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8/5/12 at 3:09am
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Well , as stated in the title i would like to know if brands do matter in PSUs , and what is a minimium requirement for a gaming rig . im planning to get one soon (:
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8/5/12 at 3:12am
Yes,

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8/5/12 at 3:14am
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Originally Posted by AbsoluteNothing View Post

Well , as stated in the title i would like to know if brands do matter in PSUs , and what is a minimium requirement for a gaming rig . im planning to get one soon (:

yes, a good brand psu is very important for a rig. cause it's the one that's giving power to ur rig, a crappy psu could break or burn something in your computer. a good brand of psu's are Corsair, Seasonic, Coolermaster, Antec, and Silverstone. the minimium requirement for gaming is depend of what you going to put in your rig smile.gif.
Edited by AWESOME_3_SOME - 8/5/12 at 3:17am
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8/5/12 at 8:07am
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no brands do not matter one single bit brands are just the people who put their name on the box what really matter is who is the manufacturer, the company who made the actual unit

as with most units on the market today brand does not mean manufacturer, although there are exceptions like seasonic,enermax and a few others

because the retail power supply market is largely unregulated aside from a brands morals, you get bands who put their names on trash and try to pass it off the customer as being good when it is not and then you get the surprises where a perceived bad brand turns around and get it right with a good unit

what we can take from this is do your research as to who is the actual manufacturer of the psu and dont judge any psu based on brand and marketing
Edited by obsidian86 - 8/5/12 at 3:42pm
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8/5/12 at 8:35am
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no brands do not matter one single bit brands are just the people who put their name on the box what really matter is who is the manufacturer, the company who made the actual unit
as with most units on the market today brand doesn not mean manufacturer, although there are exceptions like seasonic,enermax and a few others
because the retail power supply market is largely unregulated aside from a brands morals, you get bands who put their names on trash and try to pass it off the customer as being good when it is not and then you get the surprises where a perceived bad brand turns around and get it right with a good unit
what we can take from this is do your research as to who is the actual manufacturer of the psu and dont judge any psu based on brand and marketing
Pretty much this, brand is mostly irrelevant in the PSU market, you have to go on a unit-by-unit basis.
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8/5/12 at 8:40am
Yes the psu manufacturers matter it is the heart of your system. Johnyguru does a great job on psu reviews

Here is a list of psu manufactues and who actaully makes them
http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/psu_manufacturers
Edited by Juggalo23451 - 8/5/12 at 8:44am
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8/5/12 at 8:55am
Not really, obsidian explained very well why.... not everything that's branded Antec or Corsair is worthwhile, the same way not everything branded Xigmatek or Vantec (random examples) is trashy or poor.
As broken_projector put it, you need to go on a unit-by-unit basis.
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8/5/12 at 2:03pm
Sometimes you even get borderline results. For instance, the Corsair CX V2 series is pretty cheap and delivers decent quality power - but it is also known for developing irritating coil whine (a noise). Yet Corsair is one of the highest-regarded brands (see awesome's post above).
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