which is better? COOLER MASTER V850 VS. CORSAIR TX850M

frogsot

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the cooler master one is on sale for just today while the other one i have a few days. over all which is better and is it worth the 30 bucks to go for the gold? i also have a 10% off on the corsair.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139029

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171079

Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell 3.5GHz
COOLER MASTER HAF 912
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850M 850W
CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i Water Cooler
Seagate 3 TB 7200 (already have)
corsair 16 GB CAS 7 1600MHZ (already have)
SAMSUNG 840 Series MZ-7TD120BW 2.5" 120GB SATA III SSD
Sapphire 7970 GHz edition 3 GB (already have) (I will get another card but one thats dual slot)
Asus wireless adapter (already have)
Asus DSX 7.1 sound card (already have)
 


Hi - I almost never recommend CM PSU's, but the one you linked is a
Seasonic built unit. I'd go for the deal & grab it.

Gold efficiency - haswell compatible.
 

slomo4sho

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Clearly, the V850. The V series from Cooler Master perform equal to or better than the HX series from Corsair. The TX is not of the same caliber as the V850.



Blanket statements like these are seldom right.
 

slomo4sho

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This is untrue. The V850 is vastly superior to the TX850. Do some research before spreading misinformation.
 

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Same here. Personally, I use Seasonic PSUs exclusively and tend to stay away from CM PSUs (as a company, their performance is rather spotty in this regard).

In this case, however, this offering has all the makings of an excellent PSU.
 

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Only Seasonic in my personal builds as well, but I can understand why not everyone appreciates a good PSU. In time, they will :)
 

slomo4sho

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Seasonic isn't the only manufacturer of quality PSUs :)

I have been happy with my PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III 750W and Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W
 

quicksand10

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Of course, but Seasonic has a special place in my heart :)
 

slomo4sho

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Everyone has their own brand preferences :)

I have been a fan of PC Power & Cooling since before they were purchased by OCZ. Their models are compact, efficient, cost effective, and come with a 7 year warranty. Pretty difficult to pickup a comparable Seasonic build at the same price point most of the time.
 
PC Power & Cooling don't manufacture their own power supply units. They contract that out to their OEMs Win-Tact, Seasonic, Sirtec and Super Flower.

Not all of their models have a 7 Year warranty. There are at least seven models that only have a 5 Year warranty with six of those seven models being made by Seasonic.
 

slomo4sho

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I am aware, I said brand preference :). I was referring to the gold and platinum rated models (Silencer MK III 750, 850, and 1200) that are manufactured by Super Flower (probably should have provided some clarification on this). The Silencer MK II are currently manufactured by Sirtec and the Silencer(the non-Mk variety) as well as the sub 750W Silencer MK III are by Seasonic. The Win-Tack models are the Turbo-cool series.