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Astralv

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Hey there

I am looking for reliable PSU with 800+ Gold. My current build has Thermaltake Smart M 850W Bronze and I have occasional random PC restarts. I read on Newegg reviews that many other users had random restarts while using this PSU, so I told myself- I will not buy another Thermaltake PSU. What is the well known reliable PSU? Thank you.
 
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Hellfire13
One of the links you have posted is not functioning.
Anyways, the Supernova range are pretty good. Ideally if its cheaper, i can pick that anyday. Having said that, anything from the Tier 1 list should be good enough.
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Astralv

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thank you for your reply.

I need 850 watts and above. I am thinking to get EVGA SuperNOVA 850 T2 220-T2-0850-X1 80+ TITANIUM 850W http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007657 8000 600014104 600014107 600479297 601115166 600112163 50001402&IsNodeId=1

Or should I get Platinum? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438056&ignorebbr=1

It is about $45 difference. I don't want to spend extra money if I don't need to, but I can not deal with random restarts. I have perfectly functional Ivy Bridge system that I am going to donate to the friend because it has little annoying issues that I can not fix. I am building Kaby Lake that supposed to be audio production workstation. I will have one dedicated graphic card and 7 storage drives.

What would you recommend- Titanium or Platinum? EVGA? Thank you.
 
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Astralv

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The difference was between Platinum and Titanium in $45. Is it worth to go Titanium? I mean- what can be so much different inside? It may be a little better but not 25% better. The increase in price is 25%. But then again- I don't even know how they can make the same power supply Good or less good. So they tested Titanium and said, 'ok, it is 94% effective." then they tested platinum, and say, "Ok, this one is not that great as the other one. lets call it Platinum?
 
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Hellfire13

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The difference is basically in the parts. Some variants are compiled with cheap chinese capacitors and poor mosfet design and hsf which has a higher rate of failure than good quality parts. The quality has a lot do with efficiency and less with pricetag.
As I mentioned earlier, the supernova units are pretty good as they are based on the seasonic platform. You can go for it if its cheaper.
 
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