Corsair 520HX vs OCZ StealthxStream 600w

[qwertyaas]

Which PSU would be the better value to get for the money and overall. Seeing as though the Corsair has 40a on the 12v line (acts as one line), and the OCZ has 580w for the 12v, but not sure if that's shared with the other lines. I could buy the OCZ for $50 + tax or the Corsair for $69. What would be the better choice?

Overall, which is the more powerful PSU that would be lasting me. Since I'm not exactly sure of the total amps on the 12v for the OCZ but they do say it has 580w (although not sure if it's shared with the 3v/5v lines). If it is indeed 580w, 48a is a pretty nice amount over the 40a of the Corsair.


I guess in a nutshell, I just want the best PSU out of the two taking power, quality and staying power into consideration (hopefully the Corsair can last a video card upgrade if I choose to upgrade next Nov., I guess that's what I'm worried about).

Specs:
E6420 OC'ed
4x1GB Ballistix 6400
GA-P35C-DS3R
XFX 8800GTS XXX
2 IDE HD
DVD-RW
5-6 80mm Fans

 

[WildHorse]

Welcome to these forums!

I'm pretty sure that both brands are just marketing companies, and that the actual hardware is manufactured by other companies for their labels.

I think FSP Group (Fortron Source) builds the OCZ psu's. FSP makes the PSUs for several brand names, and is a known-excellent manufacturer. If you buy the FSP psu with a OCZ label on it, then you get a colored light in the fan. I believe that's the only difference, other than price, and OCZ may give a little longer warranty than FSP, which to me would be worth a little higher price.

I don't know who builds the Corsair. It could be that Corsair buys their PSUs from multiple suppliers, then relabels & sells them. Nothing wrong with that because I'm sure they enforce good quality assurance to protect their name in the marketplace.

As for your decision, you'll buy a good PSU from either brand. Both have excellent reputations. I'd buy the cheaper OCZ one. The Corsair cabling is modular and I've come to believe modular is less desirable. I looked at the specs for both and I like the OCZ better. That's a killer low price you quoted. What a great deal for you!

I've owned RAM from both OCZ & Corsair, both good experiences, both real good companies.

I just ordered this 2 days ago, and it should arrive tomorrow:
FSP


EDIT: Well I just discovered that I could've bought the same FSP FX 700-GLN 700W psu, but with the OCZ label, for $5.oo less and a 1-year longer warranty, also from newegg.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Scott you are so mistaken....
also Seasonic builds Corsair!1

Wher do you dig that stuff up about multiple suppliers???

You can`t base the fact that you owned RAM from both companies as being an accurate guage of whether you should buy the PSU`s....hmmm

It`s really a no brainer....when comparing the 2 PSU`s...

The Corsair over the OCZ 100 times out of 100!!

 

[WildHorse]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
Scott you are so mistaken....
also Seasonic builds Corsair!1

Wher do you dig that stuff up about multiple suppliers???

You can`t base the fact that you owned RAM from both companies as being an accurate guage of whether you should buy the PSU`s....hmmm

It`s really a no brainer....when comparing the 2 PSU`s...

The Corsair over the OCZ 100 times out of 100!!

So maybe Corsair only has 1 supplier, as I said I don't know. My point was that Corsair is a marketing brand, and some different company is the manufacturer. So you say Corsair buys its psu's from Seasonic. Maybe you are right about that, as I said I don't know.

What I meant by referencing my experience owning RAM is that's my basis for respecting both companies generally, and not specifically in relation to their psu's.

As for your opinion about Seasonic (Corsair) vs. FSP Group (OCZ), you're certainly welcome to your opinion. In my opposite opinion, I just bought the FSP, which I evaluated as the best bang for the buck for the rig it's going into, to hold me over till someday I build a quad-cpu rig. It's replacing a failed psu in a big CM Stacker case with a lot of HDDs and a power-hungy gpu. I hear good things about the Corsair PSU's, angry games on DIY Street says it's his favorite, but they're overpriced.

My other 2 desktops (3 total) have XClio "bargain" psu's that work good, and I don't know who built the psu in my Dell Latitude laptop.

 

[Treripica]

From the forum reading I've done as research for my PSU(Corsair HX520), both FSP and Seasonic have excellent reputations for PSU's.

I'm reluctant to poo-poo FSP over my one experience with them, but I got their pooper 530w. It sounded like enough power, only to find it was distributed all wrong for my setup. I gave it to one of my co-workers, who put it under the load of a Mosin Nagant. Suffice it to say it fared much, much worse :evil:

These days, my luck seems to swing with PSU's from Enhance(like Silverstone) and Seasonic(Corsair). The Corsair seems to be received quite well from critics and users alike, myself included.

 

[A554SS1N]

Go with Corsair, I did, and so have many others. They are, as said, Seasonic made PSU's, and they are the more reliable brand.