Seasonic psu

Alex h · 13 Feb 2020 at 10:54

Hi looking at buying a new psu and wanted some advice my pc is going to consist of amd 3900x gigabyte x570 elite 8 pack ram and gpù to be decided this will be water called so my question is this psu ok for the job or is there a better suited one thanks
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seas...-platinum-modular-power-supply-ca-06q-ss.html
It's on offer at present

keylion · 13 Feb 2020 at 11:07

That PSU will be fine, even with something like a 2080ti in there. Good warranty with it as well.

Alex h · 13 Feb 2020 at 11:09

keylion said:
That PSU will be fine, even with something like a 2080ti in there. Good warranty with it as well.

Yes I had a seasonic a few years back and it was great thanks for your reply I just don't want to mess this build up and get great warranty

orbitalwalsh · 13 Feb 2020 at 14:24

at that deal its good. corsair would be another option at full price .

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...lar-power-supply-cp-9020137-uk-ca-23b-cs.html

main difference is RMA. both offer replacement for Faulty units ( they are repaired then resold as B-grade) but corsair ships from UK, Seasonic is EU

PSU Tier List

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40/

Higher Tier from Corsair but price jumps
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40/

and then TOP Scale/Tier is AXi/ax
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...lar-power-supply-cp-9020151-uk-ca-24g-cs.html

^^^deep pockets

Also, keeping with Aorus theme. their AP850GM series is about £95 and same tier as the seasonic. Gold not Plat rating though
https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Power-Supply/GP-AP850GM#kf

Alex h · 13 Feb 2020 at 14:40

orbitalwalsh said:
at that deal its good. corsair would be another option at full price .

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...lar-power-supply-cp-9020137-uk-ca-23b-cs.html

main difference is RMA. both offer replacement for Faulty units ( they are repaired then resold as B-grade) but corsair ships from UK, Seasonic is EU

PSU Tier List

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40/

Higher Tier from Corsair but price jumps
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40/

and then TOP Scale/Tier is AXi/ax
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...lar-power-supply-cp-9020151-uk-ca-24g-cs.html

^^^deep pockets

Also, keeping with Aorus theme. their AP850GM series is about £95 and same tier as the seasonic. Gold not Plat rating though
https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Power-Supply/GP-AP850GM#kf

Thanks for info I didn't know about rma that's interesting I've had corsair in the past and they've always served me well with zero problems thanks again

EsaT · 13 Feb 2020 at 16:13

orbitalwalsh said:
main difference is RMA. both offer replacement for Faulty units ( they are repaired then resold as B-grade) but corsair ships from UK, Seasonic is EU

While Seasonic ships replacement PSU from their European headquarters, RMA return is to UK address and user doesn't have to worry about filling paper work for "border crossing".
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/psu-brands-with-uk-rma.18845731/#post-32497642

Alex h · 13 Feb 2020 at 16:38

EsaT said:
While Seasonic ships replacement PSU from their European headquarters, RMA return is to UK address and user doesn't have to worry about filling paper work for "border crossing".
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/psu-brands-with-uk-rma.18845731/#post-32497642

Cheers for that think I'll go with the seasonic unit while its on offer in that case

orbitalwalsh · 13 Feb 2020 at 16:39

EsaT said:
While Seasonic ships replacement PSU from their European headquarters, RMA return is to UK address and user doesn't have to worry about filling paper work for "border crossing".
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/psu-brands-with-uk-rma.18845731/#post-32497642

Indeed , nothing to pay but seasonic will if no trade agreement for shipments is passed . They'll get charged Export on parcels . Think of the hundreds of units vendors ship from EU back to UK for RMA. Praying this doesn't happen .
technically effects all vendors regardless of were their RMA because all their products from China arrive to NL. They could be charged import charges of delivery or worst case, tariffs on hardware

Then again, there's a very easy solution since all companies have UK and EU address... Hopefully they have figured this out ..

orbitalwalsh · 13 Feb 2020 at 16:39

alex h said:
Cheers for that think I'll go with the seasonic unit while its on offer in that case

Solid unit, nice and small

Alex h · 15 Feb 2020 at 16:58

Thanks everyone ive ordered it

JasonM · 15 Feb 2020 at 21:02

orbitalwalsh said:
main difference is RMA. both offer replacement for Faulty units ( they are repaired then resold as B-grade) but corsair ships from UK, Seasonic is EU

Seasonic sent me new in box units in sealed plastic when I RMA'ed 2 of mine. A Platinum P660 was also upgraded to a P760 free of charge, presume they ran out of P660's.

They also never required the cables, so ended up with 2 sets of spare cables also.

Return address is UK, replacements sent from EU but that's not an issue.

orbitalwalsh · 16 Feb 2020 at 03:17

JasonM said:
Seasonic sent me new in box units in sealed plastic when I RMA'ed 2 of mine. A Platinum P660 was also upgraded to a P760 free of charge, presume they ran out of P660's.

They also never required the cables, so ended up with 2 sets of spare cables also.

Return address is UK, replacements sent from EU but that's not an issue.

Aye, both companies would always offer new ones. Just shipment domes from different countries, one UK one Germany . Both have their repair centre in Germany by a 3rd party company (shouldn't be to hard for people to Google companies ) .
Corsair units sold as B-stock once repaired ala s*an , not sure which reseller do seasonic ones