mox@lemmy.sdf.org to Hardware@lemmy.world · 4 months agoCorsair is moving away from 80 PLUS certification for PSUs, embraces Cybeneticswww.tweaktown.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
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minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoSeems like a better rating system overall, you get a new parameter (noise) and the efficiency ratings are more granular. That being said the devil is in the details. Corsair’s comparison image shows the 80 Plus methodology giving their top end PSU a “Gold” rating, while the new methodology has it at “Platinum”. Would be interesting to see deep dive into why this is the case.
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoYou’re most probably right, but I was hoping there would be a reasonable explanation. I do like that the new methodology has both effeciency and noise; that’s genuinely helpful for PSU selection.
minus-squareJASN_DE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months ago Corsair’s comparison image shows the 80 Plus methodology giving their top end PSU a “Gold” rating, while the new methodology has it at “Platinum”. The PSUs to the right are small form factor, not necessarily the top end.
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThe image was in low resolution, so maybe I did get it wrong, but I was talking about the leftmost PSU in the comparison chart.
Seems like a better rating system overall, you get a new parameter (noise) and the efficiency ratings are more granular.
That being said the devil is in the details.
Corsair’s comparison image shows the 80 Plus methodology giving their top end PSU a “Gold” rating, while the new methodology has it at “Platinum”.
Would be interesting to see deep dive into why this is the case.
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You’re most probably right, but I was hoping there would be a reasonable explanation.
I do like that the new methodology has both effeciency and noise; that’s genuinely helpful for PSU selection.
The PSUs to the right are small form factor, not necessarily the top end.
The image was in low resolution, so maybe I did get it wrong, but I was talking about the leftmost PSU in the comparison chart.