tx750w time for upgrade

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p05ta1

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1.corsair rm850e might be a nice upgrade.
2. tuf gaming asus 850 liking but cables all loose.

My old TX is over 10 years old now so thinking of swapping out before issues start.
B550 board, 2 nvmes, rtx4070 ryzen 7

not sure about quality but that price of about 120$ seems good.
opinions?
 
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I wouldn't buy either. The Corsair is an HEC and the Asus is a Great Wall. Neither manufacturer has a good reputation for quality.

Pay a little more, consider the RMx (CWT), a Seasonic Focus or Prime, Superflower Leadex, EVGA G3 (Superflower).
 
I just picked up an MSI MPG A850G for $110 + tax. The way to get that is by asking Best Buy to pricematch to Microcenter. It is based on one of the higher end CWT platforms so it should be good.
 
I went with the rm1000e, getting is 2 weeks. I seen the 1000 is on the A tier list.
 
i install it today this morning!
The old one was way passed due, clean on outside but inside was caked with gunk from 2009 on wires.
 
Update: New rm1000e is working as good.
System seems very responsive with plenty of power. SSD and graphics are much smoother and no glitches.
Only thing that was issue was my amazon basic battery back up lost power with this power supply. It was a cheaper low end one just to allow pc to run till home generator kicks in .
time for a better one .
 
review update: 3 month in and new PS has no issues !
system is still running great with 24/7 uptime.
 
That's as far as I can see, fat overkill, for your configuration, a better quality power supply of 550w is enough, and to be sure, you could have taken one of 600w or 650w, and it doesn't even have to be from the tier a list, but from the tier b list,and tier c also passes.
 
Strange bird said:
I just look at this list and some things are quite unclear, why should enermax max 2 pro power supplies be bypassed(tier e,to avoid), for what reason is this power supply not good? Gives 456w on 12V rail.For rtx 3060ti and similar gpu cards (which have tdp 200w) enough.
https://www.enermax.com/en/products/maxpro-ii-500w

List:
https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/
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The tier list is not based on wattage, it's based on output quality. Tier E have terrible ripple and voltage control and can damage your equipment.

You really shouldn't be giving advice like an expert when you don't even understand the basics of power supply quality.
 
Tsumi said:
The tier list is not based on wattage, it's based on output quality. Tier E have terrible ripple and voltage control and can damage your equipment.

You really shouldn't be giving advice like an expert when you don't even understand the basics of power supply quality.
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I'm not an expert, but enermax is a well-known company, I have their excellent fans that have been working for 10 years and none of them have failed.
Then why does enermax produce these power supplies if they damage the equipment?

I just see that there is no logic, inside the enermax is Japanese equipment. Main Japanese electrolytic capacitors.
 
Strange bird said:
I'm not an expert, but enermax is a well-known company, I have their excellent fans that have been working for 10 years and none of them have failed.
Then why does enermax produce these power supplies if they damage the equipment?

I just see that there is no logic, inside the enermax is Japanese equipment. Main Japanese electrolytic capacitors.
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In the majority of cases, the brand you see on the outside of a PSU is not the same company that designed and built the PSU. Enermax may have made some design requests (like using their own fans inside or certain desired specs to meet a price point), but they don't actually make PSUs. The results can sometimes lead to otherwise reliable brands selling really shitty products (like the Gigabyte 850GM exploder special) that should be avoided next to quality units that are worthwhile. FSP, Seasonic and Superflower are rare examples of companies that make and sell their own, but also make them for others to sell under their own brands. EVGA sells PSUs made by a host of manufacturers, some of them can be questionable, while others are only cosmetically different from the OEM's own top of the line offerings.

Lastly, just because a company sells/makes a good product in one segment, like the Enermax fans, doesn't mean that everything else they sell must be golden. Or that because they used (allegedly) high quality components, it must be good inside. You can buy a great steak, but if you can't cook, it won't really matter. Japan is not a company, it's a country. On the average, I'd rather have capacitors made in a Japanese factory over a Chinese one, but it doesn't guarantee quality.
 
Strange bird said:
I'm not an expert, but enermax is a well-known company, I have their excellent fans that have been working for 10 years and none of them have failed.
Then why does enermax produce these power supplies if they damage the equipment?

I just see that there is no logic, inside the enermax is Japanese equipment. Main Japanese electrolytic capacitors.
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Unclean power damage, especially to processors and GPUs, occur over time. That's why people can run on crap power supplies and never realise their hardware is failing prematurely because of it. Also, the less the system is loaded, the slower the damage accumulates. Early signs of unclean power include not being able to overclock as high.

Fans are incredibly simple and have one of two failure methods- brushes wearing out or bearings failing. Electronics are incredibly complex and can't be compared in any way. Expertise in one area does not always translate to another.

I already told you what the logic is- ripple control and voltage regulation. There's also others like transient spikes but those are the two big ones. Go use those terms to educate yourself on what makes a good PSU good.
 
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