bigdaddy25fb Posted March 29, 2007 Posted March 29, 2007 I know that a list was started by jammin but I don't know how updated it is. Here is an all inclusive list I found at XS with brands listed by Tier's. I'm tired of seeing people complaining about their systems being unstable or something not running right, or having problems or one thing or another. Or some noob buying an 8800gtx only to have it cooked by his generic 600watt PSU. Tier 1 can handle 4Ghz Conroe or 3Ghz AMD along with Oced Quad Crossfire/SLI With Ease. Tier Z offers quality and power unequalled in its wattage range and is second only to other Zippy units. Tier 2 offers almost as much power and stability as Tier 1 at Comparable Wattage levels with lower price/better availability. Tier T offers the high quality components of Tier 2 with slightly less Rail stability due to Topower internals. Tier 3 is ONLY Recommended if Price difference is present between Tier 3 and Tier 2 or due to availability issues with Tier 1/2 PSUs. Tier 4 is recommended for stock or low power systems if Tier 3's are more expensive or are not available. Tier 5 are NOT RECOMMENDED, but some brands have high/medium quality components in Tiers 2 through 4. -----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x----- Tier 1 Brands - The Most Powerful And Stable Components On The Market Enermax Galaxy PCP&C TurboCool PCP&C Silencer >610 Zippy/Emacs SSL Zippy/Emacs GSM Zippy/Emacs PSL Silverstone ZF (Etasis 85/75/56) Seventeam ST >600 (SSI, V2.91) Silverstone OP/DA >700W Tier Z - Less Powerful Than Tier 1 Zippy Units...but they're still Zippys Zippy/Emacs HG2 Zippy/Emacs HP2 Tier 2 Brands - Top Quality components With Top Notch Stability - For Those With Price/Availability Issues With Tier 1 Antec Neo HE Akasa PowerGreen 80+ CoolMax CTG-750W/850W/1KW Cooltek CT Corsair HX Coolermaster Real power Pro Enermax Liberty Enhance ENP-GH Fortron (FSP) GLN Hiper Type-M/R >650W iStarUSA PD2 iStarUSA PD3 OCZ GameXStream OCZ EvoStream OCZ ProXStream PCP&C Silencer <610 Seasonic S12 Seasonic M12 Seasonic Energy Plus SevenTeam ST <600 Silverstone EF Silverstone OP/DA <700W Supermicro/AbleCom Thermaltake Toughpower >600W Ultra X3 Ultra X-Pro Xclio GreatPower Xclio Stable power (greater power's predecesor) Zalman ZM Tier T - High Quality PSUs Made With Topower Internals - Less Rail Stability Compared To Tier 2 But Still Better than Tier 3 Mushkin Enhanced Tagan U95 Tagan U25 Tagan U15 Tagan U22 OCZ PowerStream Tier 3 Brands - High Quality and Stability, Second Only To Tier 2 Brands Acbel Polycom AMS Mercury Akasa PaxPower Akasa PowerPlus (>500W Models) Antec Earthwatt Antec Phantom Antec TruePower III Antec True Power II Antec True Control II Antec Neopower 480W (Old Model) Antec Smart Power 2.0 Athena Power Space Shuttle Series Be Quiet Dark Power Pro Channel Well Enermax Maximum Plus Enermax Noistaker II Enermax Noisetaker Enermax Whisper II Enermax CoolerGiant Enhance ENS-G Epower Xscale Fortron (FSP) GLC Fortron (FSP) THN Fortron AX Fortron HLN Fortron PFN/PN/PA Nmedia Mp Rosewill RP Seasonic Super Versatile Silverstone F Sparkle FSP Spire Rocketeer V/VI Sunbeam Nuuo Sytrin/ nextherm Thermaltake Purepower Thermaltake Toughpower <600W Ultra Xfinity w/ APFC Ultra X Pro Tier 4 - Not Recommend With Tier 3 In same Price/Wattage Range Aerocool Asus Atlas BFG Coolermaster Real Power Coolermaster iGreen Delta Enlight E-Power Futurepower Hiper HIPRO Lite-On Masscool MGE XG Mushkin HP NorthQ 4775-500S/BU OCZ Modstream Scythe Kamariki Sintek Thermaltake TR2 TTGI/Superflower Ultra Xfinity/X2 Tier 5 - Other than the units listed above for any of these brands, NOT RECOMMENDED A-TOP Technology APEX (SUPERCASE/ALLIED) Aspire(Turbo Case) ATADC Athena Power ATRIX Broadway Com Corp Cooler Master Coolmax Deer Diablotek Dynapower USA EagleTech FOXCONN I-Star Computer Co. Ltd In Win JPAC COMPUTER Just PC Kingwin Inc. Linkworld Electronics Logisys Computer MGE MSI NMEDIAPC Norwood Micro/ CompUSA NorthQ NZXT Powmax Q-Tec Raidmax Rosewill SFC Shuttle Skyhawk Spire Coolers Star Micro STARTECH TOPOWER TOP Ultra X-Connect Wintech XClio XION YoungYear Zebronics -----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x----- Perkam@ XtremeSystems.org Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony Posted March 29, 2007 Posted March 29, 2007 Seems pretty good but here are a few I would add: Teir2: OCZ ProXStream Xclio Stable power (greater power's predecesor) Coolermaster Real power Pro Teir3: Antec Earthwatt Ultra Xfinity w/ APFC Ultra X Pro Nmedia Mp Sytrin/ nextherm Rosewill RP Be Quiet! (yeah yeah dumb name ) And thats all I can think of right now, excellent list so far though! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted March 29, 2007 Posted March 29, 2007 if you removed the code tags & added some formatting (color, bold, italics) it would make that list much easier to read Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted March 29, 2007 Posted March 29, 2007 Nice comprehensive list...but I agree with sdy...take the time to pretty it up . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddy25fb Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 Technically it wasn't orginally mine, but I'm sure Perkam wouldn't mind if I added to it and prettied it up since I gave him credit anyway. @Roadkill: I'd have to do some research of my own to see who manufactures those PSU's before I changed this list up. JohnnyGuru helped make it so I'm gonna have to wait a bit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 Oh then he will agree with it He might be undecided on a few as he personally hasnt played with them, nor has someone with an active load tester... but for the most part, he will. Teir2: OCZ ProXStream : FSP Xclio Stable power (greater power's predecesor) : Enhance Coolermaster Real power Pro : Enhance Teir3: Antec Earthwatt : Seasonic Ultra Xfinity w/ APFC : Wintech Ultra X Pro : Andyson Nmedia Mp : Not sure Sytrin/ nextherm SevenTeam Rosewill RP : Not sure, check Jonny Guru's site, thats where I heard of this Be Quiet! (yeah yeah dumb name ) : Top Power Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 Oh I got one to add to the avoid like the plague list... APEVIA (all of them) - Yongyear built! They were previously known as Aspire Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddy25fb Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 Added. Anyone can PM me and I'll research it to find out who makes it and I'll add it to the list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comp Dude2 Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 hiper is down in teir 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddy25fb Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 Updated as of 3/30/2007 Edit: PM is preferred means of updating my initial post. It'll be easier to keep up with what people think or know and won't make the thread as cluttered. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 I really have been pretty hopeless at working on my list , I'm fully aware of that. Most of the information used to compose it thus far probably comes from the same sources as this one. This is indeed a nice list. I personally wanted to avoid simply copying and pasting a list from another forum (not detracting from how good it may be), as then you may as well just provide a link and go and look at it there. Anyway, I think this may finally kick me into action to get my list somewhat finished. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddy25fb Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 I feel you on that the link might be nice, but this is easier to update from here, instead of constantly flipping between forums. Didn't want to seem like I was trying to show you up or anything but it didn't look like you had much done and I was getting tired of seeing posts with people complainging about PC problems or OC issues when they ran some $40 600watt PSU. Another note, if you base your list off of manufacturing or any construction it all, it's going to be extremely similar to this if not the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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