Help me pick a PSU

JDM4LIFE on 02/02/2018 - 14:20

Hello all,

My Corsair AX860 PSU died after about 5 years and I am being credited the full amount under warranty.

I have narrowed down to Corsair HX-850i 850W and the Seasonic SSR-850PX FOCUS Plus 850W

Price is no issue. Which would you recommend.
Thanks.

Computing

Comments

  • oscargamer on 02/02/2018 - 14:36
    +2

    Corsair

    • AdamFury on 02/02/2018 - 15:26
      +2

      +1 Corsair

  • Ryanek on 02/02/2018 - 15:00
    +4

    I would reward their great warranty and stick with Corsair.

  • SlayKingWhiskey on 02/02/2018 - 15:16

    Anything 80+ gold from any of the known brands will do just fine. Silver stone released this series the other week, seem to be very good value: https://www.pccasegear.com/products/25474/silverstone-stride…

    • c0balt on 02/02/2018 - 16:01

      A review I found says it was released in 2015?
      https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7348/silverstone-sst-st75f…

      I'm after a PSU myself and it looks pretty decent. I was considering the Corsair CX650M to save a few dollars and has better warranty.
      https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Power-Supplies/ATX/64327…

      The Silverstone does have 100w more, is more efficient and probably made from better parts out of those 2 though.

      My current PSU is a 12 year old Coolermaster 650w Extremepower that doesn't even have an 80 plus rating and <450w on the 12v rail. It's been through a few different builds over that time with overclocked CPU+GPU and pushing close to 400w power draw from the wall with those builds when under load. I'm looking to retire it before it blows up, and the fan is also pretty loud.

    • JDM4LIFE on 02/02/2018 - 17:31

      Mwave don't seem to have these in stock yet. Will have to go with one of the above mentioned two. Thanks though :)

  • nomoneynoproblems on 02/02/2018 - 15:39

    EVGA SuperNOVA 650 P2. Any reason you need 850W?

    • JDM4LIFE on 02/02/2018 - 17:23

      Replacing my 860W faulty PSU. SLI gaming machine.

    • HumbleCat on 02/02/2018 - 20:08

      I have the Silent Hybrid from Cooler Master. Its really good and the fan doesn't even spin up unless I run SLI.

  • NuclearWessels on 02/02/2018 - 16:22
    +1

    See the PSU tier list http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.h… - both are tier one so I don't think it's going to make a huge difference. I've always bought Seasonic, but the Corsair is cheaper so I'd probably go with that.

    As a point of interest your old Corsair AX860 was a Seasonic PSU

    • JDM4LIFE on 02/02/2018 - 17:25

      This is useful info, Thank you. Price is no issue as I will be receiving a credit from the store.

  • dogboy on 02/02/2018 - 16:28

    Seasonic. Great brand and very reliable.

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