How are Thermaltake PSU Brand in mining?

[adaseb]

I am debating whether to purchase an Thermaletake 850W PSU to power 2 of my Antminers.

I had good performance with Corsairs and used them in all my rigs.

Just wondering how Thermaltake performs? I know they are popular in the overclocking world and might be good builds?

[NeuroticFish]

My computer had some 3 years ago a Thermaltake PSU. It was very nice and quiet.
One day, my son (was about 1 year old) clicked the power button a few times. The PSU, and the motherboard too, both got burnt.

Guess what, did I buy Thermaltake again?

[judypug1956]

I am debating whether to purchase an Thermaletake 850W PSU to power 2 of my Antminers.

I had good performance with Corsairs and used them in all my rigs.

Just wondering how Thermaltake performs? I know they are popular in the overclocking world and might be good builds?

some are okay . the exact model helps

[sidehack]

I had an old Thermaltake 430W that I ran a pair of 5770 GPUs off in a rig two years ago. It held up for most of a month (a very hot July month) before smoking out and I replaced it with a server PSU. I couldn't complain about it, but like the above says, it's probably going to depend on the model.

[adaseb]

SO I guess they are good for basic computing needs where it uses around 100W max. Not 80% of the full load?

[Prelude]

They are hit and miss. They also change OEMs on a model without warning, so what was once a good PSU might now be a bad PSU, or vice versa. A good rule of thumb would be to avoid it unless you can find a positive review of it on jonnyguru.com

[quakefiend420]

I had a 500w one, TR2, I think.  After asking it to give me about 350w 24/7 on a GPU rig it died on me after a month or so.  I tend to stay away from them.

[philipma1957]

I had a 500w one, TR2, I think.  After asking it to give me about 350w 24/7 on a GPU rig it died on me after a month or so.  I tend to stay away from them.

yeah that is a garbage model.  they have some expensive ones that are okay.

[adaseb]

What about the ThermalTake
Smart Series SP-850M ?

[philipma1957]

What about the ThermalTake
Smart Series SP-850M ?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153158    119.99




http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438011&cm_re=evga_1300_g2-_-17-438-011-_-Product

169.99 30 usd rebate  = 139.99  


  to me the evga g2 is better deal

it can do 2 s-5's   at stock 

 or 2 sp20's underclocked   to 1175

[MrTeal]

What about the ThermalTake
Smart Series SP-850M ?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153158    119.99




http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438011&cm_re=evga_1300_g2-_-17-438-011-_-Product

169.99 30 usd rebate  = 139.99  


  to me the evga g2 is better deal

it can do 2 s-5's   at stock 

 or 2 sp20's underclocked   to 1175

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page680.htm
The 850M is the same Channel Well PUQ-B platform as the Corsair CX850M. They're literally the same supply. It's not a bad supply, it's not worth $120 though.

If you're in the US, you can't beat the 1300G2 that Philip posted for that price.

[adaseb]

I'm actually from Canada and here power supplies are highly overpriced. The only cheap ones are the crappy 400W PSUs.

[EvilPanda]

Thermaltakes are good, I had a few and there were no problems. I still have a TT in one of my computers, a modular 630W.

If you're looking for a good inexpensive brand try OCZ, I had one of their models for almost 5 years and during that time changed the parts it powered at least twice.

[MrTeal]

What Antminers are you looking to power, BTW? S5s?

The 1300W EVGA is a tougher sell at $240. If you're running two S5s, you might be better off getting two of the $78 Thermaltake SP-750P PSUs at NCIX. Efficiency probably won't even be that different in this case, the TT will do 87.8% at 560W output and the EVGA would 89.2% at 1050W according to test results on the net.

I'm normally a proponent of going with the better made bigger supply, but in this case I don't think the EVGA is $80 better than the two cheap ones.