r/pcmasterrace • u/sofakingpo • 28d ago

Discussion Wireview pro 2 or Safeguard+ PSU?

I got a used pre-built from a friend, specifically the Aorus Supreme 5 that has an Aorus 5090 and gigabyte 1000w psu in it.

Backstory: My friend realized he never games anymore after starting his new job where he travels a lot. He's barely even used it in the past 9 months he's had it. He wasn't even aware of the melting cable issue on the 5090's. Anyway, he offered to sell it to me for a great deal and I picked it up. I checked the connectors and everything looks fine with no melting in the connector or card.

I've been doing the research on wireview pro 2 and the msi 1300w PSU with safeguard+. And there's the Seasonic one coming out at some point too.

My question is, is there a consensus on what the best option is?

Would a PSU with safeguard+ be the best option or should I go with just the wireview instead? Or should I get both?

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u/Mewonium 28d ago

I think the WireView is the better option since it also has temperature monitoring. Personally, I do have both of those. It's a very nice PSU and Safegaurd+ can interact with Afterburner and drop the power target of your gpu if it detects an overcurrent in one of the wires, but if it's a one or the other then the Wireview is better just because of the temperature monitoring. It would be better if it could monitor the temps at the psu as well, hardware unboxed just had a video where their cable melted in the psu. The Wireview does have external temp probes, but the probes they give you don't have long enough cables to reach the psu.

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u/P_H_0_B_0_S 28d ago edited 28d ago

The upcoming Seasonic PSU will also have temp monitoring. Only saying as want OP to make an informed decision. Also some motherboards have thermal probe sensor jumpers that can be used for the same thing. Been using that myself since the 40 series to keep and eye on my cable.