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Power Supply Unit - Rated By Tier
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Latest Power Supply Unit Tier Listing.


This list goes from Tier 1 (the best) down to Tier 7 (the worst).

Use this as a guide to assist you in selecting the right power supply unit for your computer build.

Tier 1
  • Antec - High Current Pro, High Current Platinum
  • be Quiet! - Dark Power Pro P10, Dark Power Pro 11
  • Corsair - AX, AXi, HXi, RMi, RMx, SF, Vengeance
  • Enermax - Platimax
  • EVGA - G2, G3, P2, PS, T2, 1000G1, 850W and above GS
  • FSP - Aurum PT
  • LEPA - G1600
  • NZXT Hale90V2
  • Seasonic - X, Platinum, Snow Silent, all Fanless units, Prime
  • Sentey - Platinum Power, Golden Steel Power
  • Silverstone - Nightjar
  • Super Flower - Leadex
  • Thermaltake - 1250D-T RGB
  • XFX - Pro Gold, Pro Black, XTS
Tier 2
  • Antec - EDGE, TruePower Classic
  • Azza - Platinum
  • Cooler Master - V-series (fully modular), VSM-series (semi-modular), Masterwatt Maker (it's way too expensive at 450 USD but it's worthy of being tier 2)
  • Corsair - Most RM variants, HX
  • Enermax - Digifanless, RG, GX
  • EVGA - GQ, B2, 550W and 650W GS
  • Fractal Design - Edison M, Tesla R2 650W/1000W, Tesla R3
  • FSP - Hydro G
  • Gigabyte - XP1200M
  • Rosewill - Quark, Fortress, Capstone
  • Seasonic - S12G, G-series/SSRM
  • Sentey - Solid Power SS
  • Silverstone - SX-700 SFX
  • Super Flower - Golden Green
  • Thermaltake - Toughpower Grand, Toughpower Grand Platinum, Toughpower DPS Platinum, EVO 2.0
  • XFX -  Pro XXX, XTR, TS Gold
Tier 3
  • Antec - High Current Gamer, Neo ECO
  • be Quiet! - Straight Power E10
  • Bitfenix - Fury
  • Corsair - "Grey unit" CXM, CSM, some RM variants
  • Deepcool - DQ-ST
  • Fractal - Tesla R2, Integra M
  • Lian Li - SFX-L
  • LEPA - G600
  • OCZ - ZX
  • PC Power & Cooling - Silencer Mk III, Turbo Cool
  • Rosewill - Lightning, Silent Night, Tachyon, Photon
  • Seasonic - M12II, M12II EVO, S12II
  • Silverstone - Gold Evolution, Strider Gold
  • Thermaltake - DPS Gold/RGB, London, BlueEvo 2.0
  • XFX - Core, ProSeries Bronze, TS Bronze
  • Zalman - EBT
Tier 4
  • Antec - EarthWatts/EA Green, Earthwatts Platinum
  • be Quiet! - Power Zone, Pure Power L9, Straight Power E9, Pure Power L8
  • Corsair - Old CXM "Green unit" variants, Rev. 3 "Green unit" variants
  • Cooler Master - GM, GX Storm
  • Cougar - LX
  • Enermax - Revolution X't
  • EVGA - 600B/700B (don't buy the 700B, I don't understand why it exists), NEX-series gold-rated units, BQ
  • Fractal Design - Tesla R2 500W
  • FSP - Aurum Pro, Aurum
  • Inwin - Classic Series
  • Rosewill - Capstone G
  • Silverstone - Strider Plus, Gold SFX
  • Thermaltake - Toughpower Gold, Paris
  • XFX - XT
Tier 5
  • Antec - Basiq VP-F, Basiq BP
  • Corsair - Rev. 2 CX "Green unit" variants
  • Enermax - NaXn 82+
  • EVGA - 450B/500B, NEX-B
  • OCZ - ZT, ModXStream
  • Silverstone - Bronze SFX
Tier 6
  • Antec - Basiq VP
  • Cooler Master - B2
  • Corsair - VS
  • EVGA - 430W/500W/600W 80 PLUS units
  • FSP - Raider Silver
  • Fractal Design - Integra R2
  • NZXT - Hale82 V2
  • OCZ - Fatal1ty
  • Rosewill - Hive, ARC (M)
  • Silverstone - Strider Essential
  • Thermaltake - LitePower, ToughPower, Smart series
  • Zalman - GS/GT
Tier 7
  • Cooler Master - Elite series
  • EVGA - 400W non-80 PLUS certified
  • FSP - Hexa
  • Thermaltake - TR2
  • These are all crap
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What makes a good power supply is the quality of components that they are made of.
The most important is probably the mains rated capacitor due the huge amount of current that goes through them when your computer is on. As cheaper ones may not be able to handle the load and in rare case could even explode.
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