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Re:AMD Threadripper 3970X under heavy AVX2 load: Defective b... by zymhan on Friday February 21, 2020 @01:24PM (#22385415)
You say not to cheap out, and then recommend Seasonic. I'd say avoid a brand that was notoriously the cheapest option in recent history.
Re:AMD Threadripper 3970X under heavy AVX2 load: Defective b... by kalenx on Friday February 21, 2020 @01:36PM (#22385523)
Some Seasonic are probably among the best consumer power supplies you can find (e.g. https://www.anandtech.com/show/11252/the-seasonic-prime-tita...)
Re:AMD Threadripper 3970X under heavy AVX2 load: Defective b... by ricketycricket on Friday February 21, 2020 @01:36PM (#22385525)
At the very least, Anandtech seems to rate Seasonic very highly: https://www.anandtech.com/show/11252/the-seasonic-prime-tita...
Re:AMD Threadripper 3970X under heavy AVX2 load: Defective b... by kllrnohj on Friday February 21, 2020 @01:59PM (#22385722)
It's not just Anandtech. All reviewers have nothing but praise for Seasonic. They have the best reputation in the industry at the moment and all their PSUs have a 10 year warranty to back it up.

Jonnyguru's last Seasonic review: https://www.jonnyguru.com/blog/2018/07/03/seasonic-prime-ult...

Literally nothing in the bad & mediocre summary sections, and with nothing but recommendations for the entire series:

> Our look at the PRIME Ultra Titanium series has now at last come to a conclusion. We can now definitively say there’s not a bad performer in the bunch, and while all do have some very minor drawbacks I can’t see any reason not to recommend any of them.

Re:AMD Threadripper 3970X under heavy AVX2 load: Defective b... by dispat0r on Saturday February 22, 2020 @11:26AM (#22391783)
They actually have 12 year warranty at least for the PRIME TX ones.
Re:AMD Threadripper 3970X under heavy AVX2 load: Defective b... by tjoff on Friday February 21, 2020 @02:05PM (#22385779)
You'd be surprised to hear that part from their own brand (which is excellent) many other top tier power supplies from the best brands are actually made by Seasonic.
Re:AMD Threadripper 3970X under heavy AVX2 load: Defective b... by Scramblejams on Friday February 21, 2020 @01:30PM (#22385460)
A lot of brands, Seasonic among them, vary from model to model. The last time I felt like I could just blindly stick with a brand was PC Power & Cooling, and they've since been absorbed by OCZ, so... ?