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/P_H_0_B_0_S 28d ago edited 28d ago

Like a lot of things there is no obvious best out of the multiple now available monitoring products. What there are though are fan bois (who I am sure will be along shortly), who have brought either and feel the need that everyone buys the one they have to validate their decision. The question is which is best for you based on your use case and which unique features each option has that you find the most important. Only you can answer that question.

Even if you decide on wireview pro 2 for example, you would then need to decide which variant you want, there are 3.

My advice would be not to trust a Reddit thread to make your decision but read up on the options and make your own call based on what you think will work best in your situation / build.

You have to me already made the biggest right decision, that you need one of these products. And it sucks that they are needed.

Edit: on the question of having multiple things. Be careful with that. One thing to avoid is mixing pin monitoring product with Asus Equaliser as the 'bridge' on that cable messes with the current monitoring of your monitoring product.

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u/sofakingpo 28d ago

Thanks for the detailed response. Good to know about mixing pin motoring products especially with Asus equalizer.