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ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold vs Fractal Design Ion+ 2 Platinum 760W: Comparison

ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold and Fractal Design Ion+ 2 Platinum 760W separate most on pcie 8-pin connectors: ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold at 3, Fractal Design Ion+ 2 Platinum 760W at 4, 25% in favour of Fractal Design Ion+ 2 Platinum 760W. Wattage splits them by another 11%, this time favouring ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold. They match on form factor and modularity.

ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold (850W/80+ Gold/Fully Modular/ATX 3.0/Military-Grade Components)
ASUSASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold
Fractal Design Ion+ 2 Platinum 760W (760W/80+ Platinum/ATX/Fully Modular/ATX 2.x)
FractalFractal Design Ion+ 2 Platinum 760W

$159.99

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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
Fractal Design Ion+ 2 Platinum 760W (760W/80+ Platinum/ATX/Fully Modular/ATX 2.x)
Fractal Design Ion+ 2 Platinum 760W
BrandASUSFractal Design
Wattage850 W760 W-11%
80 PLUS RatingGoldPlatinum
ATX StandardATX 3.0ATX 2.x
Form FactorATXATX
12V-2x6 Connectors10
Zero-RPM ModeYestrue
PCIe 8-pin Connectors3-25%4
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, 4x PCIe 6+2-pin, 8x SATA, 3x Molex
Cable LengthsMB 610mm, CPU 650mm, PCIe 16-pin 675mm, SATA 400+120mm & 400+120+120mm, Peripheral 400+150+150+150mm24-pin 600mm, EPS 650mm, PCIe 650mm, SATA 750mm
Length150 mm170
MTBF120000 hours100000-17%
ModularityFully ModularFully Modular
ProtectionsOPP, OVP, UVP, SCP, OCP, OTPOCP, OVP, OPP, SCP, OTP, UVP
ModelTUF-GAMING-850GIon+ 2 Platinum 760W

Price comparison

RetailerASUS TUF Gaming 850W GoldFractal Design Ion+ 2 Platinum 760W
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$159.99

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Verdict

Fractal Design Ion+ 2 Platinum 760W

8.7 / 10 Expert Rating

Fractal's Ion+ 2 line targets its own quiet, minimalist case aesthetic, and the 760W Platinum unit is the sweet-spot capacity for a high-end single-GPU Fractal build like the Torrent or North.

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