LiquidEvilGaming
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Please note 95% of this information is reposted from http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
I am just making it available here all linked together for people to see how important a GOOD power supply is....that 20$ PSU you bought may seem like a good deal until your house catches fire.
ANy questions NOT answered here? Feel free to ask
Why am i writing this? I have seen far too many cases of people using cheap Sunbeam,Lower end Antec,Logisys,Cooler Master etc PSU's and having issues and or full on Fires as of late from people being cheap when buying a PSU.
What can happen with a cheap Power supply when you decide to cheap out?
The Internals of a cheap PSU
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=335
The internals of a good PSU
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=389
80+ ratings and what they mean
http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/80pluspowersupplies.aspx
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
The Power supply Tier list 2.0 Check this list to see a ranking of the most common power supplies on the market...In short best brands to AVOID are
A-TOP technology
Apevia
Apex (SUPERCASE/ALLIED)
Artic / Ace (They're the same company)
Aspire (Turbocase)
ATADC
ATRIX
Broadway Com Corp
CIT
Coolmax
Deer
Diablotek
Dynapower
Dynex
Eagletech
Enlight
Evo labs
EZ-cool
Foxconn
G7
HEC / Compucase Orion
HEDY (should be WAAAYYY lower down than these units. They're that bad)
iBall
iStar computer co.
Jeantec
JPac
Just PC
Linkworld electronics
Logisys computer
Macron
MSi (just stick to their GPUs and motherboards)
NMEDIAPC
Norwood Micro/ CompUSA
Okia
Powercool
Powmax
Pulsepower
Q-tec
Rocketfish
SFC
Sharkoon
Shuttle
Skyhawk
Startech
Storm
Sumvision
Tesla
Ultra
And almost every major brand (outside of a few) also have cheap cruddy PSU models such as Antec for example with it's Green watts series known for catching fire.
This is the Power supply i use and was worth every penny.
http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Modular-Energy-Certified-P1-650B-BEFX/dp/B00I5HF0KU
I am just making it available here all linked together for people to see how important a GOOD power supply is....that 20$ PSU you bought may seem like a good deal until your house catches fire.
ANy questions NOT answered here? Feel free to ask
Why am i writing this? I have seen far too many cases of people using cheap Sunbeam,Lower end Antec,Logisys,Cooler Master etc PSU's and having issues and or full on Fires as of late from people being cheap when buying a PSU.
What can happen with a cheap Power supply when you decide to cheap out?
The Internals of a cheap PSU
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=335
The internals of a good PSU
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=389
80+ ratings and what they mean
http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/80pluspowersupplies.aspx
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
The Power supply Tier list 2.0 Check this list to see a ranking of the most common power supplies on the market...In short best brands to AVOID are
A-TOP technology
Apevia
Apex (SUPERCASE/ALLIED)
Artic / Ace (They're the same company)
Aspire (Turbocase)
ATADC
ATRIX
Broadway Com Corp
CIT
Coolmax
Deer
Diablotek
Dynapower
Dynex
Eagletech
Enlight
Evo labs
EZ-cool
Foxconn
G7
HEC / Compucase Orion
HEDY (should be WAAAYYY lower down than these units. They're that bad)
iBall
iStar computer co.
Jeantec
JPac
Just PC
Linkworld electronics
Logisys computer
Macron
MSi (just stick to their GPUs and motherboards)
NMEDIAPC
Norwood Micro/ CompUSA
Okia
Powercool
Powmax
Pulsepower
Q-tec
Rocketfish
SFC
Sharkoon
Shuttle
Skyhawk
Startech
Storm
Sumvision
Tesla
Ultra
And almost every major brand (outside of a few) also have cheap cruddy PSU models such as Antec for example with it's Green watts series known for catching fire.
This is the Power supply i use and was worth every penny.
http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Modular-Energy-Certified-P1-650B-BEFX/dp/B00I5HF0KU
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