Rosewill LIGHTNING vs Corsair HX

[AT49ers]

I'm looking for a PSU that i can run 2 GPU's with. i was going to gete corsair HX 850W but then i saw this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182063

almost a extra 500 watts only $10 after 20% off O__0 and was wondering you guys opinion on this PSU. the review look good and unless there is something wrong about this PSU i think i might go ahead and get it. thoughts?

 

[claptonman]

No, stay away from Rosewills. Go for the corsair, way better quality and more than enough power.

 

[AT49ers]

whats wrong with it? it's gotten pretty good reviews so far.

 

[claptonman]

whats wrong with it? it's gotten pretty good reviews so far.

They're newegg's in-house brand and has a general reputation of being of low quality and low efficiency, compared to higher-quality designs. If you look at the specs, the Rosewill was tested at 25c, which is way cooler than normal, thus giving better efficiency numbers. Now take a look at the Corsair. Full-power output at 50c. Way more reasonable normal operating temp.

Reviews don't mean everything. Just because it works at the time doesn't mean if it fails, they will come back and re-review it. Even if going by the reviews, the corsair has way more reviews, while maintaining a 5-egg rating and 84% of the reviews being 5 stars.

 

[AT49ers]

mmk the other PSU i was thinking of was the soon to be released Thermaltake Evo blue 2.0. except i don't know the release date for that. do you have any info on that?

 

[claptonman]

Thermaltake is one of those on-the-fence brand. From the specs, it is rated at 50c and full power output. That corsair is still a great unit and you should not have to worry about.

And this says it was released, probably just not on newegg.

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20618&Itemid=47