80 Plus Gold Power Supply Units

The 80 Plus Gold power supplies here run from the 650 W Ant Esports FG650 to the 1250 W MSI MAG A1250GL PCIE5 and Cooler Master MWE Gold 1250 V2. In between sit the MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5, the Corsair RM850x and the white RM750x to RM1200x Shift units, DeepCool's PN750M to PN1200M, and two compact Cooler Master V SFX Gold models at 750 W and 850 W. Gold certification means roughly 87 to 90 percent of the power drawn from the wall reaches the components, so less is lost as heat.

Pick the wattage first: 750 W suits most single-GPU gaming builds, 850 W leaves headroom for higher-end graphics cards, and 1000 W and above is for flagship cards or workstation loads. The 850 Watt, 750 Watt and 650 Watt filters narrow the list. Then decide on cables: the MSI GL, Corsair, Cooler Master MWE V2 and Ant Esports V2 units are fully modular, the DeepCool PN850M is semi-modular, and the MSI GN, Ant Esports FG and Cooler Master G800 are non-modular. Corsair and DeepCool cover theirs for 10 years, MSI for 7 (10 on the A1250GL), Cooler Master for 5 or 10 depending on the model, and Ant Esports for 3. MSI, Corsair, Ant Esports and DeepCool each have their own Gold page.

Frequently asked questions

Which of these suit newer RTX 40 and 50 series cards? Units listed as ATX 3.1 or PCIe 5.1 ready, such as the MSI MAG GL series and Cooler Master MWE Gold V2, are built for the 12V-2x6 power connector many of these cards use.

What is the difference between ATX and SFX? The Cooler Master V SFX Gold units are much smaller and meant for compact Mini-ITX cases; every other model here is standard ATX size.