Seasonic 1000W Platinum power supply review [Guru3D.com]

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Today we peek at the Seasonic 1000W Platinum series. It's 1000W Platinum certified incredibly silent modular and can be spotted for just 235 EUR. Hell they even throw in a 7 year warranty. That just...

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Mkilbride · 12-01-2011, 08:46 | posts: 8,078 | Location: US, New Hampshire

Pretty price tag, but well, damn.

Quality is all around in that thing. Cold, Platinum certified, modular, 7 year warranty...

Whew!

I almost wanna get it for my new rig, even though I'd not come close to using it since I don't SLi.

I wonder why being a Techie as I am, even though I know it's useless for me, I still want stuff like this. I mean knowledge that I could get a lesser one and it'd perform the same for my needs should logically dictate that I don't need it, yet I reaaally want it. Human nature.

Here it is on Newegg for all interested: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817151105

WhiteLightning · 12-01-2011, 08:48 | posts: 20,608 | Location: Netherlands

i have a 850watt myself. totally love the Hybrid Silent Fan control.

RoadKillNL · 12-01-2011, 08:52 | posts: 2,677 | Location: Netherlands

The Fan in my X760 barely ramps up at all. Even during gaming it doesn't always spin up.

Exodite · 12-01-2011, 08:57 | posts: 1,628 | Location: Luleå, Sweden

Nice to see a Seasonic unit reviewed.

At this point I'd not buy any other brand PSU, though I have little need for 1KW units as my current 460W Gold unit is more than enough.

About the idle wattage result, lower rated units should do better overall as it's more difficult to maintain high efficiency once you deviate from the 50-70% utilization range.

Obviously this will be more noticeable with multi-GPU or highly overclocked rigs, as the delta between idle and load wattages is much higher.

kkaddu · 12-01-2011, 09:01 | posts: 32 | Location: Kampala

"this might be the best PSU we've ever tested."
That is high praise indeed.
A Seasonic. I'm sure it deserves all that praise great PSU - great price.

jellysheep · 12-01-2011, 09:22 | posts: 339 | Location: Portland, OR.

Wonder if it can dethrone the current king. the Antec HCP-1200

Mkilbride · 12-01-2011, 09:32 | posts: 8,078 | Location: US, New Hampshire

Antec is the King of nothing.

They were in the past, but now they are living on faded glory. People see them through nostalgia goggles.

lehtv · 12-01-2011, 09:34 | posts: 3,094

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mkilbride

They were in the past, but now they are living on faded glory. People see them through nostalgia goggles.

Seasonic makes Antec's Neo Eco and High Current Gamer PSUs... and the High Current Pro 1200W is comparable to Corsair AX1200, i.e. a contender for the best 1200W PSU money can buy.

jellysheep · 12-01-2011, 10:00 | posts: 339 | Location: Portland, OR.

Says the one with a BFG tech unit...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mkilbride

Antec is the King of nothing.

They were in the past, but now they are living on faded glory. People see them through nostalgia goggles.

WhiteLightning · 12-01-2011, 09:33 | posts: 20,608 | Location: Netherlands

they do make great cases though

lehtv · 12-01-2011, 09:33 | posts: 3,094

Why isn't this a Guru 3D Top Pick?

Noisiv · **Memory**: 4GB OCZ 5-4-4-4-12

Quote:

Originally Posted by lehtv

Why isn't this a Guru 3D Top Pick?

seriously why not???

also being surprised with Seasonic's PSU quality is... dunno a bit weird

Mkilbride · 12-01-2011, 09:37 | posts: 8,078 | Location: US, New Hampshire

The HCG PSU's are a joke though, even if they're from Seasonic.

Also all of Antec's PSU are semi-modular, not totally modular.

spajdrik · 12-01-2011, 09:39 | posts: 1,079 | Location: Czech Republic

It was tested two weeks ago also on jonnyguru, if anyone want comparison to this test
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php...Story&reid=264

If you want just Scoring it ends like this.:

Click to show spoiler

Mkilbride · 12-01-2011, 09:44 | posts: 8,078 | Location: US, New Hampshire

Looking at this, there will be a 860w version December 15th...

Maybe if it's priced a little cheaper, I'll go for it, or else I'm just going Corsair:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139016

JohnMaclane · 12-01-2011, 14:48 | posts: 4,837 | Location: Malta

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mkilbride

Looking at this, there will be a 860w version December 15th...

Maybe if it's priced a little cheaper, I'll go for it, or else I'm just going Corsair:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139016

860w is still too much dude.

Always try to size your supply so that your full load is 70-80% the PSU rating.

Otherwise your going to be on the worse end of the efficiency curve/waste money on a PSU you do not need.

Mkilbride · 12-01-2011, 20:49 | posts: 8,078 | Location: US, New Hampshire

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnMaclane

860w is still too much dude.

Always try to size your supply so that your full load is 70-80% the PSU rating.

Otherwise your going to be on the worse end of the efficiency curve/waste money on a PSU you do not need.

Buddy, it's for my old rig.

I'm buying a new one.

JohnMaclane · 12-01-2011, 23:20 | posts: 4,837 | Location: Malta

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mkilbride

Buddy, it's for my old rig.

I'm buying a new one.

Exactly Unless your going to jump the SLI bandwagon or buy a monster card you should be actually seeing power consumption decreases across CPU, RAM and motherboard.

Exodite · 12-02-2011, 06:09 | posts: 1,628 | Location: Luleå, Sweden

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mkilbride

Buddy, it's for my old rig.

I'm buying a new one.

FWIW my rig idles at ~60-65W, runs at load/gaming at ~160-200W and handles stress testing at ~300-320W.

And this is at the socket, meaning actual power required from the PSU is less.

A lot of people overrate their power needs, almost no one needs 700-1000W PSUs.

vbetts · 12-02-2011, 06:50 | posts: 10,247 | Location: Toledo Ohio

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exodite

FWIW my rig idles at ~60-65W, runs at load/gaming at ~160-200W and handles stress testing at ~300-320W.

And this is at the socket, meaning actual power required from the PSU is less.

A lot of people overrate their power needs, almost no one needs 700-1000W PSUs.

If you're not worried about power usage too much though, it's always better to have a little extra head room. I'm still my 550w that's about maybe almost 2 years old now, so given that it only works max at 80% originally, and cap aging, I'm probably getting oh maybe at the most480w? Probably giving myself too much power there lawlz.

DesGaizu · 12-01-2011, 10:05 | posts: 2,002 | Location: UK

Love my seasonics, not bought any other make for quite some years now and all of them are still running perfectly, even the old 700 thats in a machine running 24/7

Mkilbride · 12-01-2011, 10:07 | posts: 8,078 | Location: US, New Hampshire

And so? My PSU sucking hardcore has nothing to do with facts.

A person without cancer can say cancer is horrible and it's still true. So I can have a bad PSU and still say another is horrible, doesn't make it less true.

NAMEk · 12-01-2011, 11:52 | posts: 189 | Location: Lithuania

Love single rail design's, really top =) If i would have a chance i would buy it =)

raif · 12-01-2011, 12:03 | posts: 518 | Location: Downtown

wow, what a psu. this is the new king of power supplies. I have an x850 and I cant see needing a new one.