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Alexrose1uk said:
Cheers, I am sure that will help a number of people out, building basic units etc. Luckily I have no need for an 'ultra-budget' one right now, but I am sure others will!

It's always interesting to get real feedback based on people who see sheer volume as well as reviews, which lets be fair in some cases are from reviewers who have been sent cherry picked rather than retail units.
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Yeah understood.

It is why now we more or less build all our own systems with Superflower as well now, we used Corsair, BeQuiet and OCZ many years ago. Superflower is proving the most reliable for us. :)
 
I realise that this is obviously a question you may not be able to answer for a number of reasons, but out of the 'branded' units/brands that would usually be considered safe bets by many, are there any you would actually advise to avoid right now?
 
Alexrose1uk said:
I realise that this is obviously a question you may not be able to answer for a number of reasons, but out of the 'branded' units/brands that would usually be considered safe bets by many, are there any you would actually advise to avoid right now?
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My recommendations are in the OP, those are what I would personally buy. That is all I am saying on the subject, if it is not in the OP I'd not buy it for me personally. :)
 
Gibbo said:
My recommendations are in the OP, those are what I would personally buy. That is all I am saying on the subject, if it is not in the OP I'd not buy it for me personally. :)
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Agreed on this, anything made by Superflower, Seasonic, Delta etc are where you need to be looking at :)
 
I'm planning on getting a gtx 970 at some point, will my psu suffer coil whine? It's been pretty good for a couple years so far with what I have. Just a bit worried, because Lepa psu's disappeared off the face of the Earth several months after I bought mine.
 
Ace Modder said:
Seasonic never made an ax760, they made the old ax750 which was good. All ax760 are inferior now.
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Ace Modder said:
The way to tell is a corsair psu was the old seasonic made units the part code on the box is cmpsu-ax750uk if it is the new part code format cp-9020000-gb then they are made by their newer oem partner (mostly cwt)
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I'm not sure that's entirely accurate, the AX Platinums (AX760 and AX860) are Seasonic built. And some of the old CMPSU SKU products weren't Seasonic like the AX1200. I agree with your sentiment that not all Corsair PSU's are created equally, even those amongst the same product family can have different OEM's.


Thanks for the little roundup Gibbo. I do have some respect for Superflower I just think their branding and design is next level retarded looking, I guess I could live with some of the high end EVGA units.

JR
 
This thread is great, It'd be great to see this stickied in the PSU forum, and in future similar opinion pieces done for other components where the market doesn't change too often.
 
Apem said:
Been meaning to ask how do you rate the Silverstone strider psu's?
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They use a mixture of Sirtec, FSP and Enhance units depending on the model. They are reliable enough but for the cost involved there are better units about, most of which have been mentioned in the OP.
 
Thanks Chug just a shame silverstone are the only ones that do the short cable package though. Also as for the SF psus why do they make them so long?
 
I'm about to order a superflower 1000W platinum. Such a shame about the stupid colour of the connectors! Why did they think that blue and red connectors were a good idea??
Only think making me consider something else
 
Decided to go for an evga g2 750w for now as it'll do the trick for a single gpu. I'll reconsider when I upgrade
 
Interestingly I just found this.

http://hardocp.com/article/2015/01/21/corsair_cx750_750w_power_supply_review/1

Failed full load at 120V input @ 25C (immediate shut-down) and also failed 80% load at 45C (immediate shut-down)

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The bottom line is simply this; there is absolutely no reason ANY user should buy a Corsair CX750 as you can get better performing, better built, and better supported products for about the same price or even for much less money. That is unfortunate since Corsair has such a dominate position in etail and retail and users are snapping up lots of these kinds of products based on the name brand only to end up with a product less capable than other options.
 
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