Asus rog thor platinum ii

[Oldschool297]

For the design it must be the most beautiful. Is it worth the money? Since it is 10 years warranty. I am impressed. It can be tricky to find a suited chassi so the psu is suited. Otherwise it can be placed loose under the motherboard were the fans or ssd's original should be places.

 

[Vayra86]

So what is your actual question? Whether an overpriced board is worth the money is entirely up to you - it IS overpriced.

I've got a 'budget' Intel-Z board from 2012 that still purrs along with a 3570K in it. 1 year warranty. So that tells you just about nothing, all boards can last 10 years if you don't cake them in dust.

If you're looking for system build advice with this board, you might need to tell us more about what you want to build.

 

[pressing on]

Otherwise it can be placed loose under the motherboard were the fans or ssd's original should be places.

I don't think this is a good idea with any PSU. The 190mm length is a potential issue but if you can afford an ASUS ROG Thor then a suitable chassis should not be out of reach financially.

 

[Oldschool297]

I have a huge Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL ROG chassi. And it can suit loose so it is visible. Otherwise my chassi can have 3 psu placed to the right. But then not visible. There are in fact one psu place and 2 for hard drives. Hot swap. It is a too beautiful psu to hide. Sadly the most chassis have a black box covering them even if the psu place is to the left.

My question was. Is these Asus rog thor superior? They should be made of plastic. Others use aluminium.

 

[Dr. Dro]

"Superior"? No. They perform very well, accordingly to what you'd expect out of an ultra-high-end, Platinum rated power supply. However the key selling point of the ROG Thor is its real-time monitoring on the OLED display, which makes it useless for dual-chamber chassis designs where the side of the power supply is not visible.

It is a good product, but it is not adequate for your use case - buy a Seasonic Vertex PX or a Super Flower Platinum/Titanium-rated power supply instead. They'll perform to your expectation.

 

[Bill_Bright]

For the design it must be the most beautiful. Is it worth the money?

No.

Do you sit around and gaze in awe and wonder at the interior of your computer case? Or do you pay attention to what is happening on your monitor(s)?

it useless for dual-chamber chassis designs where the side of the power supply is not visible.

^^^This^^^ Or like many, if your case does not have a side panel window. Or like me, your computer sits in a cubby-hole compartment in the bottom of my desk.

I totally appreciate good aesthetics. No argument from me there. But practicality, at least IMO, is more important. Once the newness wears off, your "most beautiful" power supply becomes just what it really is, a power supply. You don't "need" a beautiful power supply. And you don't need an expensive Platinum (or especially Titanium) supply. It will take you YEARS of use to make up the cost with energy savings to recover the extra money spent on that purchase cost compared to a quality "Gold" certified supply.

Many years, actually. You can do the math. The average cost of electricity in the US is just under $0.17 per kWh. The difference between Gold and Platinum at 50% and 100% loads is just 2%. That means if the computer is demanding 500W, the difference between Gold and Platinum is only ~10W - a little more than a nightlight. And the reality is, most computers sit closer to idle most of the time than near 100% load. Plus, most computers are "awake" less than 6 hours per day.

See for yourself. If you use this calculator and assume 10W (which again, is a high estimate) at $0.17 per kWh, 6 hours per day, 10W consumes just $3.73 per year in electricity. So again, many many YEARS.

I'd rather use that money for more or faster RAM, a bigger GPU or faster CPU or nicer monitor, or bigger drives, or a juicy medium-rare porterhouse and baked potato at my favorite restaurant.

Frankly, IMO, a quality case sits quietly and discreetly off to the side and does NOT draw attention to itself. A beautiful interior is one where the components are neatly and efficiently arranged, tidy cable management ensures the cables are all tied back and out of the way of proper air flow. And there is not speck of dust to be seen.

 

[DirtyDingusMcgee]

All the quality PSU brands have 10 year warranty these days, and the units will mostly last that long too.

If you looking In that price range ($350 is what i am seeing) for that high wattage, check out FSP and Seasonic too.

FSP Hydro PTM PRO 1350W

That one is about a hundred bucks less for every bit as good a quality as the asus.

All that said, the Asus looks to be a good unit. Guru3d reviewed one. It performed well. There are other options at the price point.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Whao! That definitely is a nice supply but we don't even know what hardware this PSU will be supporting or how much power the components needs. For all we know, a quality 550W supply may be more than adequate. So I say before recommending the OP spend a small fortune on a monster 1350W supply that may be WAY OVERKILL, we learn a little more about the hardware involved.

@Oldschool297 - please fill out your TPU System Specs so we have an idea of what your power requirements might be.

You can also calculate your requirements yourself. There are three ways. (1) Guess - not recommended. (2) research all the components individually, determine their maximum power demand, add them all up, and that is the minimum supply you should get. But that takes a lot of time and work. So I recommend (3) using a good PSU calculator and the best and only one I use and recommend is the eXtreme OuterVision PSU Calculator. This will calculate your needs and recommend the minimum suitable size for those needs.

Plug in all your current components. Be sure to plan ahead and include all the hardware you think you might add in 2 or 3 years (extra drives, bigger or second video card, more RAM, etc.).

Note that no calculator (or graphics card maker) wants to recommend a PSU that is underpowered so they all pad the results, some more than others. The eXtreme OuterVision calculator is the most conservative and realistic (and why I like it best) for 2 main reasons. (1) They have a team of researchers on staff constantly researching components for us to keep their extensive databases accurate and current. And (2), it is the most flexible and has the most extensive databases of available options we can enter. This allows it to factor in all possible components to accurately calculate our needs rather than guess.

If you just want a little extra headroom for peace of mind (and that's okay), but without going overboard, I typically recommend setting CPU utilization to 100% and Computer Utilization Time to 16 hours per day. These settings will add a little extra padding to the result and that will also help compensate for component aging. It may even result in a little cooler and quieter operation. I hate fan noise. I mean I REALLY hate fan noise. So quieter is always better.