Found this interesting. ^_^
http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/PSU_Manufacturers
Now you'll know if you should get a certain brand PSU.
For anyone who is to lazy to click the link I copy and pasted directly for your convenience.
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Edit: This should be stickied for everyone's convenience.
http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/PSU_Manufacturers
Now you'll know if you should get a certain brand PSU.
For anyone who is to lazy to click the link I copy and pasted directly for your convenience.
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Who is the manufacturer of your PSU? Please also see the [[psu | Power Supply Unit]], [[psu_wattage | PSU Wattage]] and [[PSU_Recommendations | PSU Recommendations]] wikis. Still a work-in-progress Many common branded PSUs are not made by the company that sells them. In fact, most companies that sell PSUs do not actually make them - rather, they are re-branded OEM products from specialised PSU-manufacturing companies. The following is a list of common PSUs and their actual manufacturers. Antec CP-850 - Delta Basiq - FSP (Fortron Source) Earthwatts EA380 - Seasonic Earthwatts EA430/500 (Old models) - Seasonic Earthwatts EA430D/500D (Current models) - Delta Earthwatts EA650 - Delta Earthwatts EA750 - Delta NeoHE - Seasonic NeoPower 430, 500, 550, 650 - Seasonic EcoPower 380W - Seasonic NeoPower 480W - Channel Well (CWT) Phantom - Channel Well (CWT) Signature - Delta Smart Power - Channel Well (CWT) Smart Power 2 - Channel Well (CWT) True Power - Channel Well (CWT) True Power 2 - Channel Well (CWT) True Power Trio - Seasonic True Power New - Seasonic True Power Quattro - Enhance Antec is a well known PSU company that has had questionable PSUs in the past. Their older CWT-built models were plagued with failure of their Fuhjyyu capacitors. Since changing their main OEM for the mainstream units to Seasonic, Antec PSUs have improved substantially. They now use Delta Electronics for their high end PSU's and are very high quality. Cooler Master Extreme Power 380W/430W PMSR/PMSP - HiPro Extreme Power 380W/430W PCAR/PCAP - Acbel Extreme Power ≥500W - Seventeam Extreme Power Plus - Acbel iGreen - Acbel GX - Seventeam Real Power - ? Real Power Pro/M ≤750W - Acbel Real Power Pro/M ≥850W - Enhance Silent Pro 500W-700W - Enhance Silent Pro M1000 - FSP Most of the PSU's Coolermaster brand are midrange budget/value models, whilst they will get the job done there are usually better options at the same price levels. The newer Enhance models are quite good. Corsair CX-400 - Seasonic VX-450 - Seasonic VX-550 - Channel Well (CWT) (PSH platform) TX-650 - Seasonic TX-750 - Channel Well (CWT) (PSH(older) platform) TX-850 - Channel Well (CWT) (PSH(older) platform) TX-950 - Channel Well (CWT) (DSG platform) HX-450 - Seasonic HX-520 - Seasonic HX-620 - Seasonic HX-650 - Seasonic HX-750 - Channel Well (CWT) (DSG platform) HX-850 - Channel Well (CWT) (DSG platform) HX-1000 - Channel Well (CWT) AX-750 - Seasonic AX-850 - Seasonic AX-1200 - Flextronics Corsair (known for its memory products) made a big impact with their initial Seasonic-built HX series. All products since have been top notch and are among the best performing, quietest, and best value PSU's. The Seasonic models are generally quietest, but all models have excellent performance. The AX series is the latest and greatest series. Fortron Source (FSP) FSP manufacture their own PSUs. Been around for a long time, most PSU's they manufacture are average to slightly above average units. Gigabyte Superb 460W - FSP (FSP400-60GLN) Superb Power >460W - Acbel Odin GT - Channel Well (CWT) Odin Pro 1200W - Channel Well (CWT) Hiper 630W, 680W, 780W, 880W - Channel Well (CWT) Other models - Andyson Lian-Li Silent Force - Sirtec Maxima Force - Acbel OCZ GameXstream - Forton Source (FSP) (Epsilon platform) StealthXstream - Forton Source (FSP) (Epsilon platform) EliteXstream 1000W - Impervio OCZ used FSP as its OEM manufacturer for a long time. Their PSUs were of questionable quality, being based on the Epsilon model. However, they have taken a big step forward since acquiring PC Power & Cooling in 2007. The Impervio units are very good. PC Power & Cooling (owned by OCZ) Silencer - Seasonic Turbo Cool - Wintact The 1kW Turbo Cool is considered one of the highest quality PSUs available; despite being one of the loudest, it is a high-quality server-grade PSU. The Silencer series is good, although their are better Seasonic built units available, that are also quieter and better value. PCP&C units are not sold in Aus. Seasonic Seasonic manufacture their own PSUs. Long time PSU manufacturer, all of their products are very good, one of the few OEM's to still make quality low-mid power units. Seasonic units are generally quiet, high quality and good value. Seventeam Seventeam manufacture their own PSUs. Silverstone Element ST50EF - Enhance Element ST50EFP - Enhance Element ST70EF - FSP Element ST85EF - Seventeam Strider ST405 - Enhance Strider ST50F - FSP Strider ST85F-P - Enhance Strider ST1500 - Enhance Olympia OP650 - Impervio Olympia OP1000(1000-E) - Seventeam Olympia OP1000-P - Impervio Olympia OP1200 - Seventeam Decathalon DA650 - Impervio Decathalon DA1000 - Seventeam Decathalon DA1200 - Seventeam Zeus(ZF)(<1000W) - Etatis Zeus ZM 1200 - Impervio Silverstone have some excellent PSU's, and some average ones. The units built by Etatis and Impervio are excellent, the Enhance built models range from very good to excellent, the Seventeam units range from very good to average, the cheaper FSP models are mainly budget units. Thermaltake TR2 430W (XP-550) - HEC Pure Power - Sirtec (some HEC and CWT models) PurePower RX - Channel Well (CWT) TR2 420W, 470W, 500W, 550W - Channel Well (CWT) TR2 RX - Channel Well (CWT) Tough Power >850W - Channel Well (CWT) (PSH platform) Tough Power <1000W - Channel Well (CWT) (PUC platform) Thermaltake PSUs have a long-standing reputation of being average at best. They switched their OEM to Channel Well (CWT) for the Tough Power and later PurePower RX series, which have some good units. You need to know what you are buying when you get a Thermaltake. Vantec ION 350W/460W - Topower ION2 460W - Topower ION2+ 450W/500W/550W - Andyson Xigmatek <750W - Channel Well (CWT) (PSH platform) ≥1000W - Channel Well (CWT) (PUC platform) Xigmatek (known for its CPU coolers) are new to selling PSUs. They use well-respected Channel Well (CWT) platforms for their products. XFX XFX-650w - Seasonic Zalman ZM360B-APS - FSP? >500W ZM units - FSP ZM-500 - FSP ZM-600 - FSP ZM-750 - FSP ZM-850 - Enhance ZM-1000 - Enhance |