Official XS Power Supply Ranking Phase I

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NEW LIST 2011 PHASE I

The PSU recommendations will be organized in the following five tiers:

Tier 1 – Optimal Performance, Optimal Efficiency, Highest Quality PSUs
Tier 2 – Very Good Performance, Optimal Efficiency, High Quality (less than Tier 1)
Tier 3 – Good Performance, Good Efficiency, (Less than Tier 2)
Tier 4 – Good Performance, worse than Tier 3, if PSUs from Tiers 1-3 are not available
Tier 5 – Avoid if PSUs from Tiers 1 through 4 are available

Here’s the list:

Tier 1
Superflower Golden King Series
Kingwin Lazer Platinum Series
Sparkle Gold Class Series (Noise at high stress)
Silverstone Strider Series (1500W only)
XFX Black Edition Series
PCP&C Silencer Series (Noisy)
Lepa G Series
Antec HCP Series (1200W only)
Antec Truepower Quattro (1200W only)
Corsair AX Series
Seasonic X Series
NZXT Hale Series

Tier 2
Antec HCP Series
XFX Core Edition Pro
Corsair TX V2
Antec HCG
Thortech Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt Plus Series
Enermax Modu87+ Series
Xigmatek NRP Series
Antec Truepower Quattro Series
Enermax Pro87+ Series
Thermaltake Toughpower XT Series
Seasonic S12 II Bronze Series
Kingwin Lazer Gold Series
Enermax Revolution 85+ Series
Thermaltake Toughpower Grand
Enermax Eco80+ Series
Seasonic M12D Series
Silverstone Olympia Series
BFG LS Series
Cooler Master Silent Pro
OCZ Z Series
Corsair TX Series
Enermax Liberty Eco Series
Antec Truepower New Series
Cooler Master UCP Series
Tagan Piperock II Series
Enermax Galaxy Evo Series
Glacialtech AX Series

Tier 3
XFX Core Edition
Corsair CX Series
Antec Earthwatts Series
Acbel Polytech R9 Series
High Power Plus Gold Series
Cougar S Series
Silverstone Strider Plus Series
Silverstone Strider Series
Topower KC Series
Thermaltake Toughpower Series
Kingwin Mach 1 Series
Kingwin Lazer Series
Inwin Commander
Corsair HX Series

Tier 4
XFX XPS Series
Coolermaster GX Series
Hiper M Series
Hipro K Series

Tier 5
Arctic Cooling Fusion Series
Ultra X4 Series
Diablotek RPM Series
Sunbeam BKS Series
Silverstone Element Series
Antec Neopower Blue

It is a work in process atm, but at the very least its more updated than the archaic list below

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