being a excellent psu to crap overnight. They they did the same with the rest of their units.

I have absolutely no coil whine from my Seasonic plus it's dead silent too.
 
Fair enough. :) I'll admit if I ever have to use their warranty and pay £25+ to ship it, I wont be overly impressed.

On the coil whine side of things. Great that you as I'm sure many other owners, don't have it. But its something that I've certainly seen mentioned on several forums I've browsed that the later Seasonic units have been prone to it.
 
I'm in the same boat, was going to get the corsair RM850 for the quietness, but now im reconsidering. Any coil whine or anything on the evga? I need quiet, but dont want fully fanless, fan off when low is sufficient.
 
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