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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?
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February 09, 2015, 06:46:32 PM |
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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?
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judypug1956
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February 09, 2015, 06:47:03 PM |
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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 |
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February 09, 2015, 06:53:30 PM |
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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.
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adaseb (OP)
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February 09, 2015, 06:56:23 PM |
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SO I guess they are good for basic computing needs where it uses around 100W max. Not 80% of the full load?
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February 09, 2015, 07:10:51 PM |
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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
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February 09, 2015, 09:24:08 PM |
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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.
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February 09, 2015, 10:24:30 PM |
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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. |
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February 09, 2015, 11:25:36 PM |
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What about the ThermalTake
Smart Series SP-850M ?
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February 11, 2015, 02:15:16 AM |
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http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page680.htmThe 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.
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February 11, 2015, 09:31:32 AM |
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I'm actually from Canada and here power supplies are highly overpriced. The only cheap ones are the crappy 400W PSUs.
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February 11, 2015, 10:07:17 AM |
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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.
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February 11, 2015, 02:34:05 PM |
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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.
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