OCZ Silencer 750 Quad CrossFire Edition PSU

[Rastalovich]

Afaic, being in work I`d glance to my right to see half a dozen fried Dell psus w8ing to be collected, they go for price vS performance and find an equalibrium.

Haven`t had too many duff HP ones, they use some nifty looking 365w psu from xyz manufacturer in all their dc series from 7100 upto their latest 7700. That`s to power a p4 upto an E6400 system with profession gfx/sound cards w/masses of gigs and drives. Quite a confident stride for such a low badged unit. All @ stock levels as u can appreciate. Lacking in molex connectors these days to be fair, but hey they don`t use a mobo that supports ide etc now.

Reason I would say they won`t use a modular is b`cos it isn`t generic. They`d rather a velcro strap to keep all the cables together - works well lol. One big reason not to use them in a manuf pc is that it`s one less thing for some1 to check hasn`t "come-out", cost for some1 to check that would be more than a psu.

I`l take a closer look at the manuf of these psus, I mean the price won`t matter to them that much cos of course they`re gonna be buying them by the pallet load. Reliability would be the biggest factor vS the price, as I hinted at.

 

[PP Mguire]

Yes but simply putting a top-end PC on a PSU does not stress it tbh

Put a load tester on it and you'll get results that are a little more like it

Well you just proved my point. If my top end PC isnt stressing it then what do i have to worry about? Seriously, yall are making such a big deal about it. If it sucked that bad no enthusiast would buy a modular PSU, nor would any high end company be making them. Like OCZ we where discusing. TBH i think its just paranoia. Seriously, you can run a SLI machine on a decent 550watt PSU with 80% efficiency. Im not running half that on my 550watt. People are so worried about running their PSUs at 100%. Well yea, headroom is ok but its not needed. Your PSU is made to handle 100% load all the time. If its not able to take it, maybe you should reconsider paying over 100 bucks for that particular PSU. THink about that for a second.

 

[FarFarAway]

Your PSU is made to handle 100% load all the time. If its not able to take it, maybe you should reconsider paying over 100 bucks for that particular PSU. THink about that for a second.

Think about what? Your point makes no sense.

PCP&C makes mission critical PSU's for servers etc, which is a market that does not use modular...ever

 

[Rastalovich]

PCP&C makes mission critical PSU's for servers etc, which is a market that does not use modular...ever

oo now oo erm not in the modular sense we`re talking about here.

But there are the type of psu u can `yank` out the back of a 1u rack and just slip a new one in without dealing with wires to connect to u`r mobo etc. Simply saves taking out the whole server unit to maintain it, u can just walk around the rear and do a quick change out. Don`t know anything technical beyond that tho, all I`ve seen are the parts. Don`t even know what type of servers they are.

I think throwing in the professional cause as a basis of not using modular psu in general is a bit flimsy tbh. It`s a usable statement in as far as 99.9999% probably wouldn`t, but the reasons as to why not are a little massaged to promote the cause, or left vague if u like.

 

[FarFarAway]

Ye tis marketing stuff, but based in truth

PCP&C are the best PSU's in the world tbh

 

[Ham]

Anyone got a diagram for a load tester? I could test a mod vs non-mod for just about anything here...

Going too be a bit unfair though... Murderous Seasonic M12 vs generic hiper 350w as thats all ive got lying about.

 

[Rastalovich]

Hmm, fluctuations within different psus, I think the best test would be to test one as a modular - then solder the cables directly to the pcb. Sounds like an overly big job tho.

 

[PP Mguire]

Think about what? Your point makes no sense.

My point was the whole post. Like Rast said your generalizing on just "servers and corps". I dont care about that stuff as i only deal with home PCs and enthusiasts. Im sure my gaming PC with my modular PSU would not be a big corps server running 24/7 :/

So in any sense my point is, the resistance of my modular PSU (if any) dosent even make a difference because of the point you made. Which proved me right. If my PC dosent give my PSU a full load then what does it matter?

In other words, people are just paranoid about modular PSUs period.