PSU Flavour of the month

SteveOBHave · 11 Jun 2008 at 15:38

What appears to be the PSU brand flavor of the month at the Mo? My Hiper 580W gave up the ghost this morning.

semi-pro waster · 11 Jun 2008 at 15:39

Corsair have been quite well regarded for a while. Other than that it is hard to go wrong with Seasonic (who are the OEM for the Corsair HX series), Enermax and PC Power & Cooling.

CliffyBiro · 11 Jun 2008 at 15:39

Everyone will reccomend a Corsair.

SteveOBHave · 11 Jun 2008 at 15:41

Nice one - thanks guys - much appreciated.

Blackhawk47 · 11 Jun 2008 at 16:26

cant go wrong with corsair, they have quite a nice range so it would be perfect for pretty much any system.

icey_haj · 11 Jun 2008 at 16:35

I have to recommend Coolermaster aswell, top quality stuff

CliffyBiro · 11 Jun 2008 at 16:42

icey_haj said:
I have to recommend Coolermaster aswell, top quality stuff

SteveOBHave · 12 Jun 2008 at 10:59

I ended up getting a Corsair 520W HX Modular - very tidy kit. Again cheers for the advice guys.

Owenb · 12 Jun 2008 at 11:45

Does one still need to RMA to the USA if something goes wrong with a corsair PSU?

icey_haj · 12 Jun 2008 at 13:15

skippi90 said:

Whats with the confused?

CliffyBiro · 12 Jun 2008 at 13:23

icey_haj said:
Whats with the confused?

You said you reccomend the Coolermaster aswell.... nobody else did.

icey_haj · 12 Jun 2008 at 13:30

skippi90 said:
You said you reccomend the Coolermaster aswell.... nobody else did.

I see, but what I meant was that I recommend the coolermaster aswell as the corsair :cool:

kinetic747 · 12 Jun 2008 at 15:39

I've got a Corsair HX520 and I'm more than happy with it. :cool:

My brother however has just bought a Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 550W modular psu and the quality of it has to be seen to be believed. I've a feeling they'll catch on in a big way and I'm gonna try one for my next upgrade.

icey_haj · 12 Jun 2008 at 15:57

kinetic747 said:
I've got a Corsair HX520 and I'm more than happy with it. My brother has just bought a Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 550W modular psu and the quality of it has to be seen to be believed. I've a feeling they'll catch on in a big way and I'm gonna try one for my next upgrade.

I agree. People should try something different, rather than always recommending corsair.

UTmaniac · 12 Jun 2008 at 16:13

Very happy with my Coolmaster Real Power 620W. The Corsair 620W modular (that replaced the dead Hyper 580W) is doing fine in my old rig.

icey_haj · 12 Jun 2008 at 16:52

UTmaniac said:
Very happy with my Coolmaster Real Power 620W. The Corsair 620W modular (that replaced the dead Hyper 580W) is doing fine in my old rig.

You're in a good position to compare then, which one's better?

semi-pro waster · 12 Jun 2008 at 17:00

icey_haj said:
I agree. People should try something different, rather than always recommending corsair.

It depends, if you want something that just works then you are normally as well to go for a tried and tested solution, along similar lines to "no one ever got fired for buying IBM". If it is just for me then yes I might well go for something a bit different to see what it is like, that doesn't mean I'd choose to recommend it for others though.

Adam_D200 · 12 Jun 2008 at 17:03

Another vote for Corsair - splendid psu and very quiet! They also sent me additional modular pci-e cables all the way from the states for free

UTmaniac · 12 Jun 2008 at 18:14

Doesn't the fact I left the Corsair in my old rig (in hands of better half) tell you anything?

In all seriousness though, cannot fault either of them!

toucam · 12 Jun 2008 at 18:26

Ask for a PSU here and it's guaranteed that Corsair will be recommended by most people. It gets a bit boring over time. I personally had bad experience with them. I can highly recommend PC Power Cooling, the quality is fantastic, before I bought it I was a bit sceptical because I kept hearing that it was not very quiet, took the plunge and it's as quiet as my old Seasonic S12 500 which is the most quiet PSU ever made and this is even under full load for a few hours. It's expensive for a reason! And yes, it's quite a sight with the deep red color.