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alkaline808

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im considering building a new computer soon and im looking to choose a new psu, when i built my last one it was a little over 4 years ago and ultra had lifetimer warranties so thats what i bought. It seems now that they only have 3 year warranties. so what im wondering is are they still very high quality and worth buying, should i choose a different company? also are there any with lifetime warranties?
 
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toyftw

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Hi - I'm not sure ultra ever had high quality PSU's, but I agree that you should seek a unit with at least a 5yr warranty,
and if can step up to a prof level PSU, you'll get gold (or platinum) efficiency and a 7yr warranty.

Ultra is a house brand (Tigerdirect I think), most of their PSU's are mfg by Andyson, a low quality OEM.
There are exceptions, but generally the purpose of house brands is to hit an attractive price point while providing
a higher profit (than a comparable name brand) margin for the seller. When this is the case, the consumer does not benefit.

Once you have an idea of what your CPU & GPU are going to be in your new system, please post here along
with a budget for a PSU, and we can advise appropriately.
 
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Best PSU manufacturer out there right now is Seasonic. Corsair, XFX, and Antec also also good (at least the ones made by Seasonic are ;) )

For a single GPU solution a 650 watt is plenty.

For sli, 750-850W is probably what you need.
 
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Last year (2013) Rosewill did get award for best reliable psu maker with resonable price. So why do keep sauing that seasonic or xfx or corsair is good? They are not in real world :)

http://www.rosewill.com/landingpage/Haswell_PSU/

How about this? Any good?
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Rosewill-CAPSTONE-550M-Power-Supply-Review/1584

how about this? What psu is good?
http://www.behardware.com/articles/862-3/components-returns-rates-6.html

 
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Hi - Rosewill is not a PSU maker. They contract out their PSU's to OEM's just like Corsair & XFX do.
Seasonic is an actual PSU maker and has earned a reputation for being one of the best.

Rosewill has some very good units, and some I recommend to Op's on this site. But, they also have some that
are not worthy of recommending. Corsair also has some good units, and those that I wouldn't recommend.

Seasonic being a top notch OEM is "in the real world" and XFX is as well as all their PSU's are mfgd by Seasonic.
 
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