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ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold vs Corsair HX1500i: Comparison

ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold and Corsair HX1500i separate most on pcie 8-pin connectors: ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold at 3, Corsair HX1500i at 7, 57% in favour of Corsair HX1500i. Wattage splits them by another 43%, again favouring Corsair HX1500i. They match on 5 other specifications, including form factor, 12v-2x6 connectors and zero-rpm mode.

ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold (850W/80+ Gold/Fully Modular/ATX 3.0/Military-Grade Components)
ASUSASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold
Corsair HX1500i (1500W/80+ Platinum/ATX 3.0/Flagship Extreme Tier)
CorsairCorsair HX1500i

$379.99

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Specs

Specification
ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold (850W/80+ Gold/Fully Modular/ATX 3.0/Military-Grade Components)
ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold
Corsair HX1500i (1500W/80+ Platinum/ATX 3.0/Flagship Extreme Tier)
Corsair HX1500i
BrandASUSCorsair
Wattage850 W-43%1500 W
80 PLUS RatingGoldPlatinum
ATX StandardATX 3.0ATX 3.1
Form FactorATXATX
+12V Rail Amperage70.8 A125 A
12V-2x6 Connectors11
Zero-RPM ModeYesYes
PCIe 8-pin Connectors3-57%7
Connector Count1x 24/20-pin ATX, 2x EPS 4+4-pin, 1x PCIe 16-pin, 3x PCIe 8-pin, 5x SATA, 4x Peripheral1x 24-pin ATX, 2x EPS 4+4, 1x 12V-2x6, 7x PCIe 6+2-pin, 8x SATA, 8x Molex
EPS 8-pin Connectors22
SATA Connectors58
Molex Connectors48
Cable LengthsMB 610mm, CPU 650mm, PCIe 16-pin 675mm, SATA 400+120mm & 400+120+120mm, Peripheral 400+150+150+150mmATX 600mm, EPS 650mm, PCIe 650mm and 670+100mm, 12V-2x6 650mm, SATA 460+115+115+115mm, Molex 450+100+100+100mm
Length150 mm200 mm
MTBF120000 hours100000 hours-17%
ModularityFully ModularFully Modular
ProtectionsOPP, OVP, UVP, SCP, OCP, OTPOCP, OVP, OPP, SCP, OTP, UVP
ModelTUF-GAMING-850GHX1500i
Source URLhttps://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/power-supply-units/tuf-gaming/tuf-gaming-850g/techspec/https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/psu/cp-9020261-na/hx1500i-fully-modular-ultra-low-noise-platinum-atx-1500-watt-pc-power-supply-cp-9020261-na

Price comparison

RetailerASUS TUF Gaming 850W GoldCorsair HX1500i
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$379.99

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Verdict

Corsair HX1500i

8.8 / 10 Expert Rating

A best-in-class 1500W Platinum-rated ATX unit for an extreme multi-GPU or high-core-count workstation, held back only by its premium price.

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