PSU Tier List rev. 16.1
Last Update: 03-10-2020
Legend :
Green - small form-factor [gold and blue colors are disregarded due to scarcity of SFX PSUs] Gold - best units in the tier [includes requirements for blue color in tier A] Blue - quiet operation under moderate load [see details in the spreadsheet] Hyphen / Dash - Series / lineups separator Slash - Models [inside one series] separator Parenthesis / Round brackets - Model variations [which belong to the same position] Square brackets - Additional description [wattage range, part of SKU code, label / casing color, release year] Numbers in red colored square brackets - footnotes, see descritptions at the end of respective tiers Low priority subtiers - Lack of info [no reviews] or minor issues [see the corresponding tab in the spreadsheet]. Not recommended for purchase over any normal priority units. Multi-rail units - Not necessarily better than single-rail units but provide an extra layer of protection by having 12V OCP set lower than total capacity, which is especially relevant for very high capacity units [=>1kW]. Pay attention to rails configuration when using with high power draw components to avoid shutdowns.
See spreadsheet
for changelog, methodology, detailed description of colors, review sources, notes on grayed-out units including issues like GPU incompatibility or quality and performance issues, and other additional info.
– Tier A • High-end
[ multi/single-rail switchable ]
- Be Quiet! | Dark Power 12 [non-Pro] – Dark Power Pro 11 / Pro 12
- Cooler Master | V Platinum 2019 [MPZ] [11]
- Corsair | AX1600i [9] – HX Platinum – RMi – HXi 2022
[ multi-rail ]
- Antec | High Current Pro [HCP] Platinum [11][13]
- Be Quiet! | Straight Power 11 [13] Gold / Platinum – Pure Power 11 FM[13]
- Bitfenix | Formula Gold [13] – Whisper M [13]
- Enermax | Revolution D.F [13]
[ single-rail ]
- ADATA / XPG | Core Reactor – Cybercore [11]
- Antec | Earthwatts [EA] Gold Pro [7y warranty] [4][7] / Gold Pro White – High Current Gamer [HCG] Gold [7] / Extreme [7]
- ASUS | ROG Strix [11] – Thor 850W [7][11]
- Chieftec / Chieftronic | Powerplay Gold [11] / Platinum
- Cooler Master | V Gold V2 – V SFX Gold – XG Platinum – XG Plus Platinum – M2000
- Corsair | RMx 2015 – RMx 2018 – RMx 2021 – RM 2019 – RM 2021 – SF Gold / Platinum [2] – RMe – TXm Gold 2017 [circular grille] / 2021 [triangular grille]
- Cougar | GX-F [Aurum] – Polar
- Deepcool | PQ-M [7]
- EVGA | Supernova G7 / G2[L] [11] / G6 [850W] / P2 [11] / P6 [850W] / T2 [11]
- Fractal Design | ION Gold / SFX Gold – ION+ Platinum / ION+ 2 Platinum
- FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | Hydro G Pro / PT / PTM / PTM Pro =>850W
- Kolink / Casecom | Continuum C-PL 1500w [v1, C-PL]
- MSI | MEG AI-P – MPG A1000G / A-GF [11]
- NZXT / Enjie | C Gold 2020 [V1, 120mm fan]
- Phanteks | AMP – Revolt Pro [7]
- Riotoro | Enigma G2 [7]
- Seasonic / Haiyun | Focus [7] GM [Gold semi-mod.] / GX [Gold fully-mod.] / PX [Platinum] / SGX 2019 [SFX-L] – Prime [8] GX [Gold] 750W [2]
- ADX / Curry | Power W Gold
- Aerocool | Aero Bronze – KCAS M 850 / Plus / G[M]
- Antec | Atom G [purple-label] – High Current Gamer [HCG] 2018 – Neo Eco Gold Zen
- Apevia | Prestige
- AZZA / QBOX | PSAZ Gold
- Chieftec | SteelPower
- Cougar | BXM – VTE X2 – GEC[5]
- Deepcool | DA-N 500/600 – PF =>750W
- Enermax | Marblebron
- EVGA | BA – BR – GD R1 – Supernova M1 1300W
- Fractal Design | Anode
- FSP / Fortron / Quanhan | HEXA Plus Pro / 85+ – Hydro GD / GSM Lite PRO / MX / K Pro / [M] Pro Bronze – Hyper M85+ – HV Pro – MS 600W – Raider II – SFX Pro
- Gamdias | Kratos P1A
- Great Wall / Hunters | Fire
- Green | ESD – EUD – HED – UK
- High Power | Performance Pro
- Hyte | Revolt 3 case PSU [iBuyPower SFXL-A700GD-IBP]
- InWin | Compact / CS – F1
- Kolink / Casecom | Modular KL-M
- Micronics | Astro G – Compact SFX GD – Classic II Bronze / II Full Change – Cyclone III – Performance II PV – Zero
- nFortec | Vanth [2]
- Powerspec | PS-BSM 750W
- Raidmax | Cobra AE Gold =>850 / AE-B / AE-M – Hive S FM – Vortex Gold AE-V – Vampire GH
- Rosewill | Glacier 850/1000W – Photon 850/1000/1200W – PMG – RBR-MS – Tachyon =>850W – Lepton – Valens
- Seasonic / Haiyun | S12II EVO
- Segotep / Colorful | GF-SFX – GP-G [4]
- Silverstone | Decathlon Gold DA-G 750/850W [2] – Extreme SFX – SFX SX-B / SX-G 600W – VIVA Bronze
- Thermaltake | Toughpower GX2 / SFX [‘TT Premium Edition’]
- Xigmatek | Hydra M – Shogun G
- Xilence | Performance A+ X30w [5] / A+ III X50W [5] / X [5]
- Zalman | Wattgiga – GVM =>850W
[2] High wattage [=>750W] CWT GPX based units have problems with failing burn-in test under sub 100VAC input, treat as 230V only [JonnyGURU]. [4] Two versions of Segotep GP-G exist, older v1 version is non-LLC resonant and they’re very hard to extinguish externally, hence model tiering based on v1. [5] Units with 230V only input voltage range [6] Out of production, any listings you would encounter today would either be used, refurbished or at the very least being long in storage. Buy at your discretion. [7] Early models\wattages of Gigabyte P-GM had massive QC issues, see footnote for tier F entry. 1000W SKU is more recent and assumed to be fixed from the start, although there are no reviews to confirm that so buy at your discretion.
– Tier D • Only for iGPU builds
- Corsair | CV