SilverStone Technology Strider 850 Watt 80 Plus Platinum Modular PSU 850 Power Supply

I replaced a 550watt Gold from SilverStone with this one and works well. Never had any issues with the PSU's. The only gripe is how long the cables are but better longer than shorter imo. Having the flat cables are good for airflow and routing. The Strider Platinum 650W and the entire Strider Platinum series uses a Sirtec High Power platform which is overall a pretty good one. There are others like CTW and what not. The main cap is 105C which is good and all the caps are high quality tier. The fan used inside the Strider Platinum 650W is made by Globe Fan, and has the model number: S1202512L. This is a 120mm fan that uses a 3-pin connector for power and thus, it can be easily replaced if it malfunctions. Globe fans are solid from all the reviews I've read with various PSUs.

Good buy if you are using it for mining, which if you are looking at this PSU, you probably are. The connectors seem solid and I've been running it for about a month is no issues. 80 Plat is great with efficiency. I like the 8 PCIe 8pin connectors as they give you a lot of flexibility right out of the gate.I saw another review on here where the guy had melted cables. This is because he was powering his GPUs with the peripheral 6pin. Don't do that, its not what the PSU is setup to do. Only use the blue PCIe 8pin plugs for your GPUs. Technically you could use the peripheral 6pin (i guess?), but the peripheral ports aren't setup like pcie power cables are and they use a combination of voltages outside 12v used exclusively by the PCIe pinouts. PCIe 6+2 pinouts use 3x12v connections. Peripheral uses 2x12v, 3.3v and 5v connections. He even mentions "It seems to be always the upper right of the six pin". In a peripheral that is the 3.3v connector, so his GPUs were clearly pulling current from that 3.3v connector as if it was a 12v. The PSU can push out the full power on 12v, but 3.3v would be limited to 82w overall.I don't say this to pick on the guy, but please don't risk a fire just to get a couple more cards on a PSU. Lots of risers come with the sata to PCIe adapter and they are not safe. Don't use peripheral ports to power your GPUs.A safer way to do this is to get PCIe 8pin to 2x6+2 splitters. The 8pin would provide 150w and the 6pin only draws 75w so you can safely use 2x6pin PCIe this way. If you tried to use both 6+2s off the splitter you could have a problem.Outside the PSA, my only ding on this would be the fan. The unit is so efficient that the fan doesn't really come on at all until you are at about 600w. When it does turn on, its low setting sounds like it is about to take off. It isn't that bad overall but just the initial shock of it coming on is a bit much. They could have made it smoother. All that said, if you are mining you should consider having this in it's own room out outside as the GPUs will probably also make a lot of noise.

After ordering this power supply I read some of the negative reviews about the fan noise and was a bit worried. Here is the thing with the fan. It does not have any variable speed control that I can tell, the controller inside the PSU either turns it on or off. The fan hardly ever runs under normal load or even gaming with my setup. When I am running my crypto miner the fan comes on occasionally. Normally the fan is on for less than 30 seconds and its loud but not enough to bother me and mine is in an open air case on my desk. Other than the fan issue everything else with this PSU seems great. I would buy this one again.

Currently powering my Proxmox server with this. Fits easily in a 2U chassis. The fan is quiet when it does actually have to run under heavy loads.Only drawback is the flat cables. They look nice but take up way more space and are harder to manage and pull out of the way of stuff compared to standard round cables. Not a deal breaker but definitely annoying. Cable length is pretty average.