Still a work-in-progress
Many common branded PSUs are not made by the company that sells them. In fact, most companies that sell PSUs do not actually make them – rather, they are re-branded OEM products from specialised PSU-manufacturing companies. The following is a list of common PSUs and their actual manufacturers.
Antec
CP-850 – Delta
CP-1000 – Delta
Basiq BP350 – FSP
Basiq BP430 – Delta
Basiq BP500 – FSP
Basiq BP550 Plus – Delta
Earthwatts EA380 – Seasonic
Earthwatts EA380D Green Cased – Delta
Earthwatts EA430/500 (Old models) – Seasonic
Earthwatts EA430D/500D Green (Current models) – Delta
Earthwatts EA650 – Delta
Earthwatts EA750 – Delta
EcoPower 380W – Seasonic
High Current Gamer – 400W, 520W, 620W – Seasonic
High Current Gamer – 750W, 900W – Delta
High Current Pro – Delta
NeoHE – Seasonic
NeoPower 430, 500, 550, 650 – Seasonic
NeoPower 380W, 480W – Channel Well (CWT)
Neo Eco – Seasonic
Phantom – Channel Well (CWT)
Signature – Delta
Smart Power – Channel Well (CWT)
Smart Power 2 – Channel Well (CWT)
True Power – Channel Well (CWT)
True Power 2 – Channel Well (CWT)
True Power Trio – Seasonic
True Power New – Seasonic
True Power Quattro – Enhance
Antec is a well known PSU company that has had questionable PSUs in the past. Their older CWT-built models were plagued with failure of their Fuhjyyu capacitors. Since changing their main OEM for the mainstream units to Seasonic and Delta Electronics, Antec PSUs have improved substantially. They now use Delta Electronics for their high end PSU's and are very high quality.
Cooler Master
Extreme Power 380W/430W PMSR/PMSP – HiPro
Extreme Power 380W/430W PCAR/PCAP – Acbel
Extreme Power ≥500W – Seventeam
Extreme Power Plus – Acbel
iGreen – Acbel
GX – Seventeam
Real Power – ?
Real Power Pro/M 550W, 650W, 700W – Acbel
Real Power Pro/M 360W, 400W, 460W, 850W, 1000W, 1250W – Enhance
Silent Pro 500W-700W – Enhance
Silent Pro M1000 – FSP
Silent Pro Gold – Enhance
Most of the PSU's Coolermaster brand are midrange budget/value models, whilst they will get the job done there are usually better options at the same price levels. The newer Enhance models are quite good.
Corsair
AX-650 – Seasonic
AX-750 – Seasonic
AX-850 – Seasonic
AX-1200 – Flextronics
CX-400 – Seasonic
CX-430 – Channel Well(CWT)
CX-430 v2 – Channel Well(CWT)
CX-500 – Channel Well(CWT)
CX-500 v2 – Channel Well(CWT)
CX-600 – Channel Well(CWT)
CX-600 v2 – Channel Well(CWT)
Gaming Series GS600 – Channel Well(CWT)
Gaming Series GS700 – Channel Well(CWT)
Gaming Series GS800 – Channel Well(CWT)
HX-450 – Seasonic
HX-520 – Seasonic
HX-620 – Seasonic
HX-650 – Seasonic
HX-750 – Channel Well (CWT) (DSG platform)
HX-850 – Channel Well (CWT) (DSG platform)
HX-1000 – Channel Well (CWT)
HX-1050 – Channel Well (CWT)
TX-650 – Seasonic
TX-750 – Channel Well (CWT) (PSH(older) platform)
TX-750 v2 – Seasonic
TX-850 – Channel Well (CWT) (PSH(older) platform)
TX-850 v2 – Seasonic
TX-950 – Channel Well (CWT) (DSG platform)
VX-450 – Seasonic
VX-550 – Channel Well (CWT) (PSH platform)
Corsair (known for its memory products) made a big impact with their initial Seasonic-built HX series. All products since have been top notch and are among the best performing, quietest, and best value PSU's. The Seasonic models are generally quietest, but all models have excellent performance. The AX series is the latest and greatest series.
Fortron Source (FSP)
FSP manufacture their own PSUs.
Been around for a long time, most PSU's they manufacture are average to slightly above average units.
Gigabyte
GreenMax – Acbel
Odin – FSP
Odin GT – Channel Well (CWT)
Odin Plus – Acbel
Odin Pro – Channel Well (CWT)
Powerrock 300 – CWT
Powerrock 350 – FSP
Powerrock 400 – CWT
Powerrock 500 – CWT
Superb 360 – FSP (300W model)
Superb 460 – FSP (FSP400-60GLN)
Superb 470 – FSP
Superb 550/P – Acbel (450W model)
Superb E570 – FSP
Superb E620 – FSP
Superb P720 – Acbel (610W model)
Superb E720 – FSP
Lian-Li
Energy Force – Sirtec
Maxima Force – Acbel
Silent Force – Sirtec
OCZ
EliteXstream (800W, 1000W) – Impervio
Evostream (600W, 720W) – FSP
GameXstream – FSP (Epsilon platform)
Fatal1ty 400W, 550W, 750W – Sirtec
Fatal1ty 700W – Impervio
ModXstream (780W, 900W) – FSP
ModXstream Pro 400W CWT
ModXstream Pro 500W, 600W, 700W – Sirtec
Powerstream – Topower
StealthXstream 400W – CWT
StealthXstream 500W, 600W, 700W – FSP (Epsilon platform)
StealthXstream 2 – FSP
Z series 550W – FSP
Z series 650W – FSP
Z series Z850M – Sirtec
Z series Z1000M – Sirtec
OCZ used FSP as its OEM manufacturer for a long time. Their PSUs were of questionable quality, being based on the Epsilon model. However, they have taken a big step forward since acquiring PC Power & Cooling in 2007. The Impervio units and some Sirtec models are excellent.
PC Power & Cooling (owned by OCZ)
Silencer – Seasonic
Silencer MK II – Sirtec
Turbo Cool – Wintact
The 1kW Turbo Cool is considered one of the highest quality PSUs available; despite being one of the loudest, it is a high-quality server-grade PSU. The Silencer series is good, although their are better Seasonic built units available, that are also quieter and better value. PCP&C units are not currently sold in Australia.
Seasonic
Seasonic manufacture their own PSUs.
Long time PSU manufacturer, all of their products are very good, one of the few OEM's to still make quality low-mid power units. Seasonic units are generally quiet, high quality and good value.
Seventeam
Seventeam manufacture their own PSUs. However, the quality of the PSUs are not much better from Generics.
Silverstone
Decathalon <1000W- Impervio
Decathalon DA1200 – Seventeam
Element ST50EF – Enhance
Element ST50EFP – Enhance
Element ST60EF – Enhance
Element ST65EF – Seventeam
Element ST70EF – FSP
Element ST75EF – Seventeam
Element ST85EF – Seventeam
Nightjar ST30NF – Etasis
Nightjat ST40NF – FSP
Nightjar ST45NF – Etasis
Olympia <1000W – Impervio
Olympia OP1200 – Seventeam
Strider ST350 – Enhance
Strider ST35F – FSP
Strider ST405 – Enhance
Strider ST40F – FSP
Strider ST50F – FSP
Strider ST60F – Enhance
Strider ST70F – Enhance
Strider ST75F – Enhance
Strider ST85F – Enhance
Strider ST12000 – Enhance
Strider ST1500 – Enhance
Strider Essential ST40F-ES – Sirtec
Strider Essential ST50F-ES – Sirtec
Strider Plus ST35F-P – FSP
Strider Plus ST40F-P – FSP
Strider Plus ST50F-P – FSP
Strider Plus ST60F-P – Enhance
Strider Plus ST75F-P – Enhance
Strider Plus ST85F-P – Enhance
Strider Plus ST1000F-P – Enhance
Zeus(ZF)(<1000W) – Etatis
Zeus ZM/ZU 1200 – Impervio
Silverstone have some excellent PSU's, and some average ones. The units built by Etatis and Impervio are excellent, the Enhance built models range from very good to excellent, the Seventeam units range average to very good, the cheaper FSP models are mainly budget-midrange units.
Thermaltake
Evo Blue – CWT
LitePower 350W W0292 – FSP
Litepower 350W W0367 – CWT
Litepower 350W W0363 – CWT
Litepower 450W W0361 – CWT
Litepower 450W W0362 – CWT
Litepower 450W W0293RU – FSP
Litepower 500W W0294RU – FSP
Litepower 500W W0355 – HEC
Litepower 600W W0356 – HEC
TR2 420W – CWT
TR2 430W – HEC
TR2 470W – CWT
TR2 500W W0093 – CWT
TR2 500W W0379RU – HEC
TR2 550W – CWT
TR2 600W – HEC
TR2 700W – FSP
TR2 800W – FSP
TR2 1000W – FSP
TR2 Q-Fan – CWT
TR2 RX 450W, 550W – Channel Well (CWT)
TR2 RX 650W, 700W, 750W, 850W, 1000W, 1200W – HEC
Pure Power 350 – CWT
Pure Power 500 – CWT
Pure Power 600 W0121RU – CWT
Pure Power 600 W0318RU – HEC
Pure Power 700 – HEC
PurePower RX – Channel Well (CWT)
Tough Power >850W – CWT
Tough Power <1000W – CWT (PUC platform)
Tough Power XT – CWT
Tough Power Q-Fan – CWT
Tough Power Grand – CWT
Thermaltake PSUs have a long-standing reputation of being average at best. They switched their OEM to Channel Well (CWT) for the Tough Power and later PurePower RX series, which have some good units. You need to know what you are buying when you get a Thermaltake, especially that they are a little overpriced.
Vantec
ION 350W/460W – Topower
ION2 460W – Topower
ION2+ 450W/500W/550W – Andyson
Some reliable budget PSU. They are great bang for the buck in low end systems.
XFX
Black Edition – Seasonic
Core Edition – Seasonic
XXX Edition – Seasonic
Zalman
ZM360B-APS – FSP
ZM460B-APS – FSP
ZM500-HP – FSP
ZM500-HP Plus – FSP
ZM600-HP – FSP
ZM600-HP Plus – FSP
ZM750-HP – FSP
ZM850-HP – Enhance
ZM850-HP Plus – Enhance
ZM1000-HP – Enhance
ZM1000-HP Plus – Enhance
ZM500-RS – FSP
ZM600-RS – FSP
ZM400-ST – HEC
ZM500-ST – Enhance
ZM600-ST – Enhance
ZM460-US – CWT
ZM660-XT – Enhance
ZM770-XT – Enhance
Who is the manufacturer of your PSU?
Originally Posted by hawkshock
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