Which PSU?

oceaness · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:00

The Antec's a good unit, but you might as well save £10 and get the Seasonic G series 750, as its Seasonic internals anyway but the Seasonic has the same 5 year warranty, the same thermal fan management and is also 2cm shorter (a minor point maybe, but it will fit in some cases the Antec can't).

~~Unfortunately it's out of stock at the moment~~

Tell a lie, no it's not, there are 7 in stock.

Admiral Huddy · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:05

stulid said:
Wheres this suggestion come from, I cant see it in this thread?

see below..

Stelly said:
EVGA as just rebadged Seasonic ones Huddy

Stelly

oceaness said:
And lol at Huddy repeating himself Triple post ftw.

Haha, yeah I love the cable kits, proper PSU to component cables instead of extensions, but yeah £60 goes along way on other more useful things.

been happening to a lot of my posts of late.. I'll have to give admin a darn good thrashing

LurkingWeasel · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:07

Pity the Antec HCP isn't fully modular. It has Delta innards rather than Seasonic BTW, but that's a slight positive imo.

And that EVGA is made by FSP.

stulid · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:08

Thought he was on about that EVGA SuperNova G2 1000w (which is Super Flower).

LurkingWeasel · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:12

Right you are - I got mixed up with the thread below this asking about the SuperNova NEX 750W.

oceaness · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:14

LurkingWeasel said:
Pity the Antec HCP isn't fully modular. It has Delta innards rather than Seasonic BTW, but that's a slight positive imo.

You're right sah, my mistake. I was thinking of the gamer series.

pastymuncher · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:20

Seasonic has never made any EVGA psu's. It's a mix of HEC, FSP, Superflower and Etasis. See here.

Admiral Huddy · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:22

Didn't Seasonic make Corsair?

pastymuncher · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:26

At the very begining yes. They built their reputation on High quality units before swapping to cheaper, lesser quality units while keeping the prices high. Prime example is the CX series. The original CX400 was miles better than the units that replaced it. Seasonic now only make three psu's (that's not three ranges, just three actual units) for Corsair and i suspect that will not last for much longer.

ubersonic · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:31

My favorite at the moment are the Coolermaster Vanguard series, Seasonic internals, flat modular cables, and silent PWM fan. It's like the best of all worlds lol.

Stelly · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:31

Sorry I was thinking XFX PSUs, which I have and has been fantastic

Stelly

oceaness · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:37

Yeah I nearly recommended the XFX 750 (not available from OcUK) or 850 but then I realised it's not modular is it?

Stelly · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:39

Yer the range of XFX PSUs has dramatically reduced on OcUK

Stelly

pastymuncher · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:41

ubersonic said:
My favorite at the moment are the Coolermaster Vanguard series, Seasonic internals, flat modular cables, and silent PWM fan. It's like the best of all worlds lol.

Just had to look them up as i never heard of them. Excellent reviews and very reasonably priced too.

LurkingWeasel · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:45

If the XFX has "BEFX" at the end of the model number, it's the fully modular version of the Black Editions (made by Seasonic). Supposed to be a good unit alright. Their predecessors were also called Black Editions, but were only semi-modular.

oceaness · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:55

I think all of the XFX units are Seasonic, I don't think they use any other OEM.

It's a real shame the selection on OcUK has diminished.

Having the 3 price points with bronze, and silver semi modular's and then the gold fully modular's was great.

dt97583 · 14 Oct 2013 at 15:25

The XFX Pro Series range look to have hybrid fans with their 750W model and up:

Hybrid mode when activated, allows your fan to stay off when your computer is idle but turns on automatically when the PSU needs it.
Operates Silently until it reaches 20% load or 25°C
Switches to Quiet Mode (only 16dBA)
Reaching 50% load which Cooling Mode to cool the PSU appropriately

The Antec High Current Pro range all have:

Thermal Manager - An advanced low voltage fan control for optimal heat & noise management

Same for the HCG-***M range but not the HCG-*** range.

The cheaper Seasonics looks to have:

Smart & Silent Fan Control [S2FC]

While the Proseries and X-series have:

Seasonic Hybrid silent Fan Control *(Patent Pending)

PDFs here: http://www.seasonic.com/pdf/datasheet/NEW/Retail/

Excluding the Corsair CX and VS range the rest look to have "zero RPM fan" up to around 20%, some up to 70%.
The HX range, in general seem to ramp up pretty fast.
The AXi ramp up pretty quick but the non Corsair Link equivalents remain at 0% until 60/70% load.
The RM range all ramp up at 40% load but even then still at a low 10dB. They also come with:

...capacitors and transformers carefully selected to eliminate coil whine and other background noise that can be annoying in quiet environments.

The TX 650 range ramp up at 35%, the 750 range at 30% while 850 range at 20%. All fairly aggressively except the 650 range.
The GS range ramp up at 25% fairly fast.

Huggie86 · 14 Oct 2013 at 19:21

I've got a XFX Black Edition Modular and its bloomin fantastic! Really pleased with it. Wish Ocuk would stock more XFX stuff like the others have said.