PC Peripherals Seasonic Bronze S12II 430 or Corsair VX450

[harryneopotter]

after VX450, u can have a look at the GP-650AL from Glacial power !!!! DAMN GOOD PSU at its price !!!

 

[has33]

Best PSU:

For ~ 3K Corsair CX400W

For ~ 3.5K CM RPP 460W

For ~ 4K Corsair VX450W

For ~ 4.5K Glacial Power AL 600 / Tagan BZ500W but glacial is better n more powerful.

For ~ 5K Antec TPT 550W (better than the other 2) / CM RPP 550W (OEM) / Seasonic 500W

For ~ 5.5K Corsair VX550W

But Glacial Power AL 600 is better than all in 5K n 5.5K range hyeah:

EDIT:

Damn U HNP .. U beat me to it

Wonder if my chart on the other site, had something to do with it :cool2:

 

[chiron]

I was so disappointed after spending 4.1k for the vx450 after the deals for it ran out(when prices came as low as 3.15k) but I guess its holding up still :hap2:

 

[HoliC]

dude@chiron

when did that happen??

i mean prices dropping to 3.15k...

Also has33

so should i buy the GP al600 then???

u sure it is for 4.5k??

Also where is it available in mumbai??

Also r u absolutely sure that it is better than vx450[is GP as reputed as corsair]??? n by how much??considering theRAILS thingy, FAN[ball bearing or not, quiet] etc...

The warranty acc. to the website is only 2 yrs for GP n 5 yrs for corsair??

 

[has33]

Here u go:

GlacialPower GP-AL 650A - PCShopTalk Forum

glacialpower gp-al650

GlacialPower GP-AL650A 650W PSU Review - Hardware Bistro

GlacialPower GP-AL650A Power Supply

ETC

If I get enuff interests, I'll start a GO

 

[BIKeINSTEIN]

Wonder if my chart on the other site, had something to do with it :cool2:

Long time no see guruji.

I have a few sincere doubts.

Assuming almost similar components and quality, what is a better choice and why?

single 12v rail with 33A or dual rails with 17A each?

And how large a difference is it, if any?

Also what is the maximum and average efficiency of a ordinary 80 plus psu, say a Corsair VX450 and a 80 plus bronze certified Seasonic S12II 500?

And how much warranty do Seasonic and Corsair offer internationally and locallly here in India?

 

[has33]

Its been great, Ne*phew*

Anyways .. few days ago, I was on the SAPPHIRE Pure line of PSU's thread on XS which basically started off with fanbois whining abt how it was not on a single rail and was modular ... with loads of the banana/eeks smileys, till the actual guruji's *yup, Jhonny bhai, Fuggy, Gautam, etc* took over.

Honestly, the single rail being better than multi rail .. n non-modular being more enthusiastic than modular, etc etc .. has all become talks of the stereotypes.

I know, I m one

But technically, check the difference Urself:

http://www.80plus.org/manu/psu/psu_reports/CORSAIR_CMPSU-450VX_450W_Report.pdf

http://www.80plus.org/manu/psu/psu_reports/SEASONIC_S12II-500Bronze_ECOS 1241_500W_Report.pdf

Check the cumulative of 12V, output watts, min/avg/max efficiency, etc n U yourself tell me whats better.

I don't remember the link but at this one review, they tried to pull more power from the +12V2 rail, by configuring very low current, on the 12V1 rail. They managed to pull over 23A 4m a single rail .. n it still had more juice left hyeah:

See, Artic cooling's Fusion 550RF, Antec's EA500, Corsair's VX450, SilverPower's SS500, etc are all based on Seasonic's S12II 500W .. hence, very very identical ... and still ve their pro's and cons.

If U go to see the cost, warranty n stuff, VX450 is defly a better buy in India n hence I suggested the OP to get the VX450W, in my previous post, yesterday.

But performance wise, Seasonic 500W does beats the VX 450W .. obviously, by a small margin.

 

[madnav]

yes seasonic wins by a margin in efficiency although it does loose..again by a hair line margin in terms of pfc and THD.

i would suggest whichever that is cheaper between those two

 

[harryneopotter]

EDIT:

Damn U HNP .. U beat me to it

Wonder if my chart on the other site, had something to do with it :cool2:

So r u hawk ???? lolz bro, its nuthing to do with the chart yet hyeah::bleh: unfortunately, i also know a little about PSU's and was thinking of joining ur mini project, but after seeing those many biggie names there, i changed my mind for the better of it .

The above post is written assuming that has33 is sumone whom i knw by the name of HAWK. If not, then Please ignore that part of the past .

@ Holic: yea, thts the only -ve bout the GP650, the puny two year warranty. Otherwise its almost 90% efficient and much better in performance than VX450. And u can surely get it around 4.5k (a bit of haggling might be required)

 

[HoliC]

So i shud buy the Glacial power 650al???????

No where in the reviews it is written that it is better thn vx450.

 

[Udit]

GlacialPower GP-AL650AA 650 W Power Supply Review | Hardware Secrets

Corsair VX450W Power Supply Review | Hardware Secrets

 

[dOm1naTOr]

So i shud buy the Glacial power 650al???????

No where in the reviews it is written that it is better thn vx450.

Other than warranty, GP AL-650AA is anyday better than VX450, in loading, effieciency....

lets say, u put 450~500W load on it.
VX 450 is 83.3% efficient at 450W load > Corsair VX450W Power Supply Review | Hardware Secrets

While the GP 650 is loaded with a 500w load.
check the efficiency of 87% > GlacialPower GP-AL650AA 650 W Power Supply Review | Hardware Secrets

So unless you want fully sleeved and 5 yr warranty PSU, GP 650 is the way to go, coz in case you win a lottery and buy a GTX 295...u wont have to change the PSU.hyeah:

 

[titana]

^^VX450 is better in ripple values too.