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Welcome! This is the official forum page for PSU Calc, a new power supply calculator built by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts. With the most accurate results, easiest to use interface, and built in power supply recommendations, PSU Calc is the best way to find out what power supply is right for...

I didn't know you guys cared. ;)

Kingwin doesn't have a low end so much as they have older SKUs that they haven't discontinued yet. Their older stuff was pretty mediocre, but the Lazer Gold and Lazer Platinum series are among the best power supplies on the market today.

Mediocre FSP unit. It isn't the same as the piece of garbage TR2 RX that Gabe Torres reviewed a year or two ago. After that review even Thermaltake knew they had to revise it. So the TR2 RX Bronze units. They're... better. They can do their rated wattage. But they're still very mediocre and...

Hi folks, new around here, but I've been helping out the enthusiast community for quite a while as the Power Supply Editor at Overclock.net. ;) This is the Release Candidate v0.99 version of PSUCalc, the new power supply calculator I've been developing in conjunction with another OCN...

No, the older ModXStreams I believe are FSP Epsilons, and Epsilons of that vintage are pretty meh. The ModXStream Pros I believe are decent Sirfa units. It would be an upgrade in wattage, but a downgrade in performance.

Single vs. multiple rails is meaningless.

Both the CX430 and EA430D are a good deal right now. The Corsair CX430 has significantly less +12V capacity and in comparison is more of a 380W power supply. But it's still pretty solid. And either will be more than enough for the system in question. The BP350 is a cheap FSP build. It works but...

A 30% "buffer"? Ridiculous. A quality 750W should run 6970 CrossFire (including unlocked 6950) easily.

The CX430 didn't do 80% efficiency at 430W... It did 79%. Which is probably what the aforementioned PSH situation would result in (maybe 78%).

And you can pull 850W out of a CWT PSH 750W by overdrawing from the +5V and +3.3V, but that doesn't make it an 850W power supply.

What, you talkin' 'bout lil' ol' me? ;) It was blown out of proportion, but it's also still overrated. It's a CWT DSAII 380W, end of story, it doesn't have the +12V capacity to be a true 430W. And something is causing it to do worse at 115VAC than at 230VAC, at least from what I saw on the...