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Old 10-01-2006, 03:24 AM
davidhammock200 2[H]4U, 4.9 Years
 
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PSU’s: The Best of the Best of the Best!
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PSU’s: The Best of the Best of the Best!

The Supersize 850W to 1KW are covered in “PSU’s for Future GPU’s: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1104866

This is part one of two parts, these “Premium Grade” PSU’s are rated from 750W to 520W.

All “Premium Grade” PSU’s are rated for full load at 40C to 50C, have very tight load regulation and are quiet, efficient & small enough to fit in most cases.

Any of these “Premium Grade” PSU’s are powerful enough for almost any existing high-end SLI/Crossfire gaming-station.

Some of these Premium Grade PSU’s are multi-rail & some are single rail, all are guaranteed to get the job done!

Multi-Rail:

SILVERSTONE SST-ST75ZF ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V 750W Power Supply

SST-ST75ZF: http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-75zf.htm

Specs: http://www.silverstonetek.com/downlo...75zfmanual.pdf

Max combined +12V up to +12V@60A (720W)

Not Modular & Warranty Not Posted On Website

$210 at new egg

Best Review: http://www.jonnyguru.com/PSU/ST75ZF/


Corsair HX620W ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 620W Power Supply

HX620W: http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair...er_supply.html

Max combined +12V up to +12V@50A (600W)

Modular & 5yr Warranty.

From $145: http://froogle.google.com/froogle?so...line&scoring=p

Best review: http://www.jonnyguru.com/PSU/HX620W/


Corsair HX520w ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply

HX620W: http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair...er_supply.html

Max combined +12V up to +12V@40A (480W)

Modular & 5yr Warranty.

Best review: http://www.jonnyguru.com/PSU/HX520W/

From $105: http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...line&scoring=p


Single Rail:

PC P&C SILENCER 750 EPS12V 750W Power Supply

Silencer 750 EPS12V: http://www.pcpowercooling.com/produc...hp?show=S75EPS

Max +12V up to +12V@60A (720W)

Not Modular & 3yr Warranty

$199 at PC P&C

Reviews: http://www.pcpowercooling.com/produc...S&view=reviews


PC P&C SILENCER 610 EPS12V 610W Power Supply

Silencer 610 EPS12V: http://www.pcpowercooling.com/produc...EPS&view=about

Max +12V up to +12V@49A (588W)

Not Modular & 3yr Warranty

$159 at PC P&C

Reviews:


SILVERSTONE SST-ST56ZF ATX12V/ EPS12V 560Watts Power Supply

SST-ST56ZF: http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-56zf.htm

Specs: http://www.silverstonetek.com/downlo...56zfmanual.pdf

Max +12V up to +12V@38A (456W)

Not Modular & Warranty Not Posted On Website

$138 at new egg

Best Review: http://www.jonnyguru.com/PSU/ST56ZF/
This is my opinion, what is yours?

Dave
Last edited by davidhammock200; 10-01-2006 at 04:08 AM..
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Old 10-01-2006, 03:47 AM
Bbq [H]ardForum Junkie, 4.0 Years
 
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My opinion, which is correct:

Multi-railed, in order of awesomeness:
Silverstone ST85
Silverstone ST75
Corsair HX620
Corsair HX520

Single railed:
PCP&C Silencer 750
PCP&C Silencer 610
Silverstone ST56ZF
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Old 10-01-2006, 03:58 AM
davidhammock200 2[H]4U, 4.9 Years
 
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bbq
My opinion, which is correct:

Multi-railed, in order of awesomeness:
Silverstone ST85
Silverstone ST75
Corsair HX620
Corsair HX520

Single railed:
PCP&C Silencer 750
PCP&C Silencer 610
Silverstone ST56ZF
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Silverstone ST85
All 850W to 1KW PSU's are covered in a different post.

PSU’s for Future GPU’s! http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1104866

Thank you for your input.
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A good power supply is like a well structured tax deferred/exempt investment,
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Old 10-01-2006, 04:14 PM
Paul_Johnson [H] PSU Editor & Moderator, 5.5 Years
 
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Originally Posted by davidhammock200
All 850W to 1KW PSU's are covered in a different post.

PSU’s for Future GPU’s! http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1104866

Thank you for your input.
Then why make the title of this the BEst of the Best of the Best?

Besides there isn't a single Zippy on the list here and a bunch of Seasonic's (actually 4 out of 6)
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Old 10-01-2006, 04:20 PM
davidhammock200 2[H]4U, 4.9 Years
 
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Spectre
Then why make the title of this the BEst of the Best of the Best?

Besides there isn't a single Zippy on the list here and a bunch of Seasonic's (actually 4 out of 6)
I wanted this list to be upper mainstream,
what people are buying & what the PSU companies are concentrating on, the 520WW to 750W range.

Powerful enough for all of todays systems, without too much overkill.

As to Zippy, I did a lot of searching & I must say their marketing & sales departments should be fired!
There is more data at XS, than anywhere else.
Most models are not available & their website hasn't improved in the last 3yrs.
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A good power supply is like a well structured tax deferred/exempt investment,
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Old 10-01-2006, 04:28 PM
Oklahoma Wolf PSU Warranty Voider, 4.9 Years
 
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Originally Posted by davidhammock200
Most models are not available & their website hasn't improved in the last 3yrs.
Retail sales is still an afterthought to them

Enhance has a bunch of new units up to 1kW (one of them has dual 35A 12v rails) now too. I wouldn't be terribly shocked to see Silverstone start using them soon.
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Old 10-01-2006, 04:35 PM
Paul_Johnson [H] PSU Editor & Moderator, 5.5 Years
 
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Originally Posted by davidhammock200
As to Zippy, I did a lot of searching & I must say their marketing & sales departments should be fired!
Haha...everyone has said the same about AMD....didn't keep them from making the best overall x86 processors on the market.

Quote:
There is more data at XS, than anywhere else.
Most models are not available & their website hasn't improved in the last 3yrs.
They are available at :

http://store.myaopen.com/ziposu.html
http://www.servercase.com/miva/miva?...Code=4U_Server

And they are distributed by ASI.

If you want the Best of the Best of the Best I would add Zippy to the list......
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Old 10-01-2006, 08:07 PM
davidhammock200 2[H]4U, 4.9 Years
 
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Does Zippy an ATX over 850W (+12V@60A)?

OW, any test/reviews?
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Old 10-01-2006, 08:13 PM
Oklahoma Wolf PSU Warranty Voider, 4.9 Years
 
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davidhammock200
Does Zippy an ATX over 850W (+12V@60A)?

OW, any test/reviews?
Nothing in PS2 over 850W... yet

No reviews on the new Enhance units yet.
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Old 10-01-2006, 08:15 PM
Paul_Johnson [H] PSU Editor & Moderator, 5.5 Years
 
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Originally Posted by davidhammock200
Does Zippy an ATX over 850W (+12V@60A)?
Not that I am aware of....need to power a small city?
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Old 10-01-2006, 08:22 PM
davidhammock200 2[H]4U, 4.9 Years
 
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Originally Posted by Spectre
Not that I am aware of....need to power a small city?
How about dual ATI GPU's pulling 350W each, plus a fully loaded & OC'ed dual CPU system!
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Old 10-01-2006, 08:30 PM
Oklahoma Wolf PSU Warranty Voider, 4.9 Years
 
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Originally Posted by davidhammock200
How about dual ATI GPU's pulling 350W each, plus a fully loaded & OC'ed dual CPU system!
Use their 1350W or 1800W redundant models

Honestly though, 350W seems excessive... they'd probably throw in external power bricks should their cards need that much juice (and I doubt they will).
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Old 10-01-2006, 09:21 PM
davidhammock200 2[H]4U, 4.9 Years
 
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Oklahoma Wolf
Use their 1350W or 1800W redundant models

Honestly though, 350W seems excessive... they'd probably throw in external power bricks should their cards need that much juice (and I doubt they will).
I'm not sure I believe it,
but a couple of true insiders have told me to expect the next gen of ATI GPU's to pull over 300W's,
mostly from the +12V rail(s) & no PSU's will be included with the cards. I hope it is not true!
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A good power supply is like a well structured tax deferred/exempt investment,
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Old 10-02-2006, 02:33 PM
Joebar [H]Lite, 4.6 Years
 
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Even with 2 video cards and 3 or 4 hdds, arent these 600W and up power supplies overkill?

I'm looking at the 520W corsair for my next build -- looks sweet.
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Old 10-02-2006, 02:35 PM
davidhammock200 2[H]4U, 4.9 Years
 
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Originally Posted by Joebar
Even with 2 video cards and 3 or 4 hdds, arent these 600W and up power supplies overkill?

I'm looking at the 520W corsair for my next build -- looks sweet.
They are sweet & up to +12V@40A, too!
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A good power supply is like a well structured tax deferred/exempt investment,
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Old 10-02-2006, 11:10 PM
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Zippy/Emacs 700W PSU (PSL-6701P).

That should be on this list...

And you might want to take a look at this monster...

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=111934

Damn coolaler gets all the good stuff
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Old 10-03-2006, 12:54 AM
davidhammock200 2[H]4U, 4.9 Years
 
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Originally Posted by EternityZX9
Zippy/Emacs 700W PSU (PSL-6701P).

That should be on this list...

And you might want to take a look at this monster...

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=111934

Damn coolaler gets all the good stuff
Great PSU & covered here:http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1104866

This post is only 520W to 750W.

Thank you all!

Let's continue until we can reach some agreement on the VERY BEST PSU's available!

Dave
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A good power supply is like an old friend you can always count on when the going gets tuff.

A good power supply is like a well structured tax deferred/exempt investment,
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Old 10-03-2006, 11:19 AM
Dan_D [H]ardOCP Motherboard Editor, 8.0 Years
 
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Originally Posted by Spectre
Haha...everyone has said the same about AMD....didn't keep them from making the best overall x86 processors on the market.
Not to de-rail the thread here, but the AMD processors have only truely been the best since the Althon 64 came out. Now that is no longer the case. In the 20+ year history of the x86 PC, there are more years where AMD, Cyrix and everyone else were FAR behind Intel in performance and quality.
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Old 10-03-2006, 11:28 AM
Paul_Johnson [H] PSU Editor & Moderator, 5.5 Years
 
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Not to de-rail the thread here, but the AMD processors have only truely been the best since the Althon 64 came out. Now that is no longer the case. In the 20+ year history of the x86 PC, there are more years where AMD, Cyrix and everyone else were FAR behind Intel in performance and quality.
That's why I used the past tense

The point was that while they were the best their marketing department most likely consisted of a single cubical armed with a monkey and a typewriter but that didn't stop the engineering side.
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Old 12-17-2006, 07:24 AM
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how about with Tagan product?
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