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Who is making the best PSU
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Fyew-jit-tiv
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Default Who is making the best PSU - 11-28-2009, 08:54 | posts: 266 | Location: London | User is Offline

Hey Guru's.. Just wanted to know who you guys think is NOW making the best PSU & is it better to go with a single rail or multi rail PSU..?
   
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Default 11-28-2009, 08:57 | posts: 16,635 | Location: Scotland | User is Online

Corsair single rail ,HX/TX are decent.
   
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dipanzan
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Default 11-28-2009, 09:00 | posts: 589 | Location: http://forums.guru3d.com/ | User is Offline

I will go for anything from:
Corsair, PC Power & Cooling, SilverStone, Gigabyte OdinGT, ThermalTake, CM

pretty much these are the companies you should be looking at
   
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PSU: Seventeam ST-620 PAF 620W
Default 11-28-2009, 09:01 | posts: 703 | User is Offline

Silverstone and Corsair have first class products period.
   
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ibitato
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PSU: Tagan TG900-BZ PipeRock
Default 11-28-2009, 09:05 | posts: 2,697 | Location: Spain | User is Offline

Tagan
   
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Default 11-28-2009, 09:10 | posts: 6,502 | Location: Finland | User is Offline

Corsair, PC Power & Cooling, perhaps also Enermax.
   
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Th3_Edge
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Default 11-28-2009, 09:42 | posts: 95 | Location: Canada | User is Offline

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Corsair, PC Power & Cooling, perhaps also Enermax.
+1 - Corsair, PCP&C and Enermax.
   
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PSU: Toughpower 750W
Default 11-28-2009, 09:56 | posts: 404 | Location: Oxford, UK | User is Offline

My Thermaltake Toughpower is over 3 years old and still going strong. CWT (channel well tech) PSUs are awesome
   
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Default 11-28-2009, 10:22 | posts: 165 | Location: Belgium (kortrijk | User is Offline

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+1 - Corsair, PCP&C and Enermax.
+2
i love my corsair
   
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PSU: Tagan PipeRock 600W (80A)
Default 11-28-2009, 10:29 | posts: 4,417 | Location: | 宇宙|地球 | User is Offline

Tagan Piperock a very solid psu.
   
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Default 11-28-2009, 10:58 | posts: 1,668 | Location: Pune, India | User is Online

Cooler Master. Silent Pro Series is the best.
   
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Default 11-28-2009, 11:19 | posts: 995 | Location: Romania | User is Offline

Seasonic X-650/750 are the best PSU's ATM.
Antec Signature, Corsair HX750/850, Enermax Revo85+, XFX850/PC P&C Silencer 910 come very close to first spot.
   
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Default 11-28-2009, 13:14 | posts: 218 | Location: UK | User is Offline

Corsair or Be Quiet!
   
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PSU: Toughpower 750W
Default 11-29-2009, 01:38 | posts: 404 | Location: Oxford, UK | User is Offline

For the record.... Thermaltake Toughpower and Corsair TX series are nearly identical and both made by CWT. CWT makes psus for many other companies as well.

And OCZ = PC P&P
   
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Default 11-29-2009, 05:05 | posts: 426 | Location: New Jersey | User is Offline

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And OCZ = PC P&P
Doesn't add up quite right.
PCP&C use's Seasonic and WinTact oems and have been against anything multi-railed or modular.
OCZ use's FSP and Sirtech oems, and has no problem with multi-rail or modular.

Yes, OCZ owns PCP&C, that doesn't make the product lines equal.
   
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gurusan
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Memory: 4GB DDR3 @ 1706 CL7
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PSU: Toughpower 750W
Default 11-29-2009, 05:09 | posts: 404 | Location: Oxford, UK | User is Offline

yes I stand corrected.
   
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Default 11-29-2009, 07:00 | posts: 419 | Location: Cleveland, OH, USA | User is Offline

Yep, been running my HX 620W for the better part of the last three years, and it has great recyclability factors to it to be used build after build after build, definitely recommend Corsair indeed.
   
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PSU: Corsair TX650W (Seasonic)
Default 11-29-2009, 07:11 | posts: 4,243 | Location: England (Finland) | User is Offline

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Corsair TX series are nearly identical and both made by CWT.
650TX = Seasonic
750TX = CWT
850TX = CWT
950TX = CWT
   
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PSU: Zalman 850w
Default 11-29-2009, 18:06 | posts: 2,158 | Location: Indiana | User is Offline

My Zalman is doing well sans any problems. But your bigger name-brands are name-brands for a reason as they make quality products.
   
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