New PSU?

I figured Apevia was a dumper but it wasn't added to the "BAD" list like Aspire is already on! Gee time for some editing there I guess. :P Let's see what the new edit looks like.


Good:
Antec(except Smart Power models) - Astec - AOpen - Channel Well - Coolermaster - Enermax(except Liberty models)
- Enlight - Fortron Source (Sparkle) - HEC - OCZ Technology - PC Power & Cooling - PowerMan
- Seasonic - SilenX - SilverStone - Tagan - TTGI/SuperFlower - Vantec - Zippy / Emacs - Verax - Zalman
- Corsair

Bad:
Allied - Antec Smart Power models seem to lack(recommend True Power or NeoHE)- Apevia - Aspire - CoolMax - DEER - Enermax Liberty models - EYE-T
- KingStar - L&C - Linkworld - Logisys - PowerMagic - PowerUp - Powmax - Q-Tec - Raidmax - Skyhawk - Star
- Turbolink - Ultra - ThermalTake(complaints heard) - Rosewill
 
Is that the first one you have owned? The lists here are an accumilation over a lenthy period of time by several not one. ceewi1 just confirmed my immediate thoughts on the Apevia when bringing up the Aspire name along with it. That's on the "foobar" list as you can see. :P

On rather "rare" occasions you can sometimes slide with a "cheapie" for basic uses like checking mail and browsing. But once you start gaming or running any demanding combinations suddenly there's an... :eek: ut oh! when the power drops off or the system suddenly goes dark.
 
APEVIA is garbage for a psu, go with the antec. I would take a 450 watt antec over that 600 watt, efficiency is almost as important as wattage.
 
Gee I just added a 500gb sata drive and still haven't swapped out the Antec TP II 480w for the TP II 550w I have sitting around here somewhere. I had to switch from the 430w model in the old case with a Socket A for the newer model due to not having the 20+4 main power connector. Right after ordering the TP II 550w newegg suddenly had the TP3 550w model.

That will be considered if I add three more WD 500gb sata drive to have an array going. Antec has always been reliable and stable despite the hardware swaps. And that's the thing to really look rather the amps on a rail or output totals.
 
I'm with PC Eye on this. Don't start adding units unless you know a lot about the entire product line. Many companies sell both terrible and excellent units. Take Ultra, for example. The X-Pros are great, X-Finitys are good, XVS above 600W are good, XVS below 600W are mediocre, X-Connects are TERRIBLE.

I'd take a Corsair over an Antec any day though. Both are based on Seasonic platforms, but the Corsair uses the higher grade platform (the same as the actual Seasonic units), whereas the Antec TPIIIs use a cut down version of it.

Right after ordering the TP II 550w newegg suddenly had the TP3 550w model.
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That's the problem ordering units too far in advance :)
 
You can't win them all but you can try. Gee I have Seasonic on the "good" list for some reason? hhhmmm... :confused: But I still have the TP2 480w running strong here. I don't have to worry about the TP2 550w let alone the TP3 models at this point. :P
 
Seasonic are great, no question about it, although I'd take the high end Seasonic over the cut down Seasonic myself.

EDIT: From the PSU Expert jonnyguru:
Antec TPIII
Corsair HX520W.

The Corsair gets a 9 while the Antec gets a 7.5
 
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Sooo... aren't you glad I stayed with a Channel Well version? :P I knew I had some reason for putting Seasonic on the recommended "good" list. :D
 
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