Spec me a new PSU in this day and age?

shroomz

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PC is getting on a bit, I'm not sure I need to replace anything as it does what I need, but I'm conscious my PSU is now getting onto a decade and the fan seems to be a bit noisier than I remember. Can someone spec me something that will last another decade for not crazy money? Now that xbitlabs and the like are dead I don't really know where to get my reviews anymore.

I'm currently on:
Ryzen 1700
1080Ti (yes that old)

I might replace the components but it would likely be with middle-of-the-road stuff. If I upgrade it'll be because I want parts that I can get waterblocks for so I can finally play about with DIY watercooling, if only I could still get a waterblock for the 1080Ti (it's a non-standard KFA2).
 
shroomz said:
Now that xbitlabs and the like are dead I don't really know where to get my reviews anymore.
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hwbusters has a lot of reviews.

From the current prices on OCUK, I'd go with this one, has a 10 year warranty, so hopefully good for the decade you want:

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £103.94 (includes delivery: £3.99)​

Review here:
www.anandtech.com

The ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold PSU Review: Tough But Fair

www.anandtech.com www.anandtech.com
 
Tetras said:
hwbusters has a lot of reviews.

From the current prices on OCUK, I'd go with this one, has a 10 year warranty, so hopefully good for the decade you want:

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £103.94 (includes delivery: £3.99)​

Review here:
www.anandtech.com

The ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold PSU Review: Tough But Fair

www.anandtech.com www.anandtech.com
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That's cool what about the unknown manufacturers of some of the bits though? I've not come across great wall before, I guess they must license for a lot of resalers?
 
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clone said:
Corsair has great warranty and customer service, cant fault the brand, 850 watt will be fine.
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I'm afraid I'm not on speaking terms with corsair after a set of their speakers and headset broke years ago, I'm still not quite over it :D, thanks I'd have agreed with a hx850i or something in the past
 
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shroomz said:
That's cool what about the unknown manufacturers of some of the bits though?
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Yeah, that's something worth noting, but they've been making PSUs for quite awhile and their reliability record is fine (so far as I know).

The problem is that if you do a search for 750/850 PSUs on OCUK, very few models are available (even the TUF appears to be out of stock now :o ) and the prices for comparable PSUs on preorder are much higher.

E.g. MSI's A850G is £140, Seasonic's GX-850 is £140 and Gigabyte's UD850GM is £120, but you'd be a brave man to buy one of those (given Gigabyte's recent PSU history). The Aerocool model is cheaper, but I can't find a reputable review anywhere and while the Phanteks AMP GH is likely to be fine, I haven't seen any reviews of that either and the warranty is 8 year instead of 10 on the TUF Gold.

If I was prepared to spend the extra on a "known quantity", I'd get Antec's HCG Pro Platinum, since even though it is expensive, you do get a platinum rating and it is based on Seasonic's Vertex.

Of course, you can shop around too, but I'm just going by what we can link you.
 
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can only speak to corsair's psu's
they test well typically. low fan noise. low ripple. 10yr warranty.
filtering what is in stock here. there is just the rmx1000 and rmx750 "shift" versions. they trump all others in the list in my opinion. including seasonic's vertex platform.
the more expensive seasonics are very good, as are bequiets. most of them are probably fine. but i see what i see in the review tests.
doesn't matter what brand you get. occasionally a lemon slips through q.a.
 
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shroomz said:
That's cool what about the unknown manufacturers of some of the bits though? I've not come across great wall before, I guess they must license for a lot of resalers?
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Great Wall was the OEM for the original Corsair SF psu's and they were arguably by far the best SFF psu's on the market. I would have no problem with Great Wall being the OEM.
 
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