PSU Rankings & Ladder

PSU rankings and ladder chart with 45 entries (ATX, SFX). Switch between gaming, single-core, multi-core, efficiency and value; AMD, Intel and NVIDIA side by side. Data updated 2026-08-29.

ATX PSU

  1. Seasonic Vertex GX-1000 — Seasonic · 2023-02 · Seasonic in-house, native 12V-2x6, 10-year warranty.
  2. Corsair RM1000x Shift — Corsair · 2023-05 · Side-mounted connectors, cable-management friendly.
  3. Super Flower Leadex VII Gold 850 — Super Flower · 2023-03 · Super Flower in-house, solid components.
  4. MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 — MSI · 2022-10 · Early ATX 3.0 with a 12VHPWR connector.
  5. Cooler Master MWE Gold 750 V2 — Cooler Master · 2020-09 · Mid-range mainstream, average ripple.
  6. Gigabyte UD750GM — Gigabyte · 2020-11 · Early batches had failures; choose carefully.
  7. 杂牌 650W 白牌 — Generic · 2022-01 · Rated 650W but real capability is doubtful; not recommended.
  8. Corsair RM850x (2024) — Corsair · 2024-04 · 2024 revision: quieter fan, native 12V-2x6.
  9. Corsair HX1200i (2023) — Corsair · 2023-02 · Dual-4090 class with digital monitoring.
  10. Seasonic Focus GX-850 ATX 3.1 — Seasonic · 2024-03 · Seasonic entry Gold, 10-year warranty.
  11. Seasonic Prime TX-1000 — Seasonic · 2023-09 · Titanium flagship, 12-year warranty.
  12. be quiet! Dark Power 13 1000W — be quiet! · 2023-01 · Quiet and well-built, ATX 3.0.
  13. be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850W — be quiet! · 2023-05 · Quiet mainstream unit.
  14. ASUS ROG Strix 850G Aura — ASUS · 2024-01 · Great Wall OEM with ROG premium.
  15. ASUS TUF Gaming 850G — ASUS · 2023-06 · TUF series, solid and sufficient.
  16. MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 — MSI · 2023-03 · MSI mainstream Gold, ATX 3.0.
  17. NZXT C1000 Gold (2024) — NZXT · 2024-02 · Minimal looks, CWT platform.
  18. Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 850W — Thermaltake · 2022-09 · One of the first ATX 3.0 units.
  19. 长城 X7 850W — Great Wall · 2024-05 · Major Chinese maker's in-house unit, great value.
  20. 九州风神 PN850M — DeepCool · 2024-04 · DeepCool mainstream Gold.
  21. 鑫谷 昆仑 KL-850G — Segotep · 2023-10 · Chinese entry Gold, adequate.
  22. 航嘉 MVP K850 — Huntkey · 2023-05 · Veteran Chinese brand, ordinary specs.
  23. Antec NeoECO 850M — Antec · 2022-06 · Entry Gold.
  24. XPG Core Reactor II 850W — XPG · 2023-08 · High-end CWT platform, well reviewed.
  25. FSP Hydro G Pro 850W — FSP · 2023-04 · FSP in-house Gold.
  26. EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G6 — EVGA · 2021-08 · EVGA classic Gold, being phased out.
  27. Corsair HX620W — Corsair · 2007-01 · Corsair's first PSU, Seasonic-built.
  28. Corsair TX650W — Corsair · 2008-01 · Non-modular mainstream.
  29. Antec EarthWatts 500 — Antec · 2008-01 · Entry level, ordinary components.
  30. Cooler Master GX 650W — Cooler Master · 2010-01 · Out-of-spec ripple, poorly reviewed.
  31. Seasonic X-650 — Seasonic · 2010-01 · Pioneer of Gold full-modular.
  32. Corsair AX850 (2010) — Corsair · 2010-06 · Rebranded X-series.
  33. Corsair CX600 — Corsair · 2012-01 · Bronze entry, ordinary capacitors.
  34. Corsair RM750 (2013) — Corsair · 2013-09 · First RM; capacitor choice was criticized.
  35. EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 — EVGA · 2014-01 · Super Flower Leadex platform, a legend.
  36. Thermaltake Smart 600W — Thermaltake · 2015-01 · White-rated entry; avoid with a dGPU.
  37. Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750 — Seasonic · 2017-08 · Seasonic mainstream Gold, 10-year warranty.
  38. Corsair RM750x (2018) — Corsair · 2018-03 · A long-standing recommendation.
  39. be quiet! Straight Power 11 750W — be quiet! · 2018-01 · Quiet Gold.
  40. 长城 GW-6000 — Great Wall · 2018-01 · Chinese entry Bronze.

SFX PSU

  1. Lian Li SP750 — Lian Li · 2021-07 · Good SFX pick for small cases, quiet.
  2. Corsair SF1000L — Corsair · 2023-03 · SFX-L kilowatt for high-end ITX.
  3. Cooler Master V850 SFX Gold — Cooler Master · 2021-01 · High-end SFX for ITX builds.
  4. SilverStone SX750-PT — SilverStone · 2022-05 · SFX Platinum, extremely compact.
  5. Corsair SF600 Platinum — Corsair · 2018-05 · ITX build classic.