# NZXT C850 SFX Gold

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/nzxt-c850-sfx-gold
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/power-supplies
- Placement: #12 of 17 in Power Supplies, D tier
- Brand: NZXT
- LP on this board: 330
- Last researched: 2026-09-13T02:43:26.751Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## Verdict

compact, quiet, and fully-modular

## For

- 80 PLUS Gold
- fully-modular
- compact SFX form factor
- very quiet
- 850 W of stable power

## Against

- Higher noise than larger units
- Build quality less robust
- Solid but not exceptional on the bench
- The SF750 does everything slightly better in the same niche

## Evidence

Consolidated from 13 cited sources across 11 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tweaktown | tweaktown.com | C | https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/11346/nzxt-c850-sfx-gold-atx-3-1-power-supply/index.html | fetched and confirmed |
| PCPartPicker | pcpartpicker.com | B | https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/496107-am-i-right-to-like-the-2024-nzxt-c850-gold-psu | fetched and confirmed |
| Club386 | Krzysztof Hukalowicz | B | https://www.club386.com/nzxt-c850-sfx-gold-review/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Performance Computing Inquisitor | pcinq.com | C | https://pcinq.com/hands-on-nzxt-c850-sfx-gold-power-supply/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Ayur | Ayur | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX-qMaVJuIM | fetched and confirmed |
| Vivid Repairs | vividrepairs.co.uk | S | https://www.vividrepairs.co.uk/nzxt-c850-gold-psu-review | fetched and confirmed |
| CGMagazine | cgmagonline.com | B | https://www.cgmagonline.com/review/hardware/nzxt-c850-sfx-gold-psu/ | fetched and confirmed |
| igor´sLAB | Igor Wallossek | B | https://www.igorslab.de/en/nzxt-c850-sfx-gold-power-supply-review-sufficient-power-for-small-cases-with-platinum-coating/8/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Vivid Repairs | vividrepairs.co.uk | A | https://www.vividrepairs.co.uk/nzxt-c850-gold-core-850w-psu-review | fetched and confirmed |
| Hardware Premium: Noticias, Reviews, Guías y Tutoriales de Tecnología y Gadgets | Francisco | A | https://www.hardwarepremium.com/reviews/36195/nzxt-c850-sfx-gold-review-850w-atx-3-1-itx/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Profesional Review | José Antonio Castillo | A | https://www.profesionalreview.com/2026/02/19/nzxt-c850-sfx-gold-review/ | fetched and confirmed |
| igor´sLAB | Igor Wallossek | B | https://www.igorslab.de/en/nzxt-c850-sfx-gold-power-supply-review-sufficient-power-for-small-cases-with-platinum-coating/ | fetched and confirmed |
| HardZone | Rubén Velasco | B | https://hardzone.es/reviews/fuentes-alimentacion/nzxt-c850-sfx-gold/ | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 7 | Seasonic Focus GX-850 | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/seasonic-focus-gx-850 |
| 8 | Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 1000W | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/super-flower-leadex-v-platinum-pro-1000w |
| 9 | Corsair SF750 | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/corsair-sf750 |
| 10 | MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/msi-mag-a750gl-pcie5 |
| 11 | MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/msi-mag-a850gl-pcie5 |
| 13 | Asus ROG Strix Platinum 1000W White Edition | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/asus-rog-strix-platinum-1000w-white-edition |
| 14 | EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G5 | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/evga-supernova-850-g5 |
| 15 | Corsair CV650 | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/corsair-cv650 |
| 16 | Gigabyte GP-P750GM | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/gigabyte-gp-p750gm |
| 17 | Thermaltake Smart 700W | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/thermaltake-smart-700w |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/power-supplies.

## What this tier means

- D: Weak. Hard to recommend when better options cost similar money.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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