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high efficient, powerful power supply - which one?

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espn2829

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Which is the best high efficiency power supply that delivers great power? Which one would you buy?

To me, efficiency is very important.

Thanks.
 
Seasonic wins in the efficiency category... Unless you have the flow for the PCP&C 1kW.
 
Antec, Enermax, OCZ, I use those brands. I tried other, but nothing gives me the sold rails and power I need like those 3
 
If you are asking for the best... then you are asking for Pc Power and Cooling. While others make good power supplys (OCZ,Sesonic,Zippy,Antec,Enermax) ther are just that Good. Not the best. Biggest differences is the regulations cleanliness of the power the stabillity and out put. all put together with the best parts in the market for building PSU's and quality bar none. They under-rate their units comparred to all others that over rate them. So when you have a 600w seasonic or OCZ other brand it is really running closer to what PCpwr&c is speced at say 510w or even lower. When Pcpwr&c is actually running closer to 550 to 575 w with a peak of 650. They also are the only manu8factures to also offer more power then anyone on the market today with a 850w unit and a 1Killowatt unit. and those specs are also conservativly rated of actual output. So f you want the biggest baddist best PSU's Pcpower and cooling.They are spendy but you get what you pay for.
 
Ice Czar said:
why?

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1028571888
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Why does Spinal Tap's amps have an 11? ;)

You know what's funny to me... 80% is more efficient than 75%, true. But in the grand scheme of things.. assuming everything else is equal and the power supplies actually were 75% and 80% respectively at the same load... you know how diddle-lee-squat that 5% is even over a year's time?

I must admit... seeing "80%" splattered all over God's creation sucks me in too. :D
 
actually OCZ may not underate them but they are also not listing peaks,my 520 is 600watt peak 520 continious. There are a few reviews that pit the seasonic vs the pcpower and the seasonic ran neck an neck with it AND ran with a higher efficiency and quieter.......(i woulda got the seasonic but i got a steal of a deal on a brandnew OCZ 520 powerstream :) )

and um who cares about 850watt or 1kilowatt ? no offense but the last lan i went to u COULD NOT use anything larger than a 550watt supply (not sure how they were really checking but it was a rule).

when a 520 can run a fully overclocked SLI setup how much more power do u really need other than to just say, "hey I have a 1 kilowatt powersupply, wanna go back to my place after this lan baby ? "
 
timske said:
actually OCZ may not underate them but they are also not listing peaks,my 520 is 600watt peak 520 continious. There are a few reviews that pit the seasonic vs the pcpower and the seasonic ran neck an neck with it AND ran with a higher efficiency and quieter.......(i woulda got the seasonic but i got a steal of a deal on a brandnew OCZ 520 powerstream :) )

and um who cares about 850watt or 1kilowatt ? no offense but the last lan i went to u COULD NOT use anything larger than a 550watt supply (not sure how they were really checking but it was a rule).

when a 520 can run a fully overclocked SLI setup how much more power do u really need other than to just say, "hey I have a 1 kilowatt powersupply, wanna go back to my place after this lan baby ? "
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All manufactures have a listing of a peak point.
That is 520W at a specific temp for the OCZ and im pretty sure it runs well over that temp range.So in reality its putting out less then 520w at full load temps. At the same temp PCPandC is running even higher continuosly with larger amps avalible and watts as well or at the minimum its complete rated continuous output.. I myself have seen several reviews on Seasonic vs PCP&P and have yet to find one reviewer saying it was better hands down. With that in mind you dont ever hear about PCP&P having a compatibillity issues with mobos. Its know that Seasonic does with DFI boards. That should also make a big difference as well.
Who cares about 850w or 1Killowatt??? I do as well as many other people looking to run as much and the latest hard core setups there are. Most major overclockers do. Why? cause they need the additional headroom. As well as growth. Its a given as things get bigger and badder they always seem to consume more power. Its always better to have more then enough. Besides Not everyone just goes to a lan. some of us do more then game with our rigs. Go to a major Overclocking tourny or event. Hell people run multiple PSU's and as big as they come. So back on topic i still say if you want the best you know who i have recomended. Im not downing the others I just dont belive they are the best.
 
Captin Insano said:
Its know that Seasonic does with DFI boards. That should also make a big difference as well.
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Used to....and it was DFI's design that was the issue.
 
only reason power consumption has gone up on current (im talking last 2 years or so) systems is cause of sli.....

if you look at the last 3-4 generations of cards/procs the power consumtion doesnt go up cause the dyes get smaller, we can only get a dye so small with so much power input before itll burn like the surface of the sun.

my buddy has a 600ocz running, watercooling, an overclocked FX-57 and dual overclocked 7800GTX's with 3 harddrives and 2optical drives. im not sure how much hardcore your talking.....doing the math on all that doesnt even use up the 600 watts offerd by the powersupply at load let alone peaks.hell that whole system only pulls like 350-400 watts under full load with drives spinning......
 
timske said:
no offense but the last lan i went to u COULD NOT use anything larger than a 550watt supply (not sure how they were really checking but it was a rule).
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Uhh???? "No offense" but whoever was running that LAN knows more about Counterstrike than they know about power supplies. They probably think that a PSU draws its maximum potential capacity from the mains at all times. I.e. a 550 watt PSU drains 550 watts from your mains, and a 350 watt only pulls 350 watts.

That is NOT true. Your PSU only pulls what you need. Whoever runs that LAN needs to get a clue before they start imposing retarded rules.
 
no argument there, I didnt make the rule. Nor does it change the fact that a 850watt or 1kilo watt supply is purely overkill unless your running a quad proc server with 15 drives running raid 0+5 or something crazy like that. and its possible that they didnt want people bringing in comps that needed that much power so they put that rule in place dont ask me /shrug.

however, the poster of the topic was looking for quote "the best high efficiency power supply that delivers great power?"

pc power and cooler are without a doubt great powersupplies, however the 510watt version only carries a 70% efficiency.

for what he is asking the seasonic and the enermax are better supplies. especially for the pricepoint.
 
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