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I’m so happy you guys are getting into psus. I used to only trust johnyguru for psu reviews but they haven’t really been doing stuff for a few years now. You guys are the only KZfaq channel I’d trust the same way as johnyguru.

Corsair CXf, TX, PX, RMx. Just want to see the difference. Seasonic Focus GX, Focus +, PRIME units.

I really want to see Cooler Master's power supplies and Corsair's CV series in future content. They are really well priced and might be a great choice for budget builders.

There’s no end to PSUs to examine so go wild! I enjoy the batch reporting, 5+ psus per video is something I could enjoy consistently if you’re able to work that but no pressure.

For voltage regulation, consider measuring load step regulation: how quickly the rail voltage recovers and stabilizes from a 10-90% stepped load.

PSUs that come with a case, like the NZXT H1 or the one Lian Li bundles with their O11 Dynamic Mini, would be nice to see, so buyers can tell if the combo is a good idea. And please keep mentioning the suppliers for each unit, maybe even do a comparison of different branded PSUs that come from the same supplier, like comparing a higher end EVGA unit (supplied by Super Flower) to the equivalent Super Flower model.

7:18 To clarify: double forward topology refers to primary side of power supply. DC-DC or group regulation refer to secondary side of power supply. Hence those are unrelated, you can have either combination. It does happen of course that double forward PSUs in this test are indeed DC-DC.

Can't wait to see the discrepancy what they are rated at and what other popular supplies are showing during testing. No one else is really doing PSU testing as much anymore. Appreciate the PSU content GN!

I would love to see a roundup of 'with the case' supplies - the CM Masterwatt, TT Litepower, Antec Eco, etc etc etc. Most of them are complete junk (Antec used to be an OK Seasonic OEM) and it seems people still arent getting the message, still, that they arent up to close to what they are rated. Also all your tests only tested LOAD regulation - it would be great to see you get a variac (maybe even an noise injector) and test LINE regulation (ie how does it handle your power going from 130V to 110V, which are still within spec, or even a brownout to 90V). Some test of 240V efficiency would be great too, i have no doubt you have a 240V outlet you can test from. Efficiency at 240 and 120 are VERY different (generally much better at 240V).

I would like to see a round-up of a few of the highest-end PSUs on the market to get a good picture of the range between the highest end and the low end. I also think you should continue mentioning the OEMs precisely because from a consumer protection point of view if any issues consistently come up in the product stack of any given brand, they could be using multiple suppliers; however, if issues come up consistently within the OEM, you can call them out. From a value perspective, many consumers (even myself at times) are subject to the "Noctua effect" where a brand is believed to never do wrong, and it leads to a "no one ever got fired for buying IBM" mindset, so you gravitate towards those products, even if they aren't necessarily the best choice. In the PSU world, that is Seasonic. I have seen so many people recommend non-Seasonic branded PSUs because Seasonic is the OEM. I'm not expecting you to find some spectacular garbage Seasonic PSUs, but we know other companies make outstanding PSUs, and it would be good to put it out there to clear the air.

Would love to see some be quiet series tested. Personally have a Straight Power 11 750W in use that I have no idea how good or bad it actually is.

I love to see you actually walking us through a test using the test equipment that you now have. The way you come to the judgment is a path worth watching not just the kit your testing.

perhaps reviews for SFX form factor PSUs would be nice. Since manufacturers have less space to work with, it would be interesting how they vary.

I don't know how feasible it would be, but it would be interesting to see data on used power supplies to see if their claimed efficiencies hold up over the years

I'd love to see more EVGA PSUs, especially the new "5" series (B5/G5) that is replacing the famous B3/G3 series. Would love to see the difference and/or why EVGA went from the 3 to 5 series.

You guys should also measure the fan noise of these, load normalized. PSU fan is the loudest unit in my rig and I have 8 fans(2 120mm for GPU, case fan swapped, 2 120mm forCPU, 3 140mm and 1 120mm for case) exclude PSU fan. Having semi passive mode PSU absolutely helps.

Great start, rare to see such thorough PSU testing. I'd like to see how the Corsair RMx series performs. The older editions supposedly suffered coil whine. Corsair updated them last year.

I'd be interested to see how sfx PSUs hold up against their regular atx counterparts. I love SFF PCs and am wondering if I perhaps give up efficiency or quietness by buying a small power supply. Atm I'm using an hdplex 400w ac-dc psu, which is very quiet in terms of fan noise, but an absolute nightmare with coil whine.

Please take a look at the bequiet system power 9 line of PSUs

This is the psu content i was looking for

Great stuff! Would love to see testing of some of the more popular units on the PSU Cultist list in the "low priority units" category like EVGA BR units, Gamdias Kratos P1A, Any of the Aresgame units. Maybe some of the better units like the MSI MPG A-GF units in Tier A - put that to the test :)

Here in LATAM the Redragon RPGS 600w 80+ bronze model gc-ps002 is becoming a popular PSU. And if anyone is wondering the 80+ bronze is the standard over here, it is rare to see 80+ silver or gold in hardware stores.

If this is the year of PSU and Fan reviews from GN, then there is finally some good news that we can start to look forward to! It has been a rough couple years, but this is finally something in the tech world that I can actually get excited about. Thanks GN!

So happy to see this, and with such depth and detail. It seems like power supplies are one of the most, if not the most neglected component in pcs. Motherboards, CPUs, and graphics cards seem to be the most covered everywhere else, and you guys do great work with cases, fans, and heatsinks, so I’m glad power supplies are finally getting a spotlight. Information and reviews on them are so hard to find. When I took a computer to a local guy to diagnose it (ended up being a dead motherboard) where he nitpicked, bashed, and condescended every component of my build including the power supply where I heard for the first time the alien words like “ripple” and “droop.” My first thought was, “you motherfu-“ but my immediate next thought was, “wait, what? How do you know? How am _I_ supposed to know?” In short this is greatly appreciated and desperately needed info, and couldn’t come from a better channel.

Please include testing of transient loads! Seasonic got screwed, as you know, with the large transient loads from Nvidia GPUs tripping their protection. Testing with GPUs appropriate for the PSU's power output will give some pass/fail real-world data.

Would be interesting to have some high end powersupplys in the chart. The BeQuiet dark power pro series or some from seasonic for example. As they are often promoted by KZfaqrs.

So glad to see PSU reviews. It's next to impossible to get really good data on current PSUs and I'm very happy to have a good source.

Great video! I would like to see these top tier power supplies face off: -Corsair RM1000x -Corsair HX1000 -BitFenix Whisper 850w -Main Gear Ignition 1000w I am especially interested in the Main Gear PSU.

I want to see you test the Be Quiet! Straight Power 11, or really any of the Be Quiet! PSUs. I don't see them get a whole lot of attention review-wise, I'm currently using a 750W 80-Plus Platinum version right now in my build (which is half a year old), but I usually see the PSU getting three or four stars on Newegg. I'd like to know what might be responsible for that.

Would love to see a comparison between EVGA's 650-850W Gold supplies, since there's something like 5 different models in that wattage and efficiency bracket and the differences aren't very apparent.

Hi Steve. When I was putting my current system together, I looked for the most upvoted PSU in my country (Egypt). Needless to say, given the financial state here, the most important aspect in any product is basically value for money. After a very long search I went with the Bitfenix Whisper 750 80+Gold Modular PSU. It has not been a bad experience so far, but am really curious on how such a decently priced product (at least where I live) puts up against competition. I have also paired it with a Bitfenix Case (Dawn TG) as it was one of the very few cases that would support a 280mm AIO (X62 in this case that I bought based on your recommendations). Thanks so much for such a fantastic effort that's put for the sake of the consumer in this pretty huge industry that would be otherwise much more confusing. Cheers.

Honestly you can never go wrong with seasonic IMO as they are specialized in power supplies. I have asus PSU but if I remember correctly, it's actually made by seasonic. And it's been working really well. Seems like very high quality to me.

I caught a EVGA G3 550 last year for 40 dollars. I see PSUs have gone back up to normal prices since the start of the year.

I would be really interested to see how power spec (microcenter in house brand) power supplies do. Micro center tends to be a go to among the community if there is access to one so they seem like something a lot of people might think about.

Great comparison, I like how you say New Egg, surprised you guys still use them after your investigation and interview with them. Enjoyable and informative as usual, thanks for sharing!

A roundup of SFX PSUs would be pretty great to see as a lot of cases are offering the option of using an SFX or ATX PSU like the NR200.

Like everyone else THANK YOU for this PSU work. My house has 4 gamers and since those systems are older I have had to replace several PSU's lately. ALL of them were sourced from EVGA and its the one thing that scares me the most about building. (done about 6-7 system builds now) There is so much noise on this subject it makes it hard to really get a grip on what is important and what we should be looking for. To be honest I care less about efficiency rather I care about component longevity and don't want to see my 80$-200$ PSU take out my 4000$ system because it had a bad day. Again love your work and thank you for helping to make this hobby better for everyone.

We already know EVGA, Asus, Corsair, Seasonic etc etc have generally well made PSUs. I think it would be of best value to review less known and those very cheap PSU brands such as Coolmax, Apevia,Silverstone, and Raidmax to name a few. Great work GN!

differences between psus from one line. for example be quiet! pure power vs. straight power vs. dark power. in general i would like to see some be quiet! psus tested. i get the feeling this channel is getting to the point where it is the most educational in pc building out there. even better: companys can finally be held responsible and a lot of good changes already occured in the industry because of this channel. i love it.

What I think would be really cool is if you prioritised the less-known and cheaper brands like "GameMax" to see if their products are trustworthy, seeing as most people with regards to PSU's want the cheapest but still reliable option.

Hey GN, long time fan of the channel here (but had pretty low DB until now xD). I'd love to see some testing of both Cougar and lower end Thermaltake power supplies, specifically the Cougar BXM 700 and Tt Litepower RGB. When i first bought a cheap Tt years ago for my RX480, it gave all sorts of crashing problems to intricately coloured screens. After returning it and buying a Corsair RMx, it was def to do with that power supply. Steered clear of Tt since but would like to know if they're worthwhile, especially since EVGA, Seasonic and Fractal power supplies here in Australia are either non existent or extremely expensive. Hopefully you can involve this in your testing suite in the future.

Great job guys, the addition of noise/fan levels and thermals will be great. Would also love to see the addition of SFX testing as well. Would love to see if your sacrificing efficiency when going to a smaller form factor.

I've been using Powerspec PSU's from Micro Center for years, probably over a dozen builds. Never had one die. Would be interesting to see those tested.

I feel like a very important element is missing from these tests. Noise levels. For me, its one of the most important factors when choosing a psu.

It's always great to see more coverage of power supplies, and so I really appreciate what you're doing here. One thing I really hope you do take a look at is some of the budget EVGA units; EVGA does not send any of their budget units to reviewers, so given your resources, I'm hoping that you may be able to shed more light on them. This is especially true given how popular they tend to be. They all claim to have the full suite of protections, but as you pointed out, protections don't matter if they aren't set reasonably. I look forward to other protections being tested in the future as well.

Power supplies are where I lack the most knowledge with regard to essential PC components. I can't wait to see you guys do more of this. Keep it up, GN!

As someone who have been building PCs for more than 25 years, I would love to see the "80+ white - W1 and W2" models from EVGA. Where I live those are basically the best seller budget PSU. They are also the only known brand selling around this part at that price point. Of course I would also like the top tiers from Corsair, Seasonic, Enermax, DeepCool and Cougar. Thank you!!!

I build and repair a ton of PCs at work and these are some of my most reliable PSUs: Fractal Design Ion+ 660P, EVGA 650 P5, be quiet! Straight Power 11 650W, and the Seasonic FOCUS PX-650. I'd love to see a head-to-head test against these good platinum ~650W units as I think they are the best for most use cases.

Wow its like you are looking at my amazon browsing history, except actually purchasing the items to review!

I'm glad to see this finally come to fruition, over the years since the 90s I have had power supply failures in computers I've put together and its always been hard to get any objective data about quality, especially when dealing with the more budget friendly end of the market, the information from manufacturers is, er, fanciful at best and opinions on forums might as well be random unless you see a major trend. At least with some consistant testing we might hope that in time a reasonable judgement at the best buy in a group might at least be possible and lead to a reasonable chance the PSU will last - given that it is the one PC component that is most likely to move from build to build.

That exploding PSU footage never gets old!

So excited to see a PSU addition to the reviews. Was considering an 850 watt PSU for my build and was considering a Corsair RM850X supply. Would be awesome to see a review on this unit

I think it would be interesting to see some of the SUPER low end, no name brand PSUs. I know they are garbage and would never use one, but I have always wondered how garbage and dangerous they are. Might make for a good meme episode.

I appreciate these PSU benchmarks. Ive always looked for and recommended seasonic psus because they have never given me trouble.

It makes me so happy seeing you guys taking up the mantle left by Johnny Guru. Nobody could review psu's like him.... until you. Looking forward to seeing future SFX line ups, mid range and high end/high output reviews

I'd like to see the EVGA units made by Super Flower compared to the newer EVGA units made by FSP. Right now I'd rather go to newegg (yep) and buy a Super Flower as opposed to one of the newer EVGA P3, P6, or G5 units.

I have a couple of ideas for your consideration: - Seeing that they are flooding the market, it would be interesting to see how the cheaper end perform, namely offerings from Redragon, Gamdias, Cougar...etc. I am hoping to see a hidden gem amongst these brands and how well they can communicate if they have a faulty unit. - CoolerMaster MWE series. They served me well over the years, but in my experience they have not-so-good fans - also offerings from Antec, Bitfenix, TT. - The lesser known Corsair offerings like CV and CS series. Should we really stay away from them? - Aorus AP750 and AP850, GN displays the unit in case reviews, and I bought one myself because of that - aside from the obvious reason that the market in my country back in 2020 had no good PSUs offered and everything was out of stock. - Speaking of bad PSU fans, while I understand there are a million videos explaining how to disassemble a PSU and change the fan, maybe film one or two videos on how to do that - for the uninitiated? And when the benchmark chart is built and converged, maybe note if there is a unit with some weird or proprietary things we need to take care of - like an unusual fan measurement or some case locking mechanism that prevents repair or just makes it a hell lot more harder? - Fan specs - if a PSU fan needs to be changed, what kind or what are the specs of that PSU fan? Can we get away with slapping a generic fan and call it a day or does it have to be a high end one with certain air pressure spec?

I really needed and waited for this for a long time because it's so hard to find good reviews on these. Because the reviews range widely from using it safely for 10 years to I build myself a homemade explosive for less than a 100 dollars. Would love to see a more complete list next with like 100 or so power supplies which are the truely best budget powersupplies including some Chinese brands aswell

With inflation/rising prices being the current trend, the most useful roundup you could do now would be the next price tier lower than the PSU's reviewed in this video. The big question is can I go with something cheaper than this, or do I just need to spend the $90 to $100 to obtain one of these units at today's prices? Keep up the good work guys, thanks for great content and rare impartiality and integrity.

Based on my experience building PCs for others, corsairs RMX series from 2019 and 2021 are pretty popular. I also tend to steer my clients to seasonic focus gold power supplies since they're usually cheaper, smaller, and have flat cables as well which makes building with them easier

Would love to see most of the EVGA low-mid range PSUs since they're usually all extremely popular especially in australia

i was waiting for video about these topic for a long time and finally pcmr jesus has finally made one kudos!

I am really happy to see the power supply data set starting up!

I would love to see Antec, Gamdias and Super flower PSU's tested.

Seasonic always seems to be the "can't go wrong" option, would be interesting to see how well the S12ii (much older) or s12iii perform compared to the competition.

I have been using a 850watt AGK Ares Gaming Power Supply with great success, definitely a budget PSU at 79.99.

Gotta love that pause before "... and Newegg".

I mean, PSUs were always so hard to choose. I always just kept going back to EVGA but I also always considered and recommended corsair and Seasonic ones. But that was always based on a blind belief their units are of a good quality. I can't really say I even understand the differences is their product stacks, especially EVGAs, like there's so many different "X amount of power, B something PSU like 650 b5, 650bq, 650bw, 650b, 650b2, some are BR... Etc, etc" and that exists for all tiers, it's so confusing. So I'd really want to ask you guys to help us on that matter, test as many PSUs as possible and maybe run an online Google docs chart? So we can reference all the tested models and maybe make sense of how the product lines work for the different manufacturers? Like maybe EVGA b2 PSUs are good bronze PSUs but the b5 range is not? Or the corsair cx is nice but maybe the vx isn't or something like that.

The depth of their testing is actually incredible

This! This, is the reason I chose to support GN on Patreon, back when Steve said they were starting to investigate PSU-testing. I my oppinion, I think this is the absolute most important component of your system and until now, horrible underrepresentated in YT-review channel reviews... as far as I know... I'm very much looking forward to see future videos and this was a very good start! Thanks Steve and team - my Patreon money have never been wasted - but now it's perfect! (though I'm very curious what you'll do next in terms of upping the level of testing hardware on YT!)

Thanks for helping me fix gaps in my knowledge I had no idea PSU's had different efficacies at different draws. I also recently watched the Liquid cooler Videos and I was under the Impression that the closed loop coolers were 100% liquid I didn't know they had a air bubble to worry about! Thanks for your hard work :)

Thank you for the detailed video once again. Here in Greece , the top user purchase is the Be Quiet System Power 9 600W Full Wired 80 Plus Bronze. I'd really like to see it up on that list. Also , even if its not that popular , i would like to see the SHARKOON ATX SHP 80 PLUS BRONZE 500W cause ive used it on low budget gaming pcs and never 'failed' (its only 30-35€ new) keep up the good work ! Cheers from sunny Greece

I'd love to see you review Microcenter's store brand Powerspec. I've had few of them, and price to performance has impressed me. I did have to RMA one, but I got that done within a couple hours of putting in a ticket and exchanging it in store.

It would be interesting to see how well old high end power supplies like the Corsair ax 860 hold up to this generations GPU power transients.

Steve: "We bought ... budget PSUs ... on ... NewEgg." *fetching popcorn* *suspense intensifies*

*EVGA G2 550:* I wish that it was still available, along with the rest of the EVGA / Super Flower line. The G2 / P2 / T2 models offer EVGA support with Super Flower reliability. They are great units.

I’ve heard real good things about Seasonic Focus GX series. Got a 650 W one myself. Been working fine so far. It’s quiet, and it’s got a 10 year warranty. Would be interesting to see what you guys have to say about it!

I have an EVGA BQ 600 in my system for over 5 years now it has worked extremely well zero issues and powering a lot of hardware, an M2, an SSD, + 3 3TB HDs, it's quiet and solid.

I have a unique suggestion: testing power supplies’ own temperature sensing/protection. I bought a Silverstone SX650-G SFX power supply and it would sporadically shut down on me; I discovered in a negative Newegg review that (allegedly) this PSU does not monitor its own temperature… instead the fan ramps up based on load. So if it’s actually hot in your case - which is common in small form factor cases, where you would put such an SFX power supply - the PSU will not adequately cool itself and will randomly shut down. I wound up replacing it with a Fractal Design Ion SFX power supply, also 650w, and haven’t had problems since.

I want to see a comparison of the mid-range gold modular units. Some examples from CWT include the Corsair RM and RMx, Thermaltake GF1 and MSI AGF. Cooler Master's V Gold V2 line is also a good shout. Finally, the likes of Silverstone and Seasonic who brand their own PSUs.

Great stuff! I would be interested in noise levels at typical loads (e.g. you mentioned 60% load as a typical gaming load ). EDIT: It's particularly interesting in SFX modules I might add, because sff builds oftentimes stand on your desk and are thus perceived as louder at same noise output. My own (mostly) silent PC has a Corsair SF600 Gold built in, which is silent at idle but with some workloads becomes the loudest part in it (still very quiet, but noticable). I would have paid the extra 20 € for the SF600 Platinum, which is supposed to be quieter at loads, if I would have known beforehand.

I can't get over the delivery of the intro LOL

Glad you guys are doing these. Ever since Jonny Guru stopped reviewing, I've been sad. Yeah, I'm old. Long live Oklahoma Wolf!

I'm curious about the variation one might expect unit to unit. Basically - I'm curious whether some of the units tested here were just lucky / unlucky picks. Of course there will certainly be a degree of variation here, but I don't have the same sense of how much variation there will be in practice with PSUs like I do with CPUs or GPUs. If they're relatively rock solid, that's great to know, but makes cases where a power supply could have been rated silver, but was rated bronze instead even more interesting. Having a sense of the typical +/- variation in key statistics like ripple and efficiency would be great, basically. As far as different supplies to test though - I'm curious about the performance of some highly regarded supplies like Corsair HX series or Seasonic PX. 80+ Titanium units are really expensive, and maybe hard to justify for tests like this, but they're also interesting just because it seems like such an uncommon standard vs Platinum. The expense makes it hard to justify for personal builds too of course, and maybe testing would bear out that really Gold or Platinum is more than enough for most people, or maybe that there really is more to supplies that hit Titanium certification.

I'd be particularly interested in seeing how Seasonics Focus Plus line compares to their vanilla Focus line - the 650w model seemed like a fantastic deal compared to other platinum-rated PSUs when I bought one.

Id really like to see something from the EVGA Supernova GA series. It seems a great value leader at gold+, 10 year warranty, and fully modular. Also quite compact for output.

One of my main worries about reviews of budget power supplies, is I fully expect that some vendors are somewhat likely to swap components at a whim based on availability/cost with no transparency such as change in model number. I'm not sure how best to address this, but it may be worth keeping a careful eye out for this practice.

I think you need to get noise measurements (dB at 1 meter - C weighted?) for each PSU at various loads. I'm always struggling to find this type of data. It's very important for my builds that they are quiet. (At least until near full load.) Some PSUs, at low levels don't even turn the Fan on and therefore are silent. Features like that should be noted.

I built 4 PCs this year. I went EVGA for all of them. 500 white, 500 gold, 650 gold and 750 supernova gold. All quiet. No issues. Everything smooth as butter. I will continue. I trust what they do, because they build more complex things than psus, for example NVIDIA video cards. It means they have real circuit board nerds, not just electricians. 🙃

Glad to see this. It will make PSU picking so easy once you get more and more data.

GameMax 850w on Amazon, I've had 2 and one has been going for almost 2 years and I had another die on me after 3 months. They absolutely refunded me though after asking what my system settings were. Hit or miss for me BUT customer service was excellent.

I'd like to see a round-up of bequiet!'s power supply options. I like their fans but am hesitant to purchase a PSU from them.

I love that you still use what is basically my system in some shots (MSI Z170A and MSI GTX1080), Paired with what I think was an under rated PSU at the time (ANTEC Edge 650) - 6 years ago!, with the red rubber edging of course. NLA for a good while now I think.

Love what you guys do. Would love to see some reviews of flex power supplies. No one seems to talk much about them, and the ones that do it’s hard to know whether it’s an actual, objective review.

I would love to see a high end power supply in comparison. maybe a Seasonic prime TX or other high end. I know these models are 2-3x the price but I would like to see both how they compare to these budget models. Is it that much better? Does it make these variations seem bad? Gives a reference point to a high end PSU so when lower end hardware meets it, you know just how good it is.

Seasonic 1000w 80 plus titanium psu with the 12 year warranty.

I bought a SeaSonic FOCUS PX 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply. I just want the reassures that this is a good unit. So if you test this I would be delighted. Love the channel and the professionalism applied to everything you do. Keep up the excellent work. 👍

Great video. Really interesting to see tests on PSUs. I'd like to see the NZXT C750 80+ Gold PSU in future videos

Super flower PSU's were recommend to me, I have the Leadex III 850W gold full mod in one of my rigs. Kinda curious since it is not one of the BIG names just kinda the middle of line pricing at least when I bought mine. Super Flower Leadex III 850W 80+ Gold, Three-Way ECO Mode Fanless, Silent & Cooling Mode, FDB Fan, Full Modular Power Supply, on newegg is the one I have runs about 99 dollars I got mine for like 75 US.