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ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold vs MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5: Comparison

ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold and MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 separate most on pcie 8-pin connectors: ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold at 3, MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 at 4, 25% in favour of MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5. MTBF splits them by another 17%, this time favouring ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold. They match on 8 other specifications, including wattage, 80 plus rating and atx standard.

ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold (850W/80+ Gold/Fully Modular/ATX 3.0/Military-Grade Components)
ASUSASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold
MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 (850W/80+ Gold/ATX/Fully Modular/ATX 3.0)
MSIMSI MAG A850GL PCIE5

$99.99

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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
MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 (850W/80+ Gold/ATX/Fully Modular/ATX 3.0)
MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5
BrandASUSMSI
Wattage850 W850 W
80 PLUS RatingGoldGold
ATX StandardATX 3.0ATX 3.0
Form FactorATXATX
12V-2x6 Connectors11
Zero-RPM ModeYesNo
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, 1x 16-pin PCIe 5.0 (600W), 4x PCIe 6+2-pin, 8x SATA, 4x Molex, 1x FDD
EPS 8-pin Connectors22
SATA Connectors58
Molex Connectors44
Cable LengthsMB 610mm, CPU 650mm, PCIe 16-pin 675mm, SATA 400+120mm & 400+120+120mm, Peripheral 400+150+150+150mm24-pin 600mm, EPS 650mm, 12V-2x6 600mm, PCIe 600mm, SATA 700mm
Length150 mm140 mm
MTBF120000 hours100000 hours-17%
ModularityFully ModularFully Modular
ProtectionsOPP, OVP, UVP, SCP, OCP, OTPOCP, OVP, OPP, OTP, SCP, UVP
ModelTUF-GAMING-850GMAG A850GL PCIE5
Source URLhttps://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/power-supply-units/tuf-gaming/tuf-gaming-850g/techspec/https://www.msi.com/Power-Supply/MAG-A850GL-PCIE5/Specification

Price comparison

RetailerASUS TUF Gaming 850W GoldMSI MAG A850GL PCIE5
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$99.99

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Verdict

MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5

8.2 / 10 Expert Rating

MAG A850GL is MSI's budget-tier Gold PSU, giving native ATX 3.0 12V-2x6 support at a lower price than the MPG A850G by trimming the warranty to 5 years and dropping the Zero Frozr fan-stop mode.

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