Can someone explain what “Bronze” “Silver” “gold” and “Platinum” mean for power supplies.

myaccount1234 · Jun 7, 2017

What is the difference between them. For an example 500 power supply is “bronze” compared to a “platinum”. Best choice for a good budget 800 dollar PC.

HEXiT · Jun 7, 2017

they stand for higher efficiency ratings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80_Plus

as for recommending a psu your specs would help as that will determine your power requirements

Phillip Corcoran · Jun 7, 2017

See this thread: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/338726-28-differences-bronze-silver-gold-platinum-certificates

Don't take info on Wikipedia as always being accurate as it's compiled by it's own members - - in other words the general public. As such, not all the info is based on expert knowledge.

Isokolon · Jun 7, 2017

It's about the efficiency.

Let's say you're getting a 1000W PSU.
A bronze unit will have an efficiency of 81%, meaning at full load the PSU will draw 1190W from your grid to supply 1000W
A platinum PSU has an efficiency of 91%, meaning it will draw 1090W from the grid to supply 1000W

However whilst most platinum units are excellent it ultimately tells you nothing about the quality of a PSU.
There are some gold rated units that can be classified as junk and some bronze rated units that are to be considered excellent.

Depending on your location good cheap choices are:

Seasonic G / S12G /SSRM
Super Flower Golden Green HX
Corsair CXM 450/550 (grey label)
XFX TS
Bitfenix Whisper
Fractal Design Edison M
EVGA B2

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Can someone explain what “Bronze” “Silver” “gold” and “Platinum” mean for power supplies.

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